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tifosi77 wrote:Shyster wrote:While I sound convervative on many subjects, I am a libertarian. Watch: Legalize drugs! Drone strikes cause terrorism! Close all overseas military bases!
See? Totally not a conservative.
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While I know those positions are viewed as liberal hallmarks, I think such things are actually small 'c' conservative. Things like legalizing drugs, same-sex marriage, abortion, reduced overseas footprints..... at their heart, my positions are really centered on minimizing the role and impact the federal government plays.
Just don't get me started on healthcare.
tifosi77 wrote:While I know those positions are viewed as liberal hallmarks, I think such things are actually small 'c' conservative. Things like legalizing drugs, same-sex marriage, abortion, reduced overseas footprints..... at their heart, my positions are really centered on minimizing the role and impact the federal government plays.
shafnutz05 wrote:MWB wrote:I think very few people on this board fit into a "lefty"/conservative hole.
Agreed. Except maybe Factorial and steelhammer
Joe Scarborough @JoeNBC
Question of the night for GOP radicals: Do you consider Ronald Reagan a RINO for supporting a ban on assault weapons?
columbia wrote:Don't shoot the messenger....as it were:Joe Scarborough @JoeNBC
Question of the night for GOP radicals: Do you consider Ronald Reagan a RINO for supporting a ban on assault weapons?
Factorial wrote:columbia wrote:Don't shoot the messenger....as it were:Joe Scarborough @JoeNBC
Question of the night for GOP radicals: Do you consider Ronald Reagan a RINO for supporting a ban on assault weapons?
Reagan was a liberal.
columbia wrote:Don't shoot the messenger....as it were:Joe Scarborough @JoeNBC
Question of the night for GOP radicals: Do you consider Ronald Reagan a RINO for supporting a ban on assault weapons?
shafnutz05 wrote:The NRA's membership has increased in the last month or two by about a quarter million people
shafnutz05 wrote:The 2nd Amendment is part of the Constitution. Although many people say it is outdated, it's still there.
As tifosi said earlier, you want to change it? Strike the amendment out of the Constitution via the traditional process.
columbia wrote:And public opinion for assault weapon bans has increased by about 20%.
The NRA acts just like any other fringe group: create fear and rake in the cash (for the gun industry).
Factorial wrote:Pitt87 wrote:Just looked at my first paycheck of the new year an wanted thank our President for the pay cut today. No tax increases on middle class didn't even last long enough to be inaugurated for a second term.
What short memories people have. The GOP House was against extending the payroll tax holiday to 2012 but it made it through eventually and neither the Democrats or the GOP had plans to extend it in 2013.
Shyster wrote:columbia wrote:And public opinion for assault weapon bans has increased by about 20%.
The NRA acts just like any other fringe group: create fear and rake in the cash (for the gun industry).
Considering that not did the President today express his wish for a new assault-weapons ban, but multiple states have introduced new legislation on that subject (and even passed it already in the case of New York), how can it be said that he NRA is “creating fear” in this case? When someone says right to your face that “I want to do so-and-so,” and it’s not out of the realm of possibility that they could in fact accomplish that task, how is it “fear” to take action based on that possibility?
Any why is it bad for law-abiding gun owners to be cleaning out gun stores? If people are buying from gun shops, we know all of those sales are going to people who passed a background check. Plenty of guns and ammunition are made in the United States (even a lot of foreign gun companies manufacture their products here), and that means jobs and money for Americans. Do people get freaked out when Apple has lines around the block and “rakes in the cash” on a new phone or tablet?
columbia wrote:You're exactly the type of member they rely on.
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