Why is Hunting Part of Republican Culture?

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76. Dear Lord

Democrats, Independents, Republicans, Moderates, and people that aren't even registered to vote hunt. Hunting isn't political. Republicans pose for photo-ops like this, though, because it makes them appear to be "macho" and "tough", which appeals to the demographics that like this rugged individual ideal, and men that think that bloodshed equals power (even when they are afraid or incapable of doing it themselves - many Republicans are this way and couldn't if they had to).

I'd imagine there as many hunters and fishers among Democratic folks as there are among Republicans, if not more so - Republicans just get off on crowing that they make their own way. Like Sarah Palin. Hunting from a helicopter.

Families have survived by having family members hunt and fish, and it wasn't politics, just the fact of life.