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« Nebraska considering ban on nonhunting guns | Main | New VPC demand »

Campaign doublespeak

Posted by David Hardy · 21 February 2008 08:55 PM

Ken Blackwell has an article on Obama in the NY Sun.

"Senator Obama recently gave us a disturbing foretaste of the contradictory doublespeak we could expect under an Obama presidency"
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"Noting that some argue that the Second Amendment only grants state governments the power to arm National Guard units, Mr. Obama said he rejected that view in favor of the widely held belief that the Second Amendment — like the rest of the Bill of Rights — involves rights held by American citizens. "
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"[L]ater in that same story it says that in the same news conference where he spoke about an individual's right and the Second Amendment, Mr. Obama also said he supports the D.C. gun ban."
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"That's like saying you have the right to worship as you choose, but the government has the power to ban attending church. Or that you have the right to free speech, but that government has the power to stop you from speaking about any subject it wants. Or that you have the right against unreasonable searches and seizures, but that anything the government wants to search at your house is automatically reasonable."

· Politics

4 Comments | Leave a comment

PolyKahr | February 22, 2008 7:14 AM | Reply

David,

I saw Mr. Blackwell's article on Townhall.com. In a way, Obama was not speaking out of both sides of his mouth, but rather was telegraphing what he truly believes. He believes that we have these natural rights but he also believes that governement can (and should) prevent you from exercising them. Unless we can convince him that we will defend these rights, why should he not believe these things? Obama may be cynical, but he is not stupid. Obama is a dangerous guy.

PolyKahr

The Mechanic | February 22, 2008 8:14 AM | Reply

The Mechanic sez:
Open a vein, vote for Mccain!

Jack | February 22, 2008 10:27 AM | Reply

The Joyce Foundation gave $18.4 million to anti-gun rights groups in the four years 1998-2001 that Barack Obama was a director.

The Mechanic | February 24, 2008 3:30 PM | Reply

The McCain endorsement was satire, ok? I'm still going to vote for Ron Paul I for one will not miss the IRS after its abolished by President Ron Paul's executive order!

There's a reason why they call the Republicans the stupid party and the Democrat party the evil party!

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