Note, for example, the following letter COULDN’T help but chuckle as I read a story in the Sept. By running such a campaign, the NRA has proven its ignorance if not its OK, poodles have an image problem and the haircut doesn’t help. But I’m neither an advocate for the poodle nor an enemy of the NRA. In DAVID MANCUSO original NRA ad here<\/a><\/p>\n Boston Globe story on the story here<\/a><\/p>\n letter to the editor here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The recent advertising campaign sponsored by that pillar of American political discourse the NRA which depicts john Kerry as a Frech Poodle has inspired a firestorm of protest – from Poodle owners who decry the comparison as an unprincipled attack … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/kerrypoo.jpg\")
\n The
\n recent advertising
\n campaign<\/a> sponsored by that pillar of American political
\n discourse the NRA which depicts john Kerry as a Frech Poodle has inspired
\n a firestorm of protest – from Poodle owners who decry the comparison
\n as an unprincipled attack on a superior breed.<\/p>\n
\n to the editor<\/a> of
\n the Boston Globe:<\/p>\n\n
\n 30 Globe pointing out that the National Rife Association is spending
\n millions of dollars on an ad campaign designed to discredit John Kerry
\n by portraying him as a poodle along with the slogan "This Dog
\n Don’t Hunt"<\/p>\n
\n immaturity. Standard poodles are well known around the world as extraordinary
\n hunting dogs, ideal retrievers well suited to work in the water.<\/p>\n
\n poodles are highly intelligent dogs able to reason solutions to problems
\n that
\n will help their owners get what they want, whether it’s a newspaper
\n from the front steps or a recently shot bird that landed offshore.<\/p>\n
\n fact, I own I own a Portuguese water dog, and I’m a supporter of hunters’
\n rights
\n and Americans’ right to bear arms. But, like poodles, intelligent gun
\n control laws aren’t as bad as the NRA makes them out to be. At this
\n critical point in our nation’s history, wouldn’t it be nice if we started
\n to use
\n rational thinking and facts to back up our political opinions rather
\n than slander and emotion?<\/p>\n
\n Melrose<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n