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Don't these fools realize that now even the slightest disagreement will turn New Mexico into the OK Corral? |
Yes, Jim, it's indeed time for a march on the SCOTUS and the Judiciary and the Senate.
Posted on 04/07/2005 3:34:54 PM PDT by petca-tim
It is obvious to me that Richardson has his eye on the VP position in the next election, but he seems to be just a step slow.
The pro-abortion lobby, on the other hand, is a totally different beast.
Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, etc., can tell Sarah Brady & Co. to pound sand, and they won't have any choice in the matter.
The fact is, the radical feminists, trial lawyers lobby and a host of other implacable special interest constituencies would never allow the Dems to modify their stance on abortion one iota.
Ditching their formulaic anti-gun platform is something that is not only feasible, but sensible.
No one seriously believes that either Frank Lautenberg or Charles Schumer is going to be the next nominee for the Dem. Party.
-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)
Though I suppose we could do worse than Richardson.
Are you sure you didn't mean one can carry a picture of a gun?
Richardson is a good guy. I wish he would switch parties.
Arkansas has a screwed up law also about carrying in your vehicle. It is O:K if you "are on a journey". Also been interpreted this way and that. I think these are old hang overs from Jim Crow.
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Don't these fools realize that now even the slightest disagreement will turn New Mexico into the OK Corral? |
Yes, Jim, it's indeed time for a march on the SCOTUS and the Judiciary and the Senate.
It did bring a grin ..............
Don't kid yourself. There are plenty of RINOS who are
pro-choice AND in favor of gun control -- and higher taxes!
I was going to say it would be cool to condense your excellent statement into a tag line.
Then I read your tag line.
Exactly.
Oh good! As FR's unofficial and token gun-friendly Democrat, I get to weigh in on something near and dear to my heart.
In my view, "gun control" is circling the drain in the Democratic party. I think that Common Tator's observations are cogent. I believe that a consensus has emerged since 9-11 that "gun control", in general, is simply a bad idea. Democrats are looking to win political office. When you hit a tipping point on any political issue be it social security, guns, abortion, borders, etc., a political party has a choice: it can either go along with the vast majority or it can lose. I think we're about at that tipping point nationally with regard to "gun control." In some parts of the country (i.e. the south) we're well past that point. In the northeast, we're probably not quite there, but close.
Neither political party is going to hang onto a political position that is going to cause them to lose, at least in the long run. "Gun control" is quickly becoming one of those issues.
So I guess the question really becomes what can be done to expedite the process? I think there are really two problems that are delaying the Democratic party from becoming a pro-gun political party. First, the Democratic party base, in general, is in the northeast and cities. Places where the "gun control" ideology tends to be strong. In my view, not much can be done about that, at least in the short term. But also realize that there are a lot of people within the Democratic party who understand that the party can't win nationally without winning in the south and the west. Democrats saw the red/blue map too. Pursuing an anti-gun agenda is not a good way to start winning in the south and west.
The second problem is the gun rights movement itself and our ongoing reluctance to work with Democrats. For a long time, the gun-rights catechism has been "Republicans good for guns, Democrats bad." The reality is that you can point to numerous instances where the opposite has been true. Here in Virginia, our biggest problem hasn't been the "bad" Democratic governor who has signed every pro-gun bill put in front of him, but the "good" Republican state senate that takes perverse joy in defeating gun rights bills before they ever get to the governor's desk.
I see more potential in this regard, and have seen some change in the thinking of gun rights folks in the last couple of years. We're beginning to view our Republican "friends" with a more critical eye, and our Democratic "enemies" as having some potential. Unfortunately, changes in thinking have been slow in translating into action. There's a shortage of gun rights activists who are willing to work the issue within the Democratic party, and that will slow down movement towards a more gun-friendly Democratic party.
The trend has been that many Democrats have tried to
distance themselves from the gun-control agenda because
it has cost them votes. Even Bill Clinton said that three
years ago. You raise a good point that the entire Democratic party shouldn't be portrayed as anti-gun. The
best way to determine what individual candidate positions
are is to check out the NRA pre-election evaluations --
they can tell you alot about national and state candidates
for office. If you aren't a member and don't receive their
mailings the info. can be found on their website.
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