Posted on 02/21/2008 12:29:28 PM PST by neverdem
Senator Obama recently gave us a disturbing foretaste of the contradictory doublespeak we could expect under an Obama presidency.
Last week, a deeply disturbed young man went on a criminal rampage at Northern Illinois University, murdering several innocent people before taking his own life.
Mr. Obama spoke out last Friday about the tragic event, and exposed the crucial disconnect between his rhetoric and his politics.
Speaking of his determination to do "whatever it takes" to end gun violence, Mr. Obama acknowledged that the Second Amendment secures an citizen's right to keep and bear arms.
Noting that some argue that the Second Amendment only grants state governments the power to arm National Guard units, Mr. Obama said he rejected that view in favor of the widely held belief that the Second Amendment...
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A right that the government can completely take away at any time is no right at all.
To say that the Second Amendment means you can own guns, but that the city where you live can ban all gun ownership, means you have no Second Amendment rights at all.
Last week I wrote that I have never in my lifetime seen a major presidential candidate whose rhetoric is so far removed from his policy record. Little did I know that he would give me a perfect illustration of that point the very next day. This is what Americans can expect from a President Obama. He'll wax eloquent about your rights, but then say government can take away whatever part of them or all of them that it wants.
It's a disturbing pattern that's starting to emerge in Mr. Obama when he announces a principle or a goal, but then endorses policies that are the exact opposite. It's political doublespeak. It's Orwellian. In fact, it's Clintonian...
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
I take that back. I read the article. We shouldn’t be suprised—he’s a leftist and they do and say anything they want to.
what should make you toss your tacos is that they are very loud and irritable minority who traffic in a subtle form of terrorism -- coercion with a smile -- and that any gain they make is in direct proportion to the apathy of those who say they know better.
I’d nominate this for a 2A bump. Important insight into this man’s oratory.
Looks like he’s going to be POTUS. Mr. “ban all semi-autos.”
Yep with the GOP having defenestrated the conservative base it looks as though your correct.....
I hope the Republic can survive 4 years of Hugo Fidel Obama. OTOH, maybe it will finally kick off the big dance.
Nobody has pinned this nobody down on a single issue.
He never says much anything of substance.
Saul Alinsky... Hillary and Obamas mentor
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39a1bb090251.htm
Antonio Gramsci... Hillarys mentor
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a4c610569be.htm
Frank Marshall Davis... Obamas mentor
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2008-02-20&ID=228129
Exactly......
How many people are actually ready?
Thanks for the links, especially the one on F.M. Davis.
America's 80 Million Gun Owners Want to Know: "Are You In?"
Things won't have to get that bad if all those folks finally vote accordingly, i.e. against the left. If we're stuck with McCain, and it's not over yet, nobody is saying he's much to vote for. If we take back the Congress, McCain can be restrained from doing more damage. The opposition doesn't care if you get killed in their lust for power. The next two links make that pretty plain.
Paying Patients Test British Health Care System
Courting Danger (ACLU, CAIR, etc. have no standing to "challenge...post-9/11 surveillance program.")
Lawmaker Reloads Assault Weapon Ban (NE)
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Obama would have been at home in 1932 Munich.
He is also 1,000 times more dangerous.
Obama is a used car salesman, kinda reminds me of “Wag the Dog” Slick Willy......
He will say anythng to achieve his socialist goals....he has done a terrific job of pulling the wool over the eyes of millions.
Looks like America is about to buy the farm and maybe a bridge or two.
I disagree with McCain’s position on gun shows, but at least he has never proposed banning any type of firearm. The difference between McCain and Obama are very profound despite the rhetoric of some dienfranchised conservatives. McCain may be wrong on immigration, but at least we will be able to defend ourselves.
No, he’s a hopeful phony. Or as I like to call him, a liar.
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