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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We need a democratic nominee who gives the NRA no quarter! [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)58. Those of us in Flyover Country disagree.
No love for the NRA, who have degenerated into an arm of the GOP, but I have no love for Big City gun-grabbers, either.
The bashing of rural gun owners as dumb hicks is part of a strategy by Urban corporate elites to demonize poor rural whites as "white trash".
Fuck that.
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Some? In my NJ middle class Democratic hamlet of 60,000--50% of households own firearms.
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#56
Thank you, by the NRA is a place where you can get discounts on ammo and weapons.
JRLeft
Feb 2016
#67
exactly...FIRE THE GOP, SINK THE NRA, GUN CONTROL IS COMING, COMING TO THE USA
mgmaggiemg
Feb 2016
#7
No, but our guns should not be taken away. Background checks and the closing of the gun show
JRLeft
Feb 2016
#19
I mention it sometimes because I wouldnt shed a tear if no one on this country had a gun.
boston bean
Feb 2016
#48
It's a hobby of mine, I love going to the range. I do not consume animals or animal byproducts.
JRLeft
Feb 2016
#54
I find it the most unintelligent form of politics to declare opposition to an unknown quantity.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#16
Nope. I disagree with them on most things. I just prefer a more intelligent politics.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#26
So in the face of what appeared to you to be conflicting information, you simply picked one?
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#35
Is Hillary out of the duck blind with her six shooters now? Political expediency demanded it.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#53
Is that this year's Hillary or the 2008 version who bragged about her history with guns?
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#20
The guy with a D minus rating from the NRA? Let's look at his history, shall we?
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#24
The guy who stood up to the NRA repeatedly and got an F grade 5 years in a row because of it?
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#33
Who still stood up to the NRA. Repeatedly. And faced a backlash when they backed his opponents.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#42
In checked baggage. Try to stick to the facts, your desperation is showing.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#45
Who never owned a gun. Or hunted. Or bragged about it when pandering to gun nuts. Like Annie Oakley.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#44
We need a Democratic nominee who gives the financial industry and lobbyists no quarter!
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#36
Sure she would. Those millions she took from them won't affect her decisions at all.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#47
That doesn't usually happen until after they're elected. Are you new to politics?
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#57
Re-read post #57 and figure out which part you got wrong, then get back to me.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#68
Wow, you are a novice. You probably believe lobbyists are voluteers.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#72
Well then you should go ask someone else because I never made that claim.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#78
Seriously, google lobbyists, it's quite eye opening. You'll see why we oppose money in politics.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#82
Let's see proof that I made that claim first. I thought I was quite clear in post #57.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#84
What does that even mean? Post 6 is about an assault weapons ban. See post #24:
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#86
Bupkis because you don't like it? I'll take Elizabeth Warren at her word, thanks.
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#91
Elizabeth Warren said Hillary gave quid pro quo to someone who gave a donation??
boston bean
Feb 2016
#92
+1. You are not alone. Some of us moved to the big city and can't stand the rhetoric here.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#88
All of DU can and may agree with you but, I don't know if ALL of America will agree with you.
Hiraeth
Feb 2016
#63
Hell, this pro-2A lefty Democrat doesn't give the NRA a dime, let alone a "quarter."
Eleanors38
Feb 2016
#75