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Post on candidate Bill Richardson
Over at Jim Pate's blog. (I've known Jim for years, didn't know that he blogged):
"What really caught my attention was a question that Brian Williams asked him in the first Democratic debate that I watched. I don't remember much of the question or the answer, but I recall Brian Williams saying that Bill Richardson had the highest National Rifle Association rating of any Presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican. My jaw dropped. A Democrat has the highest NRA rating? That doesn't speak well for the Republicans, does it?
As I did some research in preparation for this post, I found that Richardson has actually received a decent mark from another conservative/libertarian organization: the Cato Institute. In the Cato Institute's Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2004, Richardson received a "B," which is in stark contrast to Mitt Romney's "C" and Mike Huckabee's "D."..."
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The NRA ratings are a bit misleading. Certainly, I don't think anyone who is pro-gun should seriously consider voting for Mr. Richardson, as he hasn't been the kindest and most pro-gun man out there. He is still a Democrat, and Democrats are what Democrats are. The best person for gun owners running for president would be Congressman Ron Paul, a libertarian-Republican. He seeks to overturn ALL gun control, not just keep the status quo.
Sorry, I need to clarify WHY they're misleading: The reason, for example, for Congressman Paul's lower rating (I think he had a B, last I checked, on the NRA's congressional scorecard) is due to the fact that Paul does not vote "yes" on FEDERAL pro-gun legislation. He rightly sees such things as the domain of the states, not the federal government, as per the 10th Amendment. As such, he votes "No" on certain pro-gun legislation as a result of constitutionality, not necessarily out of anti-gun bias.
Besides, for Democrats Party trumps Person...he may be a good man with good individual ideas, but he's not going to fight a democratic majority in Congress...You can't trust him not to fold and go along with the rest of the Dems.
Hi. Thanks for the insightful feedback. Actually, I'm not the James Pate of Soldier of Fortune magazine. My blog's still pretty good, though. :)
Thanks for the link to Jim Pate's site. His comments were insightful.