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graham4anything

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21. BTW, once the Dems know someone has their back, it will be 100% of the dems
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 05:55 PM
Dec 2012

same as the Dems want better health care
and Roe V. Wade to be legal
and all the other democratic causes

the only thing stopping dems now is of course they are scared of the NRA financing their opponent.

With the Great Equalizer on the side of all dems, well, it goes without saying- they no longer need be scared of the NRA

The NRA will fade like the BurgerMeisterMeisterBurger did in the cartoon Santa Claus is coming to town.
It won't be instant, but it will be

The NRA spent more than $17 million on this year's campaigns. graham4anything Dec 2012 #1
The court's rightwing swing is shortly to end. Obama44, Hillary45 and soon a 8 to 1 left court graham4anything Dec 2012 #2
someone will have to sue to get it to the court gejohnston Dec 2012 #5
I believe you are delusional if you think Jenoch Dec 2012 #12
Just one supreme court ruling will do it. Saying the 2nd applies only to guns in the home graham4anything Dec 2012 #17
that's not how it works gejohnston Dec 2012 #23
How does that make carry illegal? Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #33
ask them when it happens. graham4anything Dec 2012 #35
the pro gun rights side is mostly grass roots gejohnston Dec 2012 #47
it takes decades for a redwood to be majestic after planting a seed graham4anything Dec 2012 #49
you are saying money bombs and a few people with a lot of money should be able gejohnston Dec 2012 #53
You are against overturning the 2nd. graham4anything Dec 2012 #55
Muscat is a city in Oman gejohnston Dec 2012 #57
I like Dershowitz getting OJ off. Seeming Thomas Jefferson did not believe what he wrote graham4anything Dec 2012 #59
AFICT, he inherited some gejohnston Dec 2012 #62
Dershowitz didn't get OJ off gejohnston Dec 2012 #71
What's a muscat? discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #64
How are you posting with moveable type press? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #84
I'm sorry...please explain how we are going to get 8 progressives on the Supreme Court. Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #74
Just like the RW court overturned Roe v Wade ... oh wait. hack89 Dec 2012 #86
I welcome the others who had posted to repost their responses here too. graham4anything Dec 2012 #3
How is it Democrat vs Democrat? gejohnston Dec 2012 #4
Sorry, it is well known, Bloomberg was a lifetime liberal democrat from Mass graham4anything Dec 2012 #9
he might be a social liberal gejohnston Dec 2012 #14
He is supporting ANYONE who is vocal about supporting gun control, to get the Dems to do same graham4anything Dec 2012 #16
he backed Scotty over Warren because of Wall Street gejohnston Dec 2012 #24
you, like anyone else are entitled to YOUR opinion graham4anything Dec 2012 #42
McCarthy ran as a Dem gejohnston Dec 2012 #45
My ass he is. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #85
politics makes strange bedfellows. If you are looking for absolutes, there are none. graham4anything Dec 2012 #87
The title of this thread is patently false. Clames Dec 2012 #6
as you know, Mike Bloomberg is a liberal democrat *and the #1 GREEN person in the world) from Mass graham4anything Dec 2012 #10
Liberal Democrats did not support Scott Brown. Bloomberg did. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #25
Check your facts... Clames Dec 2012 #29
Don't forget the charity. #1 charitable person in the world. graham4anything Dec 2012 #40
You are flailing. Clames Dec 2012 #61
So a billionaire on the other side of the country did not like a sitting Dem sarisataka Dec 2012 #7
Yup!!! graham4anything Dec 2012 #11
Your worship of the 0.1% is appalling. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #18
I think you overlooked something sarisataka Dec 2012 #30
I assume you like Angus King? graham4anything Dec 2012 #34
did you violate the TOS? gejohnston Dec 2012 #38
actually NO. if you read close around election time, it specificlaly states- graham4anything Dec 2012 #46
If the Republicans would have taken the Senate, gejohnston Dec 2012 #50
There never was a chance the Dems would lose the senate. That was known from day one graham4anything Dec 2012 #52
doesn't matter, gejohnston Dec 2012 #54
so would anyone. You are dealing in absolutes. That don't exist in real life. graham4anything Dec 2012 #56
yes it does have strange bed fellows gejohnston Dec 2012 #58
I love Jerry Brown. Guess we have something in common after all graham4anything Dec 2012 #60
I do not accept sarisataka Dec 2012 #44
that is another topic, but a good president won't abuse it, so don't vote for Jeb in 2016 graham4anything Dec 2012 #51
PATRIOT act does fit pretty cleanly Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #65
Congress voted for it and keep ratifying its renewal graham4anything Dec 2012 #66
I don't trust any politician sarisataka Dec 2012 #67
So you support the keeping the political fundraising activities of the Koch brothers legal? krispos42 Dec 2012 #68
faux argument graham4anything Dec 2012 #69
you support millionaires being... krispos42 Dec 2012 #77
Mayor Bloomberg has started a grass roots but heavily funded to give folks THE REST OF THE STORY graham4anything Dec 2012 #78
So, yes. krispos42 Dec 2012 #81
there is no grass roots effort gejohnston Dec 2012 #82
Grass roots? You have to be fucking kidding yourself DonP Dec 2012 #83
the dems have gotten +2 on the votes against the NRA because of the victory graham4anything Dec 2012 #88
You have a terrible grasp of the use of similes and metaphors DonP Dec 2012 #97
Did the constitution allow Bobby Kennedy to wiretap Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? graham4anything Dec 2012 #99
Just so you can say you do, Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #102
So the correct answer is ... you're doing nothing but whining online. DonP Dec 2012 #106
The NRA IS a nightmare, so they deserve all the nightmares they get! MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #8
+1 zillion, billion, million and 45. graham4anything Dec 2012 #13
You're right! rrneck Dec 2012 #15
the NRA is the 1.5 %, as they have 4.3 million members out of 320 million americans graham4anything Dec 2012 #19
there are 80 million gun owners gejohnston Dec 2012 #22
A complete rethinking shall be done. The above soundbyte is 1980s soundbytes graham4anything Dec 2012 #26
what does that have to do with Brady Campaign gejohnston Dec 2012 #39
Which is circa 80X the membership of the Brady Campaign. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #27
Why are you so afraid of the NRA? rrneck Dec 2012 #36
the 1% fallacy discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #63
are you sure that is the only reason? gejohnston Dec 2012 #20
irrelevant, as he is gone from the house, and I don't hear anyone crying but his bank account graham4anything Dec 2012 #31
he is 100 percent for Wall Street and 100 percent against OWS gejohnston Dec 2012 #41
BTW, once the Dems know someone has their back, it will be 100% of the dems graham4anything Dec 2012 #21
umm no gejohnston Dec 2012 #28
Bloomberg tried to stab Liz Warren in the back. You don't talk about *that*, do you? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #32
Support anti-NRA get his support. First one to say anti-NRA gets the bucks. graham4anything Dec 2012 #37
you don't get it gejohnston Dec 2012 #43
a majestic redwood takes decades after one plants a seed to be a majestic redwood graham4anything Dec 2012 #48
How is it the NRA's worst nightmare? gejohnston Dec 2012 #70
yes. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #72
It's refreshing to find someone open and honest... ileus Dec 2012 #73
OMG...it's like the spontaneous protests by Unions & Workers- Bob Costas on tv just did anti-Gun graham4anything Dec 2012 #75
he was born in NYC, gejohnston Dec 2012 #76
Your continuing worship of right wing politicians has reached a new low. Union Scribe Dec 2012 #79
He elected a better Democrat and he elected Angus King. The Great Equalizer graham4anything Dec 2012 #80
I just have to say SQUEE Dec 2012 #89
the thingy with OWS was the Mayor of NY. You are confusing Mike the Man with the mayor graham4anything Dec 2012 #90
Would you please twist... sarisataka Dec 2012 #91
this topic is about the NRA and Guns. Why are you diverting it? graham4anything Dec 2012 #94
You are the one who put forth Bloomberg as the counter to the NRA sarisataka Dec 2012 #98
Where in the world would you come up with that analogy?I guess it takes a gun lover to distort graham4anything Dec 2012 #101
I pulled the analogy from your reply, sarisataka Dec 2012 #104
Yes, always has been that way. More so in the 24/7/365 national cable news media graham4anything Dec 2012 #108
I merely suggest .. SQUEE Dec 2012 #92
I welcome your opinion. That is what a discussion of issues should be. Keep them coming. graham4anything Dec 2012 #96
David Toma was in Newark, NJ gejohnston Dec 2012 #105
Yeah. You are correct. graham4anything Dec 2012 #107
in case you don't get the graphic gejohnston Dec 2012 #93
send a letter to the mayor. In 2014 it will be Christine Quinn, democrat. graham4anything Dec 2012 #95
Really? SQUEE Dec 2012 #100
Money by side 2, to offset side A, means THE PEOPLE DECIDE, as it makes things EQUAL graham4anything Dec 2012 #103
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