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Well, I'll disagree back. A great communicator is not necessarily a great leader. A lot depends on where they want to go.

If I wanted to run howling down the Democrat road that option exists. I'd frankly prefer a choice.

Rudy's hostility toward the second amendment, and the "get tough on criminals" bit could be a real mess.

I am sure the Congress, if Democrat controlled would be willing to provide a raft of new gun laws designed to make criminals out of a significant portion of 80 million American gunowners, and Rudy would lead by signing, and get tough on a whole new class of criminals.

Gunowners.

We can get that sh!t from Hillary, thanks.

Now 'ugly' semi-automatic rifles and little tin boxes which feed them more than ten cartridges without reloading the box may not be near and dear to the heart of city folk, but to those of who live out of town, they are among our most revered posessions. We are not going to just hand them over willingly, and we damned sure are NOT going to vote for someone who will likely demand we do, given the opportunity. As 'gun control' is a normal part of the Dem platform, that is pretty likely.

When President Bush said he would sign a renewal fo the "Assault Rifle ban" if such crossed his desk, it was still fresh in the minds of many new members of Congress that the gunowners who contributed to their campaigns and to the NRA, GOA, JPFO, SAF, and other organizatons were a powerful force in getting them elected. The chance of that bill crossing his desk, identical to the former bill was nil. The Dems would have changed it, the Republicans were not going to touch it.

Now, maybe you do not recall, but Hillary and Co. practically called any marginally religious person who could (and had) read the Constitution and owned a rifle a "domestic terrorist". Part of the VRWC, iirc.

"Get tough on terrorists" takes on a different meaning when that gets pointed at ordinary Ameircans.

Now for those of you who have only seen a mountain lion in a zoo, keep in mind life is a wee bit different out here.

At any given time, the nearest police unit is generally 20 to 30 miles away, and if there is a problem, we take care of it, and wait for the police to show afterwards.

We are not going to vote to give that up.