Democrats are so gullible... except for the evil ones..
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And he's worked hard over the years to become the only Senate Democrat with an A-plus rating from the National Rifle Association.
If anybody has any doubts about the NRA, this should cement them permanently.
I’m no fan of Mark Begich of Alaska (seems a nice guy but a Dem), but to be fair, I googled his record and he seems to stand pretty firm on gun rights. An article in the National Journal covering his gun contol record in depth confirmed the same. I doubt that any anti-gun candidate would have a chance in Alaska.
How do you outgun the NRA? Very, very carefully.Hat tip to george76!Mark Pryor knows all about that. The Democratic senator from pro-gun Arkansas was nowhere to be seen on the Senate floor during Wednesday's showdown over a proposal, championed by the National Rifle Association, that would have gutted state gun-control laws across the nation.
Toward the end of the vote, Pryor entered the chamber through the back door, took a few steps inside, flashed a thumbs-down to the clerk, and retreated as fast and furtively as somebody dodging gunfire.
Several minutes later, the Democrats had racked up more than enough votes to block the proposal. "Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote?" the presiding officer inquired.
Pryor burst back in, this time through a side door. "Mr. President!" he called out. "Mr. President!" He stopped in the well to consult with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a gun-control advocate who was keeping the whip sheet. Schumer gave Pryor a nod, and the Arkansan -- reassured that his vote was not needed to defeat the proposal -- changed his vote to an "aye."
If Pryor wasn't exactly a profile in courage...
Other Democrats, such as Pennsylvania's Bob Casey and Colorado's Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, were said to have been willing to vote "no" if necessary.
Twenty minutes after the voting began, Bennet and Udall left the cloakroom together and walked into the chamber. Bennet went to the well to consult with Schumer, who indicated that it was safe for Bennet -- a product of D.C.'s St. Albans School -- to vote with the NRA. Bennet looked to Udall, who gave an approving nod, and cast his "aye" vote.
Baucus has been one lucky closet red for years. Only the grim reaper can save us from his duplicity and leftist ideology. He’s like a deer tick, embedded so deeply that you couldn’t blast him out with dynamite.
Most of these guys will vote for it.
And most of them will get re-elected.
Have a nice day.
I said it from Day 1 and I’ll say it again. The LAST THING the Dems and even the president wanted was the shooting, because it puts in them in a really tight spot where they could lose everything. It’s fun to watch them squirm now.
Well there's your problem!