They're baaaack!

Yes they are. And as M. Simon reminded me this morning, they -- the Democrats -- are pushing for a renewal of the (so-called) assault weapons ban.

Les Jones has the scoop:

"Well, all you folks who voted for anyone but a republican now know what the next 2-10 years are going to be like. Maybe longer."

Which was countered by:

"Plus, even if it does pass, all you good Republicans have nothing to worry about because your President will veto it, right? Remember, you guys all said Bush was just playing politics when he said he would sign a new AWB. You guys don't think you are wrong now, do you? Do you?"

Yep. Bush said in the 2004 election that he would sign the AWB renewal if it came across his desk. At the time, he was confident of a Republican Congress keeping that from happening. What could possiblie go wrong? The 2006 elections went wrong, Democrats now control both houses of Congress, and Bush's words are coming back to haunt gunowners.

Oh yes, the Republican Congress. Whatever happened to that? Why, they were voted out -- by Democrats who had a little help from angry rank and file Republicans. As I remarked in an email to Simon it was the "punish the Republican leadership by not voting" thing. (Like a kid deliberately hurting himself to punish mommy.) I complained repeatedly, and I tried to warn my readers. I guess that means I don't have enough, um "influence."

Lately, of course, I'm continuing to complain repeatedly in a similar vein -- about the movement to put Hillary in the White House. Why, I'm feeling so repetitive today that I'll even repeat my repetition:

If you don't believe me about this, read the immortal words of Tom DeLay:
Hillary Clinton as president may be the best thing that ever happened to the conservative movement and the Republican Party.
At the risk of repeating myself for the umpteenth time, when enough people want something to happen, it will happen.

I keep opining that collusion is not always an intentional process. Voting means choosing the better of two bad alternatives, and people get so blinded by their emotions that they forget.

The bright side of this is that the gun issue was once supposed to be a losing issue for the Dems, so they dropped it.

But now that they're back, maybe they'll make it a losing issue again!

posted by Eric on 02.15.07 at 10:03 AM





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We survived one assault weapons ban; if necessary, we can survive another. I think it's more important to remind a party that they can be replaced if they become fat, lazy and corrupt.

It's a shame that we couldn't do better than the democrats, but you work with what you have.

tim maguire   ·  February 15, 2007 12:58 PM

Does it hurt, having DHIMMIcRATs on the hunt for our guns? Yes.

Am I sorry now? No.

Take one look at the losers who are the Stupid Party leadership and ask yourself if they could be any more dense about the message we sent them in 2006.

We need to keep sending that message, until they get out of town and let real conservative Republicans get in. And, we need to be willing to pay the price, which in this case is having to fight a bit harder to defend our 2nd Amendment rights.

Paul A'Barge   ·  February 15, 2007 06:34 PM

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