Comments on: Confused on Clinton’s Gun Position

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:33:05 +0000

As it is, the timing is a little late for today’s vote - we’ll have to see how this plays out over the rest of the primary season. Will be real interesting to see if it (Coburn’s amendment) makes it through

I wonder if that was intentional.

By: straightarrow

straightarrow — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:27:51 +0000

IIRC, history tells us one B. Arnold was a real deal war hero, also. At one time, then he did something…….oh, yeah,hmmmm

By: SayUncle » A commonality

SayUncle » A commonality — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:35:20 +0000

[...] Sebastian finds himself in agreement with anti-gun hack Bryan Miller that Hillary and Obama’s sudden [...]

By: countertop

countertop — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:14:12 +0000

don’t believe for a second she’s sincire, she’s just playing politics.

Tell you what though, if Coburn introduced his amendment a month ago I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned into something both of these gun banning bigots supported.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:40:34 +0000

I’ll buy Hillary’s turn around if she cosponsors Coburn’s amendment to repeal the National Park gun ban.

By: countertop

countertop — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:31:29 +0000

There’s a couple of reasons for it (and I like to think I played just a wee bit off a role in Clinton’s new pro gun blossoming)

1) One of the big issues she faces in teh primary is that Obama is killing her in the red states. She needs to hit him hard on an issue that resonates in the red states to at least mitigate some of the damage he is inflicting on her campaign there. In that regard - this has nothing to do with winning over republicans, and everything to do with winning over pro gun Democrats (they do exist).

2) In the event she wins the nomination, she needs to temper her standing on gun control and do everything possible SO THAT SHE DOESN’T NEED TO VISIT A DUCK BLIND.

While its unlikely she can outgun Huckabee, in light of the crazy statements I’ve heard from the gun nut crowd and those who’ve drank the Republican cool aid, McCain is the worst kind of gun banning bigot and folks like Anne Coulter (and I suspect most of the conservative blogsphere) would rather vote for Hillary than a traitor like McCain (never mind he’s the real deal war hero). Perhaps she thinks she could win over some of those voters.

Of course, if Romney gets the nomination, then she could easily position herself to pick up pro gun votes from him.

Finally, in the general election - this isn’t about picking off gunnie votes, but rather taking an issue of the table that lots of people might default on if they are otherwise undecided.

By: Kurt "45superman" Hofmann

Kurt "45superman" Hofmann — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:51:13 +0000

. . . a bad Godzilla movie.

Is there another kind of Godzilla movie?

By: R.J.

R.J. — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:19:36 +0000

Think I’ll vote for Cthulhu. Given the alternatives, how bad can he be?

By: kaveman

kaveman — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:35:52 +0000

As a good will gesture from the out-going administration to WHOEVER wins the next presidency, wouldn’t it be nice if McCaObillary receieved an invitation to go hunting with Dick Cheny after the inaugeration?

By: thirdpower

thirdpower — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:25:52 +0000

It must be the declining numbers of firearm owners that is encouraging them to change their stances.