Shift to the center
The lefty blogs done got their feelings hurt because Barack Section 1031 Exchange Obama realizes that being anti-gun tends to cost you votes.
Well, Golly Gee Wally, it’s not shocking that the guy who catered to the nutroots crowd now needs to win the the undecideds. And it’s also not shocking that he would generally have to accept what the court says is law. The only issue now is whether we pro-gunners believe him. We generally don’t.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
“generally”!?!? What have you been smoking? 🙂
We ABSOLUTELY don’t!
July 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
He’s shifted in so many more directions than a Spirograph – he’s just swimming in circles.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Obama has always been a centrist and he has always been against guns, he has an authoritarian side to him, and he won’t be pulling out of Iraq and he will start mixing things up in Latin America even more so than Bush & Co.
McCain will be better on the whole for gun rights, at the very least. He’ll continue Bush’s same policies otherwise for better or worse (I think for worse) but what the Democrats are offering is window dressing and perfume, and they can take a hike.
With McCain we’ll probably end up fighting Iran sooner rather than later. With Obama we may have a little detour through Colombia and/or Venezuela first. Either way either party will continue expanding the Empire abroad and shredding the Republic at home–i.e. business as usual. Voting for keeping one’s gun rights maximized makes strategic, long term sense.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
If by centrist you mean halfway between Ted Kennedy and Fidel Castro, then yes, Obama is a centrist.
In the primaries, he was pandering to the nutroots, and given his record, he was fairly honest, most of the time, and depending on what state he was in. In the general election, he has to lie like a rug. The smarter of his followers know this, and don’t complain. The dumb ones think he’s telling the truth, and get all bent out of shape.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:46 am
“The dumb ones think he’s telling the truth, and get all bent out of shape.”
Barack sanctum sanctorum Obama may piss these dumb ones off,but they will still gather in droves to vote for their new god. I’m hoping the real centrists ( independents) don’t fall for BHO’s drivel.