I don't think we need a nameless political hack to tell us this:
"I don't want that to happen with Obama -- to be defeated on an issue that is not important to us and is not a political winner for us." He would not be quoted by name because he did not want abuse heaped on him by gun control activists.It is abundantly clear that Obama is courting white male gun owners in states like PA and the south so his principles will have to be...shall we say...flexible?
But isn't it interesting that a "prominent Democrat" would admit that it's not an issue that's important to them? I think it's clear that the NRA has won this issue.
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chris, the difference is that some of us are grown up enough to realize that we won't agree with obama 100% of the time, and that's ok.
"I think it's clear that the NRA has won this issue."
what issue, michele? gun control? i guess that you forgot that the nra actually worked with congress to tighten some gun control measures. i guess that you didn't read the bit by scalia that this court ruling doesn't undo all gun control measures. i guess that you forgot that liberals are gun owners, too.
Flip flops - 1) pseudo shoes that are bad for your feet; 2) expected behavior in political candidates in an election year; 3)NOT a sin in either case.
I would love to hear the issues on which McCain has never flip-flopped.
Go ahead.
And Obama didn't flip on this. He just agreed with the Supremes that we have a right to own handguns- but that right is not absolute, either. Scalia even said that there would be restrictions for people who are mentally ill or criminal, and so on.
Once again the repubs prove they have nothing left but snark. They have no record to run on except failure. So they will make this as negative as possible.
It is the joy of every Reformed Christian to witness the killing of those they dislike. No Reformed Christian ever sins by hating the scorned of God who receive the bullets from the guns of the righteous. Even if the Bible were to be construed as condemning blood lust, the elect of God, the Reformed Christian, may gloat in the death of those they do not know, for they are counted as sinless and without blame, as is our hostess Michelle McGinty. Amen.
RE: "It is the joy of every Reformed Christian to...... etc."
Really? Seriously, do you actually listen to yourself? I really hoping you are being sarcastic or are what amounts to a forum troll simply trying to bait people into a fight. Because the alternative (that you actually feel this way) is a terrifying indictment of the human race.
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