At the OnTap blog, Cam Edwards passes along a Wall Street Journal report from the campaign trail in Pennsylvania on Friday that found Barack Obama digging himself a rhetorical hole on gun control, even in front of a hand-picked crowd.
“If you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it,’’ Obama said. But the Illinois senator could still see skeptics in the crowd, particularly on the faces of several men at the back of the room.
So he tried again. “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress,’’ he said. “This can’t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I’m not going to take away your guns.’’
So Obama went from saying he wouldn't take away guns...to suggesting he wanted to, but Congress won't let him. So he goes from suggesting to gun-rights voters that they should be worried about him as president, to suggesting they better elect a gun-rights Congress to restrain his gun-controlling impulses.
The national media has not really noticed the kinds of wild anti-gun proposals Obama has made in his career, like this one the Chicago Defender reported during his unsuccessful run for Congress in 1999:
Obama is proposing to make it a felony for a gun owner whose firearm was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if that weapon was not securely stored in that home.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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Obama - Gun Grabber
September 6, 2008 - 08:56 ET by Sergeant ROCKAh HA!
“Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress,’’...
I see, so can we assume then that if he has the the votes then he will take your guns? Horsefeathers! Of course he wants to take your guns.
Btw.. dumbass.. the Second Amendment is not about 'sportsmen' and duck hunting!
PALIN/McCain 2008
"I would if I could but I
September 6, 2008 - 09:22 ET by kg"I would if I could but I can't so I won't...so vote for me"
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
I know you don't agree with
September 6, 2008 - 09:45 ET by bdshepherdI know you don't agree with any of my policies, but since I won't be able to get anything accomplished anyway, please vote for me.
Boy, that's a winning argument if I've ever heard one.
Yeah, it screams "Vote for
September 6, 2008 - 09:54 ET by BDYeah, it screams "Vote for me, I will be ineffective..."
Issue by issue, it's time to expose this socialist.
September 6, 2008 - 09:49 ET by sawing battaYou cant hide behind the a friendly press corps much longer....
see this Fact Check:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Barack_Obama_Gun_Control.htm
["Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, "No, my writing wasn't on that particular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns."
Actually, Obama's writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:
35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.
Obama's campaign said, "Sen. Obama didn't fill out these state Senate questionnaires--a staffer did--and there are several answers that didn't reflect his views then or now. He may have jotted some notes on the front page of the questionnaire, but some answers didn't reflect his views." ]
Obama's campaign said,
September 6, 2008 - 10:03 ET by motherbeltObama's campaign said, "Sen. Obama didn't fill out these state
Senate questionnaires--a staffer did--and there are several answers
that didn't reflect his views then or now. He may have jotted some
notes on the front page of the questionnaire, but some answers didn't
reflect his views." ]
Gee what a shocker....Obama's distancing himself from his own staff again!!
And he says that he has better executive experience than Palin because he has run this big campaign with a big budget!! He can't even control the message they put out!
That's not the campaign staff I knew! Hysterical MB
September 6, 2008 - 10:16 ET by Dee BunkIn reality Obama truly has no control over his staff. They control him. He's never had control or even influence on anyone where it made a difference. He is a molded image - a real life Lonesome Rhodes from the movie "A Face in the Crowd". He's never had any relevant leadership experience. His only qualification is being a celebrity.
OMG!
September 6, 2008 - 11:29 ET by Joe C.And this moron taught Constitutional law!
Apparently
September 6, 2008 - 11:41 ET by BlondeObama has proved the old adage here....
If you can't do it, teach it.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
I wonder
September 6, 2008 - 09:05 ET by cocodriehow many goose hunts Kerry has been on since the election, how many times has Hitlery been to the local bar to suck down a few beers, how many intelligent thoughts have entered Jimmy Catrter's mind, how many women has slick Willie r - never mind the last one, it has a different answer. If you don't know the answers to these, then you don't know that Hussein is lying.
NO surprise here
September 6, 2008 - 09:07 ET by True_SoldierLooks to me like Obama got hit by his Obamarang once again.
'Splain it somebody
September 6, 2008 - 09:08 ET by Cool ArrowI guess I'm real stoopid. Sumbuddy 'splain how this Obama feller would know it wuz my gun what got stoled.
Rocky & Bullwinkle '08
Translation
September 6, 2008 - 09:14 ET by Sergeant ROCKYo, man.. what Obama be sayin' is dat if some homey motherf***er come into your crib and take your nine and den bust a cap in some other motherf***er, den he be headin' to da big house to be some n****r's bitch!
Word?
PALIN/McCain 2008
Not 'he' headed to the big
September 6, 2008 - 09:47 ET by bdshepherdNot 'he' headed to the big house - YOU headed to the big house.
Oops! My bad!!
September 6, 2008 - 09:50 ET by Sergeant ROCKMy words be all gettin' twisted up.. are you dissin' me motherf****er???
PALIN/McCain 2008
Sheesh. The law sez the
September 6, 2008 - 09:30 ET by SickofLibsSheesh. The law sez the purpotrater is sposed to tell the sherif where he stoled the piece from.
And if that there weapen was not screwed to the floorbords under your bed in a lawful maner, you are responsibal for the crime.
CA, if he had gone to law school...
September 6, 2008 - 10:12 ET by ThalpyCA, if he had gone to law school, he might get it right. Oh, he did go to law school. Never mind.
Will Obama will take away Moose Hunting ?
September 6, 2008 - 09:12 ET by JayTeeObama's home city, Chicago, basically outlaws Guns.....so he has a profile of NOT giving them back once they have been "Outlawed"
The Republican Revolution will not be Televised
JayTee, Moose hunting?
September 6, 2008 - 10:31 ET by goldenthroatIf he does that, I wonder if he'll include Elks, Odd Fellows, Knights of Columbus and Masons?
OK...bad joke...
"The sun's not going not going down, the horizon's moving up!" - Firesign Theatre
Maybe
September 7, 2008 - 08:02 ET by NorthCoasterwe should give him the Third Degree to see if it will be so?
JayTee....Moose Hunting
September 6, 2008 - 09:37 ET by BlondeI wonder what Governor Palin will have to say about this?
Obama walked into a buzzsaw, I think. She's going to slice him and dice him over this latest bit of stupidity to emanate from the One.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Where they wearing pith helmets and safari jackets?
September 6, 2008 - 09:12 ET by SickofLibs"I see a couple of sportsmen back there."
Sounds like profiling to me. Typical white hunters.
This sounds like a man
September 6, 2008 - 09:15 ET by USA4freedomThis sounds like a man running scared. I bet there are some internal polls that say he is getting his a$$ handed to him..
I wonder do you think he will go out like Kerry did and: I wana get me a hunten licence!!
Jackass.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
yup
September 6, 2008 - 20:35 ET by kdizzydazeI think you are right on with that one. Not to mention that Hitlery gave a speech to reiterate that she is behind Obama and not to vote for McCain/Palin. Now why would she have to give a speech to reiterate that????
good one, I bet they looked
September 6, 2008 - 09:22 ET by USA4freedomgood one, I bet they looked Elmer Fudd...
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
"I see a couple of
September 6, 2008 - 14:18 ET by Prez Rudy"I see a couple of sportsmen in the back." Pssst, hey Barack, those are Marines you jackass..Profiling indeed.
"...white folk's greed runs a world in need." Barack Obama
Yep, standing right next to
September 6, 2008 - 20:55 ET by Eileen RightYep, standing right next to heroic Americans.
Obama: "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes and I see many of them in the audience here today our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."
No
September 7, 2008 - 08:10 ET by NorthCoasterit was a couple of Straw Men set up to make his narrative work.
No, wait Ill bet that they weren't even there. Did he stumble about in his presentation, then point to them and say " I'll get to it in a minute if you stay quite and let me think"?
Obama is proposing to make
September 6, 2008 - 09:13 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsObama is proposing to make it a felony for a gun owner whose firearm
was stolen from his residence which causes harm to another person if
that weapon was not securely stored in that home.
Can we please apply this thinking to all thefts, i.e. cars, knives, shoes, cash, etc.. After all, the person who stole the items is not responsible in a progressive world.
D
Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.
Of course not, it's the
September 6, 2008 - 09:19 ET by motherbeltOf course not, it's the person who left it where it could be stolen.
By that thinking, the person who left a window open or left his car unlocked is responsible if his house is broken into or his car stolen.
Welcome to BizzaroWorld.
Interesting
September 6, 2008 - 09:22 ET by cocodrieHe wants to throw live babies in trash cans to die but is against shooting rapists, murderers, burgulars, that break into your home.
So there's no reason to NOT
September 6, 2008 - 09:16 ET by motherbeltSo there's no reason to NOT vote for McCain for being pro-life, since he doesn't have the votes in Congress, right?
Actually, I've always felt that way, since a President can't outlaw or even regulate abortion by fiat. But it's the leftists who always make a big deal out of the pro-life thing. Granted, SCOTUS could, conceiveable overturn Roe v. Wade, but that would only kick the issue back to the individual states.
This is just more of Obama's excuse-making.
Abortion for all!
September 6, 2008 - 09:20 ET by Sergeant ROCKI find it humorous that there are idiots out there that place abortions above all else.
So what if Obama caves to Islamo-facism or disarms the law-abiding. At least I can have an abortion on demand at any time!
HOORAY! for freedom!
PALIN/McCain 2008
Votes in congress do not
September 6, 2008 - 09:17 ET by muh-oonVotes in congress do not mean anything. Wasn't the supreme court one vote away from throwing out the second amendment?
By himself,...
September 6, 2008 - 09:19 ET by on-the-rocksthere is only so much that Obama could do to confiscate guns, short of an Executive Order in a declared National Emergency.
But with Reid and Pelosi, a lying MSM, and especially with one or two more lib Supreme Court justices, it becomes so much easier.
I firmly believe that one reason government wants to confiscate guns is that they are afraid of future tax riots, by our grown children and grandchildren.
My 2 daughters...
September 6, 2008 - 09:32 ET by moovova...already know how to use a gun. They're not gun "nuts", but they know the value and worth of a weapon!
This is from the Constitutional Law Professor?
September 6, 2008 - 09:19 ET by pbthinkerThere are times when I believe that Obama is more dangerous than any of the other candidates. I won't have the votes? How about the constitution says, "Congress shall make no law......."
Although I remain unconvinced that Democrats are really popular, it's scary to think they could actually win this election and have a veto proof Congress. If that happens, we'll all pay, and pay, and pay.
Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.
Why that dadgum snake in
September 6, 2008 - 09:19 ET by ConservativeRexWhy that dadgum snake in the open! Get the dadgum votes in Congress you coward! Get them! I don't give a rats red ass if you had every vote in congress you're still not getting them! YOU GOT THAT?
Fact is, we're begging you to get the votes, do it. Pass some kind of executive order. Please. Let this come to a head once and for all. Don't you stand there and threaten us, do you understand English? Why you yellow bellied...
Obama can not afford to ban
September 6, 2008 - 09:25 ET by Don DeskinsObama can not afford to ban guns. If he does, he will have nothing to shoot himself in the foot with.
Feet
September 6, 2008 - 09:29 ET by Sergeant ROCKHe can still put his foot in his mouth though.
My question is, will he ban guns in all 57 states?
PALIN/McCain 2008
Can't Now - Not Won't Ever!
September 6, 2008 - 09:29 ET by ChasvsBIG difference between can't do it now and not wanting to do it when he can!
This Marxist WILL do wahtever he can to turn our Constitution on its head!
Hey Barack, it starts, We the people.. not We your rulers allow you to do the following
Caliphate
September 6, 2008 - 09:31 ET by Sergeant ROCKHe's getting us ready to receive the next caliphate!
PALIN/McCain 2008
It's the judges stupid
September 6, 2008 - 09:32 ET by Dee BunkEveryone has to realize that it doesn't matter what these candidates say on things- congress has more power to make laws than the president. What the President does is appoint judges that will stay long beyond his term and Obama will appoint judges that will take guns away.
The judges he likes voted for the DC gun ban the judges he thinks are extreme are the ones who struck it down as unconstitutional.
So he tried again.
September 6, 2008 - 09:35 ET by Jack BauerMore pertinently, he doesn't have the votes on the Supreme Court. YET!
Oh wow. This doofus gets better and better. He's so "articulate"... and "clean."
Wach out America. And don't let Sandy Berger anywhere near originals of the Constituion.
Bits might get whited out...
Good point, Jack
September 6, 2008 - 10:27 ET by Mica the MagnificentAnd don't let Sandy Berger anywhere near originals of the Constituion.
Is that a document stolen from the National Archives in your pants, or are you just happy to see me? - - Mrs. Sandy Berger
Maybe I didn't get my point
September 6, 2008 - 09:44 ET by ConservativeRexMaybe I didn't get my point across to Zerobama....get the votes, get the judges, get who ever the hell you want, put them where ever the hell you want, enact what ever the hell you want, really, really wish for what ever the hell you want. You are not now, tomorrow, next week, ever, going to get our weapons. Get back with me if you need clarification on one, or any of these points. Thank You.
Exactly! No matter what, the arms stay...
September 6, 2008 - 10:17 ET by ThalpyExactly! No matter what, the arms stay. Period.
however....
September 6, 2008 - 13:47 ET by dmntd1The crazy libs coming for my guns can have them, all of them, bullets first. And there are LOTS of bullets lying around here.....
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
You're absolutely right, Obama
September 6, 2008 - 10:19 ET by jefflebowskiYou won't take our guns, even if you DO have the liberal scum vote in DC. I think I speak for a lot of us Texans and say that we will see a second revolution before we give up our rights and guarantee of freedom...the Second Ammendment.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
Jeff Lebowski
www.angrywhitedude.c...
The conflicted candidate....
September 6, 2008 - 11:13 ET by RackieBarry, his white half says "I won't take your guns" and Barack, his black half says "I'll take your guns if I have the votes."
Can you cast...
September 6, 2008 - 11:33 ET by Sergeant ROCK.. a 'half-vote' for either?
PALIN/McCain 2008
how convenient
September 6, 2008 - 12:33 ET by candanceThe man who doesn't even have to wait for a heartbeat to assume the Oval Office goes out and makes a rookie mistake that proves he doesn't have solid answers.
The media yawns.
Meanwhile, reporters are interviewing Palin's kindergarten teacher to assure she's been properly vetted.
Nope, no bias here.
College Too
September 6, 2008 - 13:26 ET by JoelCTYep, candance, and they're hitting her colleges too, trying to find a "friend" who will tell them why she decided to change schools. They smell a scandal there, and are hoping for something, anything, that will prove that something she decided to do when she was 19 or 20 matters now.
Oh, what was it that Obama decided to do when he was that age? I believe he decided to become a pothead and a cocaine fiend at about that time.
Nope, no bias here. Move along, you're just being paranoid.
“Gee what a
September 6, 2008 - 15:41 ET by moonjohn“Gee what a shocker....Obama's distancing himself from his own staff again!! “
But to give him credit: He has purported to have said “This is a staff I have never heard of before.”
......I don't have
September 6, 2008 - 18:43 ET by NorthCoasterthe votes but when I'm President and the Pelosi/Reid syndicate owns the Congress, you bet your sweet A$$ I'll take the guns you're clinging to! I know what's good for you!
It's OK, Obama
September 6, 2008 - 20:08 ET by CobraMan"I don’t have the votes in Congress"
It’s OK, Obama. You won’t have the votes to become the President ether.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
A Followup Question Mr. O.
September 6, 2008 - 20:19 ET by oilcanIf Congress passed a bill to take the guns away, would you stop it with a veto?
oilcan... Now that should
September 6, 2008 - 20:57 ET by bigtimeroilcan...
Now that should be the questioned asked for sure!
You know, I hope after all of this, it does come up in the debates, I know the chances are most likely zero but that would be a great one to ask and lets see how much he umm's....and aaaah's before answering.
It is a HUGE issue....and inquiring minds who are gun totin' people would like an answer.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Gun rights
September 6, 2008 - 20:41 ET by KansasgirlThis schmuck is running scared.