Guns win
The NYT talks about Tennessee’s recent gun bills. Quotes the Paper of Making Up The Record:
“The Republicans are trying to embarrass the Democrats,” said John G. Geer, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
“They want to put these proposals on the table not only because they believe in guns, but they want to force the Democrats to come out as anti-gun,” Professor Geer said. “You can see the attack ads forming already. The Republicans have won this issue.”
Yes. Also, the high focus on gun rights this past session was not just to poke the Democrats with a stick. After all, more than half of these guys seem to support the gun bills. It was basically catching up after the former speaker Jimmy Naifeh (D-balled) spent years killing the bills with parliamentary techniques.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:25 am
“They want to put these proposals on the table not only because they believe in guns, but they want to force the Democrats to come out as anti-gun…”
Which is damaging how? I mean if this is damaging for Democrats to come out as a anti-gun (which they are, how is that damaging? I am always amazed at how people that are on the wrong side of issues become surprised when the public doesn’t agree with them. Could it be that Democrats have been the wrong side of this issue for years, and have been exposed finally for their obfuscation?
June 16th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Oh my god, what has happened to reasoned debate in this country. In a new and diabolical development, if you oppose something, you have to actually come out against it.
Obviously, the Republicans are taking the debate to a new low. What’s next expecting the arguments against guns be based on facts and truthful representations. Why, why that’s…..American.