Reply #60: That may be your belief, however.....

[TnDem]

Senator Jim Webb, (D. VA), disagrees with you...He said in his book "Born Fighter" that Gore lost Tennessee and West Virginia primarily on the gun vote...Bill Clinton agreed with Webb in an interview. Clinton also stated in his book, (My Life), that there was basically no doubt why the Democratic party lost the House and the Senate in 1994 and it was because of the passage of the now expired "Assault Weapons Ban"...

I live here...I saw it happen. You may convince yourself of whatever you want. I watched Gore implode in a state that he had should have at least been far more competitive in...The bragging about his "tie vote on the gun show loophole" had chilling effects on rural voters and any intensity there for Gore before that was chilled greatly.

But then that's OK, if you don't want to believe Webb and Clinton, two of the most astute southern politicians ever, then that's fine because I surely cannot convince you.