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The Dramatic Dem Hypocrisy on Gun Control
Pelosi: Harry Reid and 'Big Money' Are the Reasons I Didn't Hold Any Votes on Gun Control from 2009 to 2011
At a press conference in the Capitol on Wednesday, House Democrats lashed out at opponents of new gun control measures. “There are no arguments against doing something,” said Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut. “The notion that more Americans, quote unquote, in the words of Governor Perry ‘packing heat’ will make us safer is not founded in reality, facts, or history. It is founded in the fantasy of testosterone-laden individuals who have blood on their hands for articulating that idea.” Rep. John Larson, another Democrat from Connecticut, agreed with his colleague and said that "to do nothing is to be complicit" with mass murder. But when nearly 260 Democrats controlled the House from 2009 to 2011, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi didn't hold a single vote on gun control. Why not? “Perhaps you’re familiar with the 60-vote rule in the Senate," Pelosi told me. "Our members are very courageous. They’ll walk the plank on any tough vote. But I don’t want them to walk the plank on something that’s not going to become the law.” “This is a very high priority for us," Pelosi continued. "But because of what is—money. Let’s face it. Big money out there on the side of those would be opposed to gun safety.” “The fact is if there was no prospect of success, we wanted the members to be here to continue to make the fight, so that when there was a prospect of success they would be here rather than being cleared out by the NRA,” Pelosi added. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado, the Democrats' chief deputy whip, chimed in to support Pelosi. “We had the votes to pass sensible gun legislation through the House, but when the Senate said that they couldn’t do it with the 60 votes, the leader made the decision that this really wasn’t the thing to do at the time," said DeGette. "We were trying to pass health care reform and other issues." From 2009 to 2011 there were either 59 or 60 Democrats in the Senate, plus five Republicans who had voted for the "assault weapons ban" in 2004 (Judd Gregg, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, George Voinovich, and Dick Lugar). In other words, it was Democratic opposition in the Senate, chiefly from Majority Leader Harry Reid, that disuaded Pelosi from holding a single vote on gun control from 2009 to 2011. Of course, Pelosi was more than willing to vote on other measures, such as cap-and-trade, that stood little chance of passing the Senate. Why did Pelosi choose to ratchet up pressure on Senate Democrats over cap-and-trade but not gun control? "Well, I’m not going to speculate about that," DeGette told me following the press conference. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...ds_690733.html |
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Somehow you have a hard time making that case, Mr. Classic Projection who rarely refutes a post with any real arguments except logical fallacies, ad hominems or lying. They take you off your meds?
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"if you pack heat you have blood on your hands"
These are fools who have never shot a gun in their life.
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As for the rest, read the link—don't shoot the messenger alone. Now tell me what do you think is the reason for all that ammunition that was purchased under the Obama regime?
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People inside congress have said the admin. is preparing for massive civil war.
Why else would they be buying billions of rounds of ammo?
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Systematic execution of Republican voters within 6 months. A classic Democratic strategy.
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within that link. You can dismiss that part all you want, but it doesn't change that fact. Now what is it for is anybody's guess. As usual, your reading, as well as Amnorix's is needs improvement judging from the amount of straw man arguments you use.
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Jeezaz H., who was that?
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Must be for civil war. There is absolutely no other reason that anyone could think of.
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Another irrelevancy and logical fallacy. Hey, can you do anything but mock people and rely on cross-thread straw men? Are you thread grudge collector or something? Or just on Obama's payroll to stir up animosity as part of agit prop?
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As to your quote—so? It still doesn't say why it's needed by them.
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