Cream Puff Watch: Romney Hunts Like Kerry?

A little while back, we posted about Mitt Romney's assurances that he doesn't dye his hair, and a few readers blamed the public perception of Romney as a cream puff on the media and not on Romney himself.

That may be true, but we still think former Massachusetts governor and current Republican presidential candidate Romney is a cream puff, and he didn't help his public persona much this week when it came out that he shares one trait in common with John Kerry – he might be just as awkward when hunting.

Romney is trying to burnish his image as a strong supporter of the second amendment. However, in order to pull that off, he claimed to be an avid hunter. He told a man in New Hampshire: "I've been a hunter pretty much all my life."

But you can't be an avid hunter if you've only hunted twice. The words "pretty much" should have been a red flag.

It's possible to support the second amendment without firing a gun yourself, but why would Romney try to act like a hunter when he really wasn't? It's no secret that we're not big fans of Romney, but he probably wouldn't have lost points if he'd been honest and said he'd only been hunting twice.

At least he probably has better aim than Dick Cheney.

Romney and Duck Hunt mashup by Caroline Roberts.