Muscatine

I did go back and you were saying that Fox and Friends are not a reliable news source and I counter that they are as or more  reliable than the Today show, bsmbc or gma.

"The NRA and its followers are screaming Obama will take our guns away even though there is indication he will. So all the gun nuts go out and buy another one just in case."   Well, of course they do. If you found out that your favorite -whatever you enjoy in your life- were perhaps going to be eliminated, wouldn't you buy up a couple extra?

Miss this?

Hale DeMar, a 52-year-old Wilmette resident, was arrested and charged with
misdemeanor violations for shooting, in the shoulder and leg, a burglar who
broke into his home not once, but twice. Cook County prosecutors dropped all
charges against DeMar.

In March 2004, the Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 2165, a law introduced
in response to DeMar's case, with provisions designed to assert a right of
citizens to protect themselves against home invasions, such that self-defense
requirements would be viewed to take precedence over local ordinances against
handgun possession. The measure passed the Illinois Senate by a vote of 38-20.
Barack Obama was one of the 20 state senators voting against the measure.

Governor Rod Blagojevich vetoed the bill. On Nov. 9, 2004, the Illinois
Senate voted 40-18 to override Blagojevich's veto. Again, Obama acted against
the bill.

On Nov. 17, the Illinois House voted overwhelmingly, 85-30, to override the
governor's veto and Senate Bill 2165 became law.

Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a
document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of handguns in
Illinois. Obama responded, “No, my writing wasn’t on that particular
questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns.”

Actually, Obama’s writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when
Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit,
Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:

35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and
possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory
waiting periods and background checks? Yes.

Obama’s campaign said, “Sen. Obama didn’t fill out these state Senate
questionnaires--a staffer did--and there are several answers that didn’t reflect
his views then or now. He may have jotted some notes on the front page of the
questionnaire, but some answers didn’t reflect his views.” (bullshit)

April 11th produced "Bittergate." The Huffington Post website posted an
explanation Obama gave at a private fundraiser in San Francisco of the
challenges he faced with working-class voters in Pennsylvania and Indiana. "It's
not surprising they get bitter," he said, referring to decades of constrained
economic opportunities. "They cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people
who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a
way to explain their frustrations."

Clinton said the remarks were "not reflective of the values and beliefs of
Americans." McCain said Obama showed "breathtaking" elitism. Obama challenged
the accusations, and noted in response to the charge of elitism that he had been
raised by a single mother who relied on food stamps, but conceded he could have
been more diplomatic.  (maybe more "flexible" as with Vladimir?)