Yes - you’re right that more experienced folks have run afoul of a voracious and predatory liberal machine and their lackey media. But they were victims of planned traps set for them.
I assume Bundy saw what happened to those other folks - he is, after all, very aware of the larger problem beyond his specific grazing rights issue - and it is frustrating to me that he didn’t even get led into the bog, he went there voluntarily.
BTW - I admire Cliven Bundy in what he’s doing, has done, and is trying to do...but I think he foolishly made a large strategic mistake.
In part I quote this.
BTW -I admire Cliven Bundy in what he's doing, has done and is trying to do... but I think he foolishly made a large strategic mistake.
I would think that most contributors here would rather Rancher Bundy had not brought up the negro situation. However in the application of the First Amendment to the Constitution, he is perfectly within his rights.
Now this poses a distinct divide in thinking here. Sadly it is between two factions who generally love their country. The two trains of thought seem to be this:
(1) Use the First Amendment and go ahead and "damn the torpedoes."
(2) Carefully play the game to avoid the politically correct ninnies and much of a corrupt media.
Ok, so Rancher Bundy spoke out as he saw fit. To use that delightful phrase, they were "on him like wheat on rice." It is a matter of tactics and one which I am unable to define which is the best one. The rhetorical question is: How best to beat the rotters who despise ordinary Americans. Law abiding folks who just speak their piece.
These are times to try men's souls.
Thomas Paine (1739-1809)
If we do not hang together we shall surely hang apart.
Benjamin Franklin (1766-1790).
Oh lordy, forgive the rant.