ABC's Tapper Notes Obama Shuffle on Gun Rights

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It should prove interesting to see how many other reporters pick up on this.

Barack Obama is scooting to the right on gun rights, notes ABC's Jake Tapper, in a June 26 blog post at his Political Punch blog.

The ABC correspondent picked up on an exchange between the Illinois senator and a reporter from Pennsylvania, the land of bitter gun-clingers:

Craig Layne, a reporter from WJET-TV in Erie, Penn., today asked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, a question on the DC gun ban.

Here's how the exchange went down.

"In November you mentioned that the DC handgun law was constitutional," Layne said. "Now you're embracing the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision striking down that law-

"That's not what I said," Obama interrupted, per ABC News' Jennifer Duck.

"Your aide said that," Layne clarified.

"I don't know what my aide said but I've been very consistent, I teach constitutional law," Obama said. What I said was that I believe 2nd Amendment as being an individual right and have said that consistently. I also think that individual right is constrained by the rights of the community to maintain issues with public safety. I don't think those two principles are contradictory and in fact what I've been saying consistently is what the Supreme Court essentially said today."


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The Two Faces Of Barak Hussein Obama!

This SOB is so two-faced it's unbeleiveable!

There isn't any issue that he isn't on both sides of depending on the moment!

We need to shut this Half-wit down NOW before he destroys our Country!

Sen, Barrack Obama...

I disagreed with the 2nd Amendment before I agreed with it.

I have always said that I believe whatever will get me elected at the time.

 

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

Good point, c5!

Good point, c5!

I also think that individual right is constrained by the
rights of the community to maintain issues with public safety. [...] ...what I've been
saying consistently is what the Supreme Court essentially said today."
(emphasis added)

No, it isn't. According to your interpretation, handgun bans should be allowed in the interest of public safety. SCOTUS just said they're not.

It is scary though, that 4 of the 9 were in favor of an outright ban.

Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson

Nice motherbelt, picked out

Nice motherbelt, picked out my key argument there. He doesn't support the rights of the individual, the marxist only sees people as groups if not as one community. The man just might support an individual's right to own a gun, but he doesn't believe individuals have rights as we are just a collective. For a professor of constitutional law, he seems to not understand much of the document. I suppose this is what happens when liberals are in charge of education, we get incompetent judges and politicians who I hope are illiterate since they seem unable to read and comprehend facts.

I know I'm an odd one to congratulate this ruling since as some of you may remember I'm a bit shaky on the gun issue. However, I'm curious to see whether this will lower crime around here as your data shows. I'm all for anything that subdues the common thug and lowlife criminal in and around DC.

Congrats SCOTUS, one sound decision(even if narrow) in the face of many terrible ones.

Wow.

Wow.

Yeahhhh....right Obama. Im

Yeahhhh....right Obama. Im with ya on that...what was that you said again?

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Satire.

Reporter 1: "Mr. Obama, just a few months ago you advocated windfall profits taxes on American oil companies to indirectly lower gas prices. However, a reduction in such taxes on oil companies has lowered gas prices by as much as $2.30. Do you think you are mistaken?"

Obama: "That's not true. If I wanted to lower gas prices quickly I could have done so by making tax cuts. I was talking about long-term solutions then."

Reporter 1: "Do you still support the tax cuts?"

Obama: "Of course, obviously. Who wouldn't? Tax cuts help to stimulate the economy."

---

Reporter 2: "Mr. Obama, CO2 emissions have been on the rise for the past five years, but temperatures have been going down, I repeat, down, across the globe. Do you retract any of your previous statements about acting on climate change?"

Obama: "What previous statements?"

Reporter 2: "On October 2008--"

Obama: "I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Can somebody fix my microphone? I'm sorry, I can't hear myself think."

Reporter 2: "Ah--"

Obama: "I don't know where you got the idea that I wanted to reduce CO2 emissions. It was John McCain who was behind all of that, not me."

Reporter 2: "But I was about to say on October--"

Obama: "Sorry, sugar, I'm late for the Oval Office garden party. I'll talk to you later."

Funny how Obama disagrees with the Judges he loves

and agrees with the ones he hates on the last two decisions.

Will the media ever ask him to admit that seeing how he agrees with these decisions, does he regret supporting a filibuster for Roberts and Alito and would he vow not to appoint judges like the ones who voted against these two decisions?

Obama only wants to appoint judges he disagrees with I guess. What a joke.

Decision

Exactly, consider the 5-4 decision. How important is the ability to appoint?

JDW

Remember the Countrywide Six?

Who forgot to write about the advances in Iraq?

If bin Laden is presumed innocent, why not just shoot him there?

First Time

'While Obama isn’t a gun guy, Braddock Mayor John Fetterman said, at least he’s honest about it.'

Dude!

JDW

Remember the Countrywide Six?

Who forgot to write about the advances in Iraq?

If bin Laden is presumed innocent, why not just shoot him there?

Well I wonder which way

Well I wonder which way Obama will flip when he is asked about the Mayor of Chicago Richard Daley saying he is going to go ahead and do what he wants in Chicago...so take that SC!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

BT, where you been today?

BT, where you been today? You missed the celebration...I bought drinks all around:-)

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

LOL afternoon

LOL afternoon bass...

Dang..well I always miss all the fun!

Sometimes other things come up in life you just have to take care of before getting caught up here...

Btw...I just heard on msnbc that the NRA is going to sue Chicago and SF, maybe other cities that have been following the DC ban...

Oh, I can't wait!

I am so glad we support the NRA!

Another thing bass...I was very happy today about this, I have been worried, on the other hand...5-4...very spooky....it is the Second Amendment for heavens sake, how can anyone who is sworn in to defend and protect our constitution have a problem with understanding the right to bear arms?

Oh wait...I know...the freakin' leftists and their filthy agenda's...the left side of the aisle is not ever going to quit with this BS....

I am tickled pink the NRA is going to sue!!!!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

Hey BT

Yes finally a victory for conservatives. We haven't had a significant one in a really long time other than the Partial Birth Ban. Lets just hope it's not overturned in a few years with Obama's picks.

Howdy Dee... Especially

Howdy Dee...

Especially since the messiah himself voted for partial birth abortion...something even Boxer and Feinstein voted against!

What also is spooky for me is Kennedy has become the self-important Sandra Day O'Connor with his swing vote...one way or the other....makes me very weary. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

misunderstood Consitution

 

we have a GRAMATICAL error here bear ( verb) and Bear (noun) see what we all misunderstand is the 2nd Admendment gives  Americans the right to Bear (noun) Arms hanging on top of the mantel piece.

The founding Fathers knew what they were doing, and they were very chic and Bear Arms were all the rage in the 1700's.  

(h/t Family Guy)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
 -Gerald Ford

ROFL red! So right you

ROFL red!

So right you are!

Sorry about that...I knw you know what I meant...nobody is perfect...thanks for the correction.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

I noticed Pelosi was

I noticed Pelosi was defiant today too.  I wonder what they would have thought if the President had said "doesn't matter, we're going to keep denying habeus corpus rights to terrorists."

Obama's quote is Clintonesque in its circular reasoning.

There was reasoning...

...I seemed to have missed that part.

Reasoning and Obama go together like bicycles and fish.

2nd worse mayor in America

Mayor Daley Jr. is a waste of oxygen. He's going to fly in the face of preemption law just like all the other dorks ruining cities. But, as long as he can keep picking the pockets of the whole state to feed his welfare plantation, he'll keep getting elected.

Illinois shooters and hunters have spent millions fighting all the stupid stuff that keeps leaking out of The Daley Center and finding its way to Springfield (the Capitol). I moved out of there decades ago and I'm about to dump Minnesota on the curb next. I can't wait 'til Franken gets elected. It'll advertise just how stupid the city folks are up here. They can sister up with Chicago.

DO NOT COME TO WI.

We have Kohl and Fiengold they are worse then what Mn. has. Scares the hell out of me

Kerry Jr.

Kerry Jr.

Wait.... what did he say

Wait.... what did he say again? I really can't untangle that mess of a statement. Feels like somebody tried to make sense, but just scrambled it all up anyway. Doublespeak at it's finest, ladies and gents.

Not to nitpick but does he *still* teach constitutional law?

OMG, Ken, you said the

OMG, Ken, you said the "Obama Shuffle"!!

You racist!

(Well, at least you didn't say "tap dance."

 

Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson

mb, Darn, I was going to

mb,

Darn, I was going to make that point, but you beat me to it - proving that a sharp mind beats a mind every time.

Be afraid, very afraid "I

Be afraid, very afraid "I don't know what my aide said but I've been very consistent, I teach constitutional law" And what is scary is taht he can't stand by what his campaign says is his stand on teh issues.  He either does not have his house in order or he has even his close aides are confused as to what his stances are.  The perinial empty suit, sorta reminds me of Pinky and the Brain when they made an empty suit.

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

Dan...The messiah is the

Dan...

The leftists new messiah is the perfect definition of sock-puppet...

Soros ought to know....

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

Ya know

ole BO kinds of reminds me of an old guy speaking at a UN meeting back in the 60's seems to me he had one of his shoes in his hand banging on the table and yelling something about we will bury you and take you over without ever firing a shot.

 

Everyone believes in something. I believe I'll have another beer  -- William Claude Dukenfield (aka) W.C.Fields

Obama’s voting records tells a very different story

Obama’s voting record has always been one-hundred percent against any form of firearm ownership!   I wish these nitwits that interview Obama would come to the table prepared and get into his voting record but once again the MSM gives him a total and complete pass.    I also wish someone would ask people like Jake Tapper if is she’s too busy getting tingles up her leg listening to Obama to be a journalist. 

Obama hides behind vague statements of support for “sportsmen” or unfounded claims of general support for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. But his real record, based on votes taken, political associations, and long standing positions, shows that Barack Obama is a serious threat to Second Amendment liberties.  Look instead to what he has said and done during his entire political career. 

FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms industry. 

FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and discredited Clinton Gun Ban. 

FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting. 

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities. 

FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people who use firearms in self-defense. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports requiring law-abiding gun owners to register their firearms. 

FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court brief in support of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case. 

FACT: Barack Obama wants to eliminate your Right to Carry. 

FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and “research.” 

FACT: Barack Obama supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America. 

FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records searches on them. 

FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the Firearms Owners Identification card age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure designed to assist young people in the military. 

FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity magazines

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory micro-stamping. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory waiting periods. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, which prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports “one-gun-a-month” sales restrictions. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on inexpensive handguns. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on the resale of police issued firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for replacement equipment. 

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners and a ban on gun ownership for persons under the age of 21.

 

Obama is a socialist, he ain't stupid

Before this election is over, Obama will move to the right of McPain.  We saw both Clintoons do it.  Obama has the loony left wrapped up, also the black vote, so now he moves far to the right to pick up Hitlery voters and perhaps some stupid Republican voters.

Like ol Lebowski has said, it's either Obama or Obama Lite.  I won't vote for either.  But I am off to smoke a victory cigar with my buddies and celebrate the Supreme Court victory today and curse the four liberal swine who voted against!

Jeff Lebowski

www.angrywhitedude.c...

Not voting for McPain will

Not voting for McPain will surely put Obama in the Whitehouse!   Do you really want a person with one of the most liberal voting records in history as President?

Amazing four Supreme Court justices have no understanding of the people’s Bill of Rights. 

Have a victory puff for me :-)    

 

   As far as

 

 As far as understanding they DID understand it

see my earlier post for an explanation

 

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
 -Gerald Ford

Sometimes---

Sometimes -  when damages need repair, parts of the whole need to be  totally destroyed to have effective repair. I would not opt to replace all the walls while the supporting beams were rotting out. I would not rebuild a room where the foundation was undermined.

 

Joseph Farah of World News Daily wrote an interesting article about this, in terms of Obama and McCain. It's a worthwhile read. .

How high do you rate globalism on the selection scale?? How high do you rate illegal immigration?? How much legal immigration do you think is good for America?? Do you feel that Obama would be able to pull the troops out of Iraq overnight?? Is the next Congress going to be even more Dem/liberal?? What differences do you see between some supposed Dems and RINOs? What about NAFTA/CAFTA??? SPP?? What are YOUR opinuions, not BOR or JMcC.?????

Oh the humanities!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why

This is why I read this site everyday The facts are out there the MSM will not tell us

Obamawaffle

"This is not.....uh.....the.....um......handgun ban I......er......knewlastyear. The.....uh.....handgun ban I knew......uh....was.....er....a.....um.....goodhandgunban, a kindhandgunban, a necessary hand gun ban.


"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

www.conservativeboot...

off the deep end!

I actually agree with obama (shhhh don't tell my sister, she'd the family moonbat!) on this issue. Individual rights are always constrained by the rights of the community to maintain public safety. This is no more visible than the laws about yelling 'fire' in a crowded theatre. Yes, it's against the constitution, but it'll stand.

The issue I have with this, however, is his definition of 'community'. Liberals forever claim the 'community' is the entire country. I believe that if a city wishes to place REASONABLE restrictions on the ownership of firearms, they should be able to. Again, what I consider reasonable and what Liberals consider reasonable are as far apart as apples and prunes.

Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his imminent relationship with a superior law and with an objective will that transcends the particular individual - Mussolini

I think Glen Beck describes my position on voting for McPain

Glen Beck said, "I'm no exception. Although I am a "conservative," I'm not a
"Republican," and there's a big difference. A true Republican, or a
true Democrat, is someone who puts their party above their principles
and their candidate above their conscience."

I am a Conservative.  I won't vote for Obama or Obama Lite.  McPain is only a little less disaster than Obama.  Every 30 or so years the USA needs a Carter to give birth to a conservative Reagan.  We're just going to have to find the next Reagan.

Jeff Lebowski

www.angrywhitedude.c...

Evening Jeff... I heard

Evening Jeff...

I heard that from Beck too..he speaks my language when it comes to all this.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

The Truth has

my vote on this one.

I will NOT do anything to help SOBama.

I'll hold my nose and go for McCain. Then vote the people into office who can push a Conservative agenda and hold McCain's feet to the fire.

We need the Senate to stay in our hands.

I live in Broward County, Florida, surrounded by the left of the left but I will vote just the same.

KEEP SOBama OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE !!!!!

Carter was one thing but SOBama is a horse of another stripe!

You thought I was going to say a horse of another color.

fooled you.

Carter was one thing but

Carter was one thing but SOBama is a horse of another stripe!

You thought I was going to say a horse of another color.

fooled you.

Delsa...

ROFLMAO! ....

That was good!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson

"I don't know what my aide

"I don't know what my aide said but I've been very consistent, I teach constitutional law," Obama said. What I said was that I believe 2nd Amendment as being an individual right and have said that consistently. I also think that individual right is constrained by the rights of the community to maintain issues with public safety. I don't think those two principles are contradictory and in fact what I've been saying consistently is what the Supreme Court essentially said today."

I keep looking at those words, and I cannot figure what Obama would have said differently if the Court decision had gone the other way.  And the MSM knows it.  

Obama may be a mediocre candidate, but the prone position of our media gives me greater concern.

Barack Hussein Obama Actions speak louder than words!!!

The LIBERAL Main Stream Media (CNN, MSNBC CBS, NBC, PBS, ABC, New York Times, Newsweek, Time magazine, etc., etc. )  avoid Barack’s voting record and associations like the plague!