Posted on 05/07/2011 8:24:21 PM PDT by marktwain
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) represents the Memphis area in Congress. His Congressional district is majority African-American and is considered one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. A win in the Democratic primary is tantamount to winning the election.
Cohen is also extremely liberal. According to the website, ProgressivePunch.org, his lifetime score is 95.84% which puts him ahead of such liberal icons as Nancy Pelosi and the Queen Bee of Gun Control, Carolyn McCarthy. It is hard to find anyone more liberal than Cohen and he tends to wear his politics on his sleeve. Indeed, Cohen caused a stir back in January when he said "Republicans are like Nazis" when discussing healthcare.
Unsurprisingly, Cohen is listed as one of the co-sponsors for Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's HR 308 which seeks to ban standard capacity magazines and eliminates the grandfathering that the Clinton-era AWB had.
So you can imagine my surprise when I was checking the co-sponsors of HR 822 - the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill - and saw his name listed as becoming a co-sponsor this week.
I don't know how and I don't why he decided to become a co-sponsor but I certainly welcome his support. It may have something to do with his comments after the Tucson shooting when he said he was planning to apply for his Tennessee CCW permit. According to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, Cohen did vote for right to carry legislation as a State Senator and has said he owns a pistol. I might even suggest he contact Tom Givens at RangeMaster for his CCW permit training.
The upshot of all of this is that sometimes strange and unusual coalitions can form around gun rights legislation. It is a mistake to think that all Democrats and all liberals are for each and every gun control measure put forth. Sometimes they are and and sometimes they aren't.
As to HR 822, it now has 197 co-sponsors including 26 more so far this week. The leading gun control measure, HR 308, is stuck at 107.
I doubt it. A lot of these votes are tactical.
Like this is a bill they know will pass anyway, so they sign on and get a couple of NRA points or something, because it makes no difference.
Like the turncoat RINOs who voted for cloture for the extremist ex-planned parenthood judge, assuring his passage, then against on the actual nomination. Pure tactical turncoatery.
If they were the key vote on something, THEN you could give them credit. But that will NEVER happen.
So let me make sure I understand this... when he stands there lined up with the rest of the liberal Democrats to urinate on the Constitution, he’s OK as long as he misses the Second Amendment?
“Maybe Mr.Cohen can “grow” in office.”
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No, he still has to kowtow to that 60 percent, and growing, Afro population.
Memphis went down the tubes when it went from 40/60 to 60/40.
Thank God, I am now on the other side of the world from there.
I would rather he be replaced with a Constitutional Republican. But it isn't going to happen. If we can get his vote on legislation that we want, He should be thanked for it.
Would you rather he be totally consistant and always vote against what we want?
NOT A CHANCE! Cohen is a tool. I am in his district and can say he is loathsome.
Do you think the Second Amendment can stand alone when the rest of the Constitution and the Republic is urine-washed into the toilet?
There are plenty of bad Republicans, but there are NO good Democrats.
What I want is no Democtats/Liberals/Progressives/Socialist/Marxists at any level of government.
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