A fascinating Huffington Post item on some of John McCain’s past statements on gun rights includes this from 2004, on Rep. Todd Tiahrt’s now-famous amendment to prohibit the public release of trace data on guns used in crimes: “This information is not top secret data that jeopardizes our national security, or hinders law enforcement,†McCain said. “We cannot have a government that operates in secret and refuses to release information that shows where criminals have obtained a gun. . . . This language is an embarrassment to law-abiding gun owners and is a slap in the face to law enforcement.â€
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McBush was against the amendment until his masters reactivated his Manchurian training. Now he salivates whenever they want him to.
The maverick is gone and the Manchurian Candidate is fully functioning.
Even the initial are the same. MC = Mc
It doesn’t seem to matter what McCain is for or against — he is a Republican.
It’s simple, just like the people who will vote for him.
“It’s simple, just like the people who will vote for him.”
Well said…
Just as Obama has touched black Democratic voters, he has engendered conflicting emotions among black Republicans. They revel over the possibility of a black president but wrestle with the thought that the Illinois senator doesn’t sit beside them ideologically.
“Among black conservatives,” Williams said, “they tell me privately, it would be very hard to vote against him in November.”
Perhaps sensing the possibility of such a shift, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has made some efforts to lure black voters. He recently told Essence magazine that he would attend the NAACP’s annual convention next month, and he noted that he recently traveled to Selma, Ala., scene of seminal voting rights protests in the 1960s, and “talked about the need to include ‘forgotten Americans.’”
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Oh please McBush, please….go to the NAACP convention and open your mouth and let words come out….please dear God please!
That’s ok, Tiahrt said he’s going to learn to love him, even if Mccain prefers airbus.
Phant,
Now if we could only learn to love Tiahrt.
Tiahrt is one of the few Republicans to actually hold back on his endorsement of McCain. I suppose once McCain shift some “campaign donations” Tiahrt’s way that view will change.
The Republican Party has set their “hopes” on McCain. They don’t have anything else.
giggle
And Obama is any better on gun rights?
I don’t have to agree with McCain on every single issue to know he is better than Obama on most of them.
It is a matter of voting for the person who will most represent my views at this time and that person happens to be McCain.
Planning on dumping your wife for a newer, richer, prettier model HLP?
Does McShame represent your view on family values?
That last post was mine.
KansasNative,
The only time your party ever cares about family values is when they can point out a Republican who has been divorced.
“The only time your party ever cares about family values is when they can point out a Republican who has been divorced.”
Yet it only seems to be the Republicans who push hard for anti-marriage and anti-adoption legislation. Well, whenever they aren’t boinking other guys in airports.
Hmmmm…
Anti-marriage and anti-adoption legislation?
Must be liberal speak for they don’t support Homosexual marriage and adoption.
Better watch out Nathaniel. These Libs go rabid if you don’t fall down and worship homosexuality.
Neocons are so silly, they are scared of everyone, invisible terrorists, gay couples, nipples on television, etc. The only thing that keeps them from wetting their pants is stroking their guns. Better call the big government to protect you, I hear there’s some artist who is going to paint something.
That’s what I see too Maggot.
Fear is what all neocons have in common.
-The government is looking at what you read at the library!
-The government is listening to your phone calls without a warrant.
-The Republicans are going to take away your Social Security!
-President Bush is tearing apart the Constitution!
-etc…etc…etc…
Yeah, you liberals don’t know anything at all about using fear…
“Yeah, you liberals don’t know anything at all about using fear…”
Oh, does the board’s fascist promise something more? Bullies are scared little children, tell us what else you are scared of Nathan.
““This information is not top secret data that jeopardizes our national security, or hinders law enforcement,” McCain said. “We cannot have a government that operates in secret and refuses to release information that shows where criminals have obtained a gun. . . . This language is an embarrassment to law-abiding gun owners and is a slap in the face to law enforcement.””
John McCain is like the form of government in the United States, terrible, except for all the other forms [candidates.]
In no way does the Tiahrt Amendment restrict or interfere with law enforcement functions. The law enforcement agencies wanted it because the reckless disclosure of data by Mayor Bloomberg has damaged criminal investigation.
McCain was a good pilot, a brave member of the armed forces and did his duty in prison camp in Hanoi.
I will vote for him as the least of all the evils who might become President. I am very concerned about the next 4-8 years.
“McCain was a good pilot, a brave member of the armed forces and did his duty in prison camp in Hanoi.
I will vote for him as the least of all the evils who might become President. I am very concerned about the next 4-8 years.”
He can fly a plane and he can be a prisoner. Doesn’t take much to earn a Republican vote these days.
“Maggotpunk,” on John Sidney McCain the Third (for Shrub’s 3rd term) –
“He can fly a plane and he can be a prisoner. Doesn’t take much to earn a Republican vote these days.”
He can’t fly ‘em all that well. He crashed six of ‘em.
Even George WMD Bush was a better pilot!
“McCain was a good pilot, a brave member of the armed forces and did his duty in prison camp in Hanoi.”
Yep, those are the Number One qualifications for a president.
Good pilot – check.
Brave member of the armed forces – check.
POW – check.
Of course, we have George WMD Bush – POC.
Prisoner of Cocaine.