Posted on 06/21/2015 4:34:25 PM PDT by bestintxas
“Easy. One does what any nimble politician does and answer the question one would prefer had been asked: Simply state that government regulating guns to eliminate gun violence is likely to result in more gun violence. The correct thing to do is to reverse leftist cultural policies that mass produce violent psychotics, dependents, and other misfits.”
That sounds good but the left could still misconstrue the comments by simply stating that Rove would rather allow racists to have access to guns instead of enacting meaningful and reasonable restrictions on gun ownership.
You see, this is a universal response to anything Rove could have said. You and I know this is incorrect but why should the left feel constrained to accurately state the facts?
“He did imply that to do so would reduce violence, which implies a benefit to doing so, is false, and is un-American. The statement will be used by the left and he was dumb enough to give it to them. Rove is therefore undeserving of your defense. “
I completely agree.
What he said is akin to saying “Let’s kill all blacks in order to stop racism”
No one is stupid enough to do it,(and I certainly am not advocating such by any stretch) so why in the world say it, even if it actually would end racism permanently?
If it "sounds good" people hear the "good" and whatever the left makes of it sounds strained. Tape of leftists misconstruing is nowhere near as powerful as an edited clip of Rove blowing it complete with "discussion." The job of a political operative is to make the most of every second of air time and Rove blew it.
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