This is FASCINATING — gun sales increase could predict Obama defeat

In 2004, we don’t remember hearing about anyone scared Kerry was going to take their guns away - and we worked Pennsylvania for Kerry (Pittsburgh area). There were a lot of gun shops and firing ranges there, and we never heard anything about people stocking up on guns because they were scared Kerry was going to try to take them away.

Obama is perceived as more liberal than Kerry, and in fact the most liberal Democrat that’s run for president in as long as anyone can remember. Biden as VP makes this the most liberal ticket that Democrats have ever fielded. There is nothing about it that puts the bitter, gun-and-relgion-people-who-are-apathetic-to-those-not-like-them living in Pennsylvania at ease.

In fact, the thought of Obama becoming president freaks these people out. So much so that they’re stocking up on firearms.

We just don’t see how this can bode well for Obama. These are “Reagan Democrats” and Republicans. They’re Clinton Democrats too. And they recoil at the thought of an Obama administration.

Have you ever heard of anything like this? We checked, and can’t see any evidence of this in past elections — where the Democrat so freaked rural, working class, sportsman types out that they felt compelled to stock up on weapons to protect themselves.

We think this is a piece of a larger puzzle…one that’s becoming much more clear as we inch closer to November 4th:

(1) Democrats like us at HillBuzz are working with Republicans for the first time in our lives to elect John McCain/Sarah Palin because we do not like or trust Obama/Biden.

(2) Hillary Democrats not openly working for McCain are silently voting for him — and voting Republican for the first time in their lives in most cases.

(3) Early voting has not met Obama’s expectations — Republicans are tied or ahead in most states, and nowhere is Obama enjoying blowout advantages he claimed he’d have.

(4) In all states, there is a marked “enthusiasm gap” between support for Obama and support remembered for Kerry in 2004 or Gore in 2000…lack of yard signs, stickers, posters, and excitement to vote for Obama, despite what the media claims.

(5) Gun owners afraid of Obama, and stocking up on weapons because they are that freaked out by the thought of anyone voting for him.

We’d love your thoughts on that last one, as we think it could be a cultural barometer like the Family Circle cookie baking contest or Halloween mask sales — something that shows a large scale cultural like or dislike of a candidate.

All of these anecdotal signs point to a McCain win…with those gun sales being the most fascinating of all.

Because those gun owners are the heart of the country. If Obama hasn’t won them over, and instead seems to have driven them away, screaming, then we just don’t see how he wins.

The PUMAs are doing yeoman's work this year. And we thought we'd be at each other's throats a year ago. "The enemy of mine enemy is my friend."

There's a video at the link from a TV news station.

I hope that the Republican Party learns just how important the gun owners vote is and begins to reverse the gun laws that are on the books now that do nothing but harm law abiding Americans.

I won’t hold my breath though... at least someone sees what is going on.

Mike

They’re right. The evidence is right in front of us. We ALL see it. We ALL have that ‘anecdotal’ evidence that shows that nobody’s voting for Obama. We’ve all seen the lines at the gun store. Those of us who never had a gun before have all gone to get one.

Our instincts are right on this. The polls are wrong. (I hope!...lol)

Democrats keep nominating MORE and MORE liberal candidates.

Gore in 2000 was more liberal than Clinton; Kerry in 2004 was more liberal than Gore; and in 2008 they nominate a freakin’ Marxist like Obama.

They never learn!

Someone had better. Some of the stuff I’ve seen and heard has been quite scary. I’d like to avoid a repeat of 1860 if at all possible.

Mike

This is a good comment to hear from you 2ndDivisionVet.
I trust your judgement. Will the PUMA’S make that much of a difference and help pull McCain/Palin over the finish line?

Our instincts are right on this. The polls are wrong. (I hope!...lol)

Of course the polls are wrong. When they poll up to 15%(cBS) more Dems nationally, you know that's unrealistic.

I hope that the Republican Party learns just how important the gun owners vote is..

And if NObama wins, I hope that a lot of other people learn just how important my gun owership right is. Could be a lesson to be learned, the hard way.

I have to say they have really been doing their part.
What alarms me is this Obama “Victory” mass celebration
planned for Chicago. Sqeeze a million folks into a city center, pump them up for hours, then let disappointment, disillusionment and rage work them over and it has every chance of turning out horrifically. Then again the left
has to know this and is willing to use fear and terror
as a political tool. Well, we knew this but it is going
to be a shock to the body politic.

10 posted on 10/29/2008 10:25:24 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

Here’s several millions (minimum) of PUMAs, etc..

Hillary Clinton Supporters For John McCain:
http://www.hcsfjm.com

Party Unity My A$$ PAC/People United Means Action PAC:
http://blog.pumapac.org

Democrats Against Obama/Nobama ever!
http://democrats-against-obama.org

Just Say No Deal:
http://justsaynodeal.com

Take a look around these sites for a half hour or 45 minutes....(there are hundreds more linked to these, just look for links)

unkus ... this is a VERY SHORT, PARTIAL LIST!!!!

Thank you very much 2ndDivisionVet.

YOU are the one doing Yoemans work!-— And that’s from a Grunt, by the way.

15 posted on 10/29/2008 10:46:45 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)

Since I live in the polar opposite of Chicago (Dallas/Ft. Worth) I frankly don’t care. If they tear their own community apart in rage, I’m sure that you & I will pay to rebuild it, but other than that — have at it!

And this would make more people wake up to what they are about-where they are coming from.

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