I'm still trying to figure this one out, so I'm sure you'll all put your spin on it. Kerry's campaign claims that he's trying to demonstrate that he's an average guy by hunting and killing innocent geese. You know, I grew up in rural Florida, lived in Ohio for many years, went to college western Massachusetts and now, I live in New Jersey and know very few people who are hunters. Most of my friends are average guys with average jobs living average lifestyles and they don't hunt. The only people I knew who hunted were senior executives at a Fortune 100 company where I worked. This hunting crap is offensive and there are a lot of people like me (very liberal Democrats) who think this macho gun-toting display of Kerry's is idiotic. It's turning off his base to appease swing voters who aren't going to vote for him anyway.