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To: !1776!
Congress is your problem, not the President. Did you hear the President call for renewal of the AWB? No. When COngress brought it up he said if they pass it he'll sign sign it. TIme for Congress to do their freaking job for once.

Gosh, I thought the President could veto a bill that crossed his desk. I didn't know he was magically bound to appove everything Congress sent his way.

Which party held the Presidency - according to you it's the most important part of the Government. That one in 4 sure helped there didn't it?

And which party took over control of both houses of Congress? "According to you it's the most important part of the Government." That "one in 4" helped just a little bit, didn't it, sport?

So you would rather just hand the nominations over to libs?

I am simply pointing out an indisputable fact - the appointment of high court justices by Republican Presidents is not the panacea you suggest. It is certainly no substitute for a President and a Congress that honor the Constitution...

...the problem is how that law is being interpreted as constitutional in the courts.

That is NOT a problem at all, if a President honors the Constitution and vetos the 'law' in the first place.

The point I was trying (in vain I guess) to make was that AWB is not the end all be all of issues, just a symptom of the larger problem you would rather ignore.

Not at all - we simply disagree on the nature of the problem. I see Republicans passing and signing liberal legislation as part of the problem. You apparently consider Republicans passing and signing liberal legislation to be part of the solution.

...Congress failed us and you put too much stock in a revolution that never figured out what really needed to be done to win.

And you ignore the President's constitutional power to veto legislation. The veto of bills like the AWB is precisely what needs "to be done to win."

I'd much rather try to fix the problems within the party of greatest opportunity than fight from the outside against a party in power that wants to crush my rights.

Oh, I'm sure that your unconditional support of RINO policies will help "fix the problems within the party." You betcha...

The winner of this election will be a reblican or a democrat. If you don't vote for a republican - your giving the democrat a free vote.

And if you automatically support everything the 'Stupid Party' offers up, you're giving the liberal a free vote. "Congratufreakinglations on your choice."

I'm sure RKBA will be much better off under a party with banning as part of it's freaking platform.

LOL! I repeat: if you want to live in a fantasy land, where a Republican signing gun control legislation is somehow better than a D@mocrat signing IDENTICAL gun control legislation, then "that is your choice, I'm just dissapointed that it could effect my rights in the long term."

;>)

366 posted on 12/30/2003 4:16:25 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ("COME AND TAKE IT!" - Battle of Gonzales, Texas Revolution, 1835)
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To: Who is John Galt?
It is certainly no substitute for a President and a Congress that honor the Constitution...

Key word bolded. Congress shouldn't be getting a free pass since it is easier to blame one elected official. As long as people keep "hoping" there will be a President that gives them everything they want, the longer it will take to have a veto proof majority in Congress that will work within the Constitution.

You apparently consider Republicans passing and signing liberal legislation to be part of the solution.

Not at all. The libs version would be much worse.

LOL! I repeat: if you want to live in a fantasy land, where a Republican signing gun control legislation is somehow better than a D@mocrat signing IDENTICAL gun control legislation, then "that is your choice, I'm just dissapointed that it could effect my rights in the long term."

I'm not willing to cut off my nose in spite of my face.

397 posted on 12/30/2003 5:27:25 PM PST by !1776!
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