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In reply to the discussion: Reid Downplays Chances for Assault Gun Ban, Filibuster Changes [View all]Cynicus Emeritus
(172 posts)I could be wrong and so could Harry Reid, but we are more likely to be right.
Politics and life are about making priorities. Gun control is being pushed by urbanites who want it as their pet priority, and in the process it will inevitably sap the power of the Democratic Party from fixing the important things that need fixed and that affect millions. Things like climate change, making Wall St and business honest, protecting the food supply, prosecuting bankers (that unfortunately will never happen), staying out of wars in the Middle East, ensuring that wealthy bankers don't capture our pensions and Social Security.
The wealthy are behind the attempt to establish gun rights for the masses so as to deflect the attention from the elite and rich who already own all the security (private and public) they need. This issue will make all other political battles look like child's play. It will consume Congress and the American people and only make the divide worse and it isn't just L vs R. It is much more.
If only the media and the elite were as concerned about our false wars that have killed and destroyed the lives of many thousands more of young Americans as these mass killings that have have served as the catalyst just as 9-11 served as the catalyst for the Patriot Act.
Harry Reid understands that politics is not about chewing gum and walking. Political capital is expended on one or the other. Pushing gun control will sap the political lifeblood out of the Democratic Party while assuring nothing gets done in Congress on issues that affect millions. There is a very good chance that attempts for strict gun control will reverse the momentum of the Democratic Party, that has been in the Party's favor. It will consume the oxygen, just like the wars in the Middle East that have cost us dearly but have provided nothing of benefit for America.
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