President Obama on Wednesday will formally announce the most aggressive and expansive national gun-control agenda in generations as he presses Congress to mandate background checks for all firearm buyers and prohibit assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.
The announcement will set off a fierce confrontation with Congress over an issue that has riven American society for decades. Obama’s far-reaching firearms agenda has at best tepid support from his party leaders and puts him at loggerheads with Democratic centrists.
Days before his second inauguration, Obama is seeking to drive the guns debate in a way that contrasts with the accommodating approach he often took during his first term. In the weeks ahead, he will attempt to rally popular support to bend the will of lawmakers to vote for what he considers the ideal, not merely the possible.
“Yes, we can reduce gun violence, but it’s something we have to do together,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday. “It’s something that cannot be done by a president alone. It can’t be done by a single community alone or a mayor or a governor or by Congress alone. We all have to work together.”
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You know what? It may be Obama's last term but I can bet it ain't your local politician's, or at least they think it isn't. Call those motherfuckers up - call, don't write or email, call them up and tell them that your vote for them is gone if they support or do not actively oppose any new gun control measures.
I was just wondering .... for some of the shit I've read elsewhere .... do ya really think there going to be elections ...
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There'll be elections, but they'll be fixed just like the last ones. Apparently Zero lost in every single place where ID was required to vote.
ReplyDeleteBy all means call. also send e-mails. If you write a pen and paper letter, DO NOT send it to DC. Send it to their local office in your state. The backlog of mail waiting to be checked , (Anthrax) is huge. Be sure to call early and call often. You probably won't get to talk to anyone but a staffer. That's ok. Be polite and be precise. The message will get through.
ReplyDeleteProblem is, his highness is gonna be willing to spend billions per vote if necessary. The motherfuckers that vote for it won't care one way or the other about reelection. They'll be set for life anyways.
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