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randome

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1. You ALWAYS talk to your enemy when planning change.

Reply to DainBramaged (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 02:50 PM

Jan 2013

Some members of the NRA will be more supportive of the administration on this basis alone.

To mock or disdain your enemies is to harden them against you. It cost us nothing to invite them to the table. Now, to some, they look intransigent and foolish.

And, philosophically speaking, Obama is President of ALL Americans. Even those belonging to the NRA.

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There is no compromise with the NRA, inviting them to the table to talk is ludicrous [View all] DainBramaged Jan 2013 OP

You ALWAYS talk to your enemy when planning change. randome Jan 2013 #1

The NRA has one goal AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #2

You seem to have a pretty low opinion of nurses. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #3

Inviting the NRA to the table was shrewed - politically speaking. BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #4

Yes. They need to be shown for what they really are, Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #6

Yep. And the only way to do this is to keep them in the spotlight - much to their chagrin. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #10

Exactly! Plus the gun lovers cannot say that the WH didn't even speak to the NRA. jillan Jan 2013 #7

100% agree. A brilliant and masterful move that put the NRA against the ropes. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #11

The more they are given a national stage, the more crazy their arguments seem. AngryOldDem Jan 2013 #16

Standard practice...you invite the stakeholders to express their interests HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #5

Really? 99Forever Jan 2013 #8

Are there any influential groups advocating such a position? hack89 Jan 2013 #12

Can't say, I'm not sure the position of bans on ALL firearms is held by any recognized stakeholder. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #13

So only the "extremists" that.. 99Forever Jan 2013 #15

A ban all guns proponent might see it that way rather than seeing their position HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #17

The NRA has 4 million members... 99Forever Jan 2013 #18

Who said any thing about the NRA as a majority? HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #19

You sir, have a double standard. 99Forever Jan 2013 #20

And you can't read with understanding. HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #21

that's ALL the more reason to invite them...let them expose themselves as incapable of compromise spanone Jan 2013 #9

It's an extremely shrewd political move nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #14

Would it be extremist if the Brady campaign didn't want to compromise on expanding gun ownership? TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #22

When these guys want zero regulation nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #24

That would be like inviting Philip Morris to a health symposium. Initech Jan 2013 #23