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September 23, 2008
NRA Rolls Out Four Ads Against The Anti-2nd Amendment Team Obama-Biden
Topics: Political News and commentariesThe National Rifle Association has released four ads against Barack Obama and Joe Biden (HT - RCC).
"Way of Life" features a Michigan voter reminding viewers about Obama's "bitter" comments that he made in San Francisco.
"Veteran" has an Iraq veteran talking about his freedoms.
"Hunter" features a Virginia voter talking about Obama's record on ammunition taxes and shotguns.
"Pennsylvania Values" tells voters about Joe Biden's record on gun issues.
As Robert Novak pointed out in his "Obama's second-amendment dance," Obama is no straight shooter when it comes to gun rights (edit: I'd add,appropriately, nor on anything else):
[...] Obama, disagreeing with the D.C. government and gun control advocates, declares that the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear arms" applies to individuals, not just the "well regulated militia" in the amendment. In the next breath, he asserts that this constitutional guarantee does not preclude local "common sense" restrictions on firearms. Does the draconian prohibition in Washington fit that description? My attempts to get an answer have proved unavailing. The front-running Democratic presidential candidate is doing the gun dance.Our take home message here is that in practically every single issue that Obama states a position on, it's always a two-step, about face dance. And this is especially true in the case of the right to keep and bear arms.That is a dance that many Democrats do, as revealed in private conversation with party strategists. As urban liberals, they reject constitutional protection for gun owners. As campaign managers, they want to avoid the fate of the many Democratic candidates who have lost elections because of gun control advocacy. The party's House leadership last year pulled from the floor a bill for a congressional seat for the District to protect Democratic members from having to vote on a Republican amendment against the D.C. gun law.
[...] Obama's dance on gun rights is part of his evolution from the radical young Illinois state legislator he once was. He was recorded in a 1996 questionnaire as advocating a ban on the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns (a position he has since disavowed). He was on the board of the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation, which takes an aggressive gun control position, and in 2000 considered becoming its full-time president. In 2006, he voted with an 84 to 16 majority (and against Clinton) to prohibit confiscation of firearms during an emergency, but that is his only pro-gun vote in Springfield or Washington. The National Rifle Association grades his voting record (and Clinton's) an "F."
Posted by Richard at September 23, 2008 11:38 AM
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