tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post7112655038006643012..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Obama on the 2nd Amendment and Abortionmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-69950779515910008812008-06-21T20:51:00.000-07:002008-06-21T20:51:00.000-07:00What I don't understand is why more folks don't de...What I don't understand is why more folks don't defend Roe v. Wade the same way that 2nd amendment folks defend their pet project: In other words, it's not guns (Roe v. Wade) that kills, it's those that use the guns (ruling). <BR/><BR/>So, you're right, I don't understand Obama's mixed views on the 2nd amendment. He should be consistently libertarian about both it and Roe v. Wade.<BR/><BR/>Signed, <BR/><BR/>Provocateur's ShadowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-54747477337096745102008-06-11T09:55:00.000-07:002008-06-11T09:55:00.000-07:00It is rather interesting then that Obama fancies h...<I>It is rather interesting then that Obama fancies himself a Constitutional scholar, because one would think that such a scholar would try and protect rights spelled out in the Constitution much more furiously than he would rights granted to us by a Supreme Court ruling.</I><BR/><BR/>Constitutional Scholar my ass.<BR/><BR/>Barack Obama couldn't recite the Second Amendment if they put it in big bold letters in his teleprompter.<BR/><BR/>RWR<BR/>www.rightwingrocker.comRightWingRockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899468595462551146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-25313122751766522542008-04-24T07:17:00.000-07:002008-04-24T07:17:00.000-07:00Obama has used D.C.'s gun ban as an example of so ...Obama has used D.C.'s gun ban as an example of so called "sensible restrictions" on the 2nd amendment. I don't know where Clinton is on the issue.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-30692827304881116142008-04-24T02:31:00.000-07:002008-04-24T02:31:00.000-07:00He served on the board of the extremely anti-Gun J...He served on the board of the extremely anti-Gun Joyce foundation and considered becoming its president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-21423152634392108252008-04-23T20:56:00.000-07:002008-04-23T20:56:00.000-07:00The question for Obama (and Clinton) must remain:G...The question for Obama (and Clinton) must remain:<BR/><BR/>Given that you state belief that the 2nd Amendment protects an INDIVIDUAL Right to Keep and Bear Arm, AND that you believe in "local/reasonable gun control":<BR/><BR/>Is the DC Gun Ban constitutional or NOT? <BR/><BR/>Yes, or No, Senator?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-65324550499239504512008-04-23T18:27:00.000-07:002008-04-23T18:27:00.000-07:00Anthony Downs theory helps us here. According to ...Anthony Downs theory helps us here. According to him, politicians, in order to capture votes, need to converge to the productive middle ground where the median voter dwells. In a primary they can appeal succesfully to the fringe elements of their party to secure the nomination, but in a general election they need to move to the middle in order to appeal to the median voter, or face defeat. Herein lies Obama's greatest problem. He is unable to converge to the middle ground because his extreme liberal positions will act as a spring in his back and will pull him off that middle ground. He has chosen to adopt radical views and associate himself with radical people over an extended period of time. Mcain moves easily into median voter territory--its native soil. If there is anyone "clinging" to anything in this election it is Obama as he tries to cling to the middle ground as the mighty spring of his extreme liberalism forces him back to the far left--alienating him from most Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-78771699951798111522008-04-23T15:37:00.000-07:002008-04-23T15:37:00.000-07:00"perverbial" is not a word."perverbial" is not a word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-8339436046825752692008-04-23T15:02:00.000-07:002008-04-23T15:02:00.000-07:00Obama's already been to the center on the 2nd amen...Obama's already been to the center on the 2nd amendment. He has been just about everywhere because he has frankly been all over the board on the second amendment. On the issue of abortion, he is farther left than NARAL. You don't vote for a bill that allows for infanticide and not be anything short of a radical on the issue. That tells me he is a true believer on abortion.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-48438087108107502062008-04-23T14:54:00.000-07:002008-04-23T14:54:00.000-07:00Obama's voting position on abortion and the 2nd am...Obama's voting position on abortion and the 2nd amendment is the same as Hillary's. However, Hillary will never be able to change her position without losing her core support of militant feminists. Obama doesn't have this anchor around his neck. He can learn and change, and I believe he will move to the center on these two issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com