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Right. Nobody wants to listen to him. GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #1
Loughner is a Mental Case and a call to our Nation to implement a liberal National Healthcare Policy Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2012 #2
Does mediamatters still employ an armed bodyguard? Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #3
Seems Like That Is Your Mantra fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #45
Unanswered questions become "mantras?" Only on the InnerTube... Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #66
I Can't speak for them fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #70
Even in D.C., since you are speaking for them? Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #76
Irrelevant fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #85
Let Me Guess fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #47
the election was about the economy gejohnston Nov 2012 #49
When They Do fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #52
give it a few years gejohnston Nov 2012 #54
It's Libertarian Side fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #58
it's there too, I'll list the whole thing gejohnston Nov 2012 #59
Libertarian fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #71
Shit, my deer gun is termed by the Military as a Battle Rifle. Order of magnitude more powerful AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #62
Here's a picture of an "assault weapon" glacierbay Nov 2012 #65
You guessed. Don't play craps. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #67
Do Tell Which One is Incorrect? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #69
I have no problem with ANY of those, for various reasons. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #73
Great Eleanors38 fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #75
Opposing MediaMatters is a bad thing? ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #77
Especially when it comes to the 2A glacierbay Nov 2012 #78
Gosh fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #86
Neither...both are wrong in multiple areas ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #88
So just who the fuck are you to pass judgements on other Democrats? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #81
Nice fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #83
So why do you think those who support more gun restrictions are failing so miserably? aikoaiko Nov 2012 #4
because of the myth that the NRA has influence? Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #5
just a few things gejohnston Nov 2012 #6
That's a knee-slapper discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2012 #7
The Joyce foundation has more transparency than the NRA Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #19
all of their funding partners are corporations and rich people gejohnston Nov 2012 #23
The Joyce foundation is quite open about their sources fo funding Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #26
CAN ANYONE SAY GUN MANUFACTURERS? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #50
with what evidence? gejohnston Nov 2012 #51
Could Not Have Been the Military-Industrial Complex? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #53
no, because gejohnston Nov 2012 #56
Just to be pedantic sir pball Nov 2012 #64
Joyce: discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2012 #25
Quit with the innuendo and do some research ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #8
NRA expenditures for an example - perhaps you should be doing more research? Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #9
Each of those canidates and check their opinions on gun laws gejohnston Nov 2012 #12
Actually, you need to read for content and understand the law better ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #14
and THAT Says It All fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #48
It says that the poster is clueless about the law and structure of these things ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #80
Other than the position and standing from a long list of candidates fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #84
You are as clueless as they are... ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #89
He/she lices in DC, which is about the same as another country. n/t oneshooter Nov 2012 #98
But if the actions of the NRA lead to little to no new gun control, aikoaiko Nov 2012 #10
If by myth, to claim that any effect they have is grossly exaggerated - YES Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #16
Then to what do you attribute the almost non-existence expansion of gun control laws? aikoaiko Nov 2012 #18
That question will not be answered by your interlocutor. Bet on it... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #32
So, Bill Clinton believes in the "myth?" nt Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #24
"Grass roots groups?" That's the trouble with the gun-control outlook: It isn't grassroots... Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #22
NRA failure successfully to affect outcome of election, despite spending money Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #11
so they had a better return than Rove gejohnston Nov 2012 #13
Rove AND the NRA BOTH had extremely poor returns --- and in the cas of the NRA, it's not new Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #17
You don't get it gejohnston Nov 2012 #21
Frank Luntz is anything but full of shit Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #27
he is a right wing propagandist gejohnston Nov 2012 #29
Yes, grass roots Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #28
But there is no sign that the Brady campaign is having any effect hack89 Nov 2012 #30
the NRA follows the same laws and is equally transparent gejohnston Nov 2012 #31
The Brady Campaign membership is outnumbered about 80:1 by the NRA friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #33
No, the NRA is a corporate sock puppegt Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #37
of course the three situations mentioned were also gejohnston Nov 2012 #38
I could with equal validity claim *this* guy is "representative of gun owners" friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #40
Sure fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #55
that doesn't help your arguement gejohnston Nov 2012 #57
Huh? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #101
If you follow the money to gejohnston Nov 2012 #102
LOL fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #103
some gave to his campaign gejohnston Nov 2012 #104
The NRA is one of the core founding groups of ALEC, gun control popularity Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #15
not true either gejohnston Nov 2012 #20
English Castle Doctrine includes a VERY strong duty to retreat, always has Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #35
how about learning current gun laws and comparing them to the Luntz poll gejohnston Nov 2012 #36
doesn't matter why Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #42
The fact that one can create a webpage dedicated to shootings at walmarts ManiacJoe Nov 2012 #43
you refuted nothing gejohnston Nov 2012 #46
On what screwed up, backward planet is self-defense equated to law enforcement? AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #60
It has everything to do with it Dog Gone at Penigma Nov 2012 #82
your knowledge of the Martin case is not accuate in any way gejohnston Nov 2012 #87
Where do you come up with this nonsense... ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #90
"In case after case"? PavePusher Nov 2012 #92
And another non-factual claim: PavePusher Nov 2012 #93
'numerous' is my favorite made up statistic. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #94
WalMart most certainly doesn't sell glacierbay Nov 2012 #63
They've demonstrated yet again gun control advocacy is religious in nature. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #74
Actually the details matter, and you are are yet to get many of them correct ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #79
Out of control hyperbole again. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #61
There should be absolutely NO Duty to Retreat from your own home, none. MicaelS Nov 2012 #68
Frank Luntz, as in "Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear"? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #34
Helps if you present your case honestly. AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #39
But if he did that, then he would have no case. oneshooter Nov 2012 #41
Brady - Gifford fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #44
There is no broad bipartisan support for gun control, not much grass roots support for it either ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #91
Ok fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #95
I would not be so sure about that ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #96
Voted On By Everyone at Convention fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #97
Its Pro Forma and little more ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #99
Here is that 'Pro Forma' Statement in Platform fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #100
It seems to me that if Jenoch Nov 2012 #72
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