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Karl Roive vs. the 2nd Amendment
American Thinker ^ | June 22, 2016 | Daniel John Sobieski

Posted on 06/22/2015 10:45:04 AM PDT by raptor22

Guns don’t kill people, the Constitution kills people, at least according to Karl Rove, Republican strategist and architect of George W. Bush’s election and reelection as president. Rove, speaking on Fox News Sunday, and in the wake of the South Carolina church massacre, embraced the liberal mantra that there are too many guns on the street and went a step further and a step too far, saying the way to avoid more such tragedies is to repeal the Second Amendment and its guarantee of our right to keep and bear arms:

Now maybe there’s some magic law that will keep us from having more of these. I mean basically the only way to guarantee that we will dramatically reduce acts of violence involving guns is to basically remove guns from society, and until somebody gets enough “oomph” to repeal the Second Amendment, that’s not going to happen.

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To: raptor22
Karl Roive vs. the 2nd Amendment

That's a very tough choice, but I'm going to have to go with......Second Amendment!

21 posted on 06/22/2015 11:26:36 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Servant of the Cross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8POy5lXuuw

Video of Rove saying it on Fox News.

22 posted on 06/22/2015 11:33:18 AM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a Democrat." ~Donald Trump)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Associating the 2nd Amendment with gun violence shows Rove's mindset.

It isn't about the guns!

23 posted on 06/22/2015 11:33:35 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

>> let’s not distort what he said <<

Oh, c’mon. Don’t be trying to take away our fun!


24 posted on 06/22/2015 11:33:35 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Old Sarge

Amazing isn’t it how some people are willing to ignore what Rove said!


25 posted on 06/22/2015 11:34:21 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: raptor22
It's so clear who Fox News journalists are in the bag for. Jeb Bush. Every guest on Journal Editorial report over the weekend actually applauded Jeb for seeking the center and moving away from the right. The fact they let a bozo like Rove on to push his Rockefeller agenda is telling. No wonder Beck left the network.
26 posted on 06/22/2015 11:41:27 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: raptor22; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Maybe it's blackmail: Thanks raptor22.
27 posted on 06/22/2015 12:18:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Wow, somebody who actually read what he said and understood it.

I’m very impressed!


28 posted on 06/22/2015 12:25:11 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Servant of the Cross

Stating that A is necessary for B to happen is not necessarily saying that you are in favor of A.

If I note that the only way to largely eliminate gun violence is to get rid of guns, I’m stating a fact.

Do you disagree? Or do you have a magical method by which we can have guns widely available yet prevent bad people from misusing them?

BTW, I’m not a fan of Rove, and I think what he said was poorly worded. But he’s simply not calling for repeal of the 2nd Amendment.

BTW, campaigning for amendment of the Constitution is a perfectly American thing to do. The Founders provided for it.

What is unAmerican is to ignore or reinterpret out of existence the plain meaning of the Constitution.


29 posted on 06/22/2015 12:29:37 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: raptor22

Bush’s brain!


30 posted on 06/22/2015 12:39:40 PM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: raptor22

Bush was sort of like Grant, in that he seemed to surround himself with less than stellar personnel.

Rove, thank you for revealing your true colors: domestic enemy of the constitution.


31 posted on 06/22/2015 2:39:26 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: 2harddrive

I don’t recall Rove stating that “crime would cease”. I think his point was that without a constitutional Ammendment a gun grab would be illegal. And, his inference was (he should have stated) was thereby it ain’t gonna happen.


32 posted on 06/23/2015 5:57:53 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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