Mittens Asked For This...
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Posted 2012-05-15 13:38
by Karl Denninger
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Mittens Asked For This...
 

"Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts",¯ Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony on July 1 with legislators, sportsmen's groups and gun safety advocates.  "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense.  They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people." - July 1st, 2004 -- Mitt Romney

Ps: If you don't want me to make fun of you with your campaign materials, including scribbling my own versions of your words on them, don't send them to me while simultaneously begging for money.

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Wood911
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I'd say That's pretty poignant. I'm going to have to vote for somebody I don't agree with and at this point, being anti-assault weapon trumps being anti-American. I guess he thinks the second amendment was to give us guns to squirrel hunt.

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I'm going to have to vote for somebody I don't agree with

Wow...didn't realize voting for one of the pre-selected 'rulers' was mandatory.

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Wait, is the writing on the picture actually Mitt?
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I don't really care about assault weapons. But once they get their nose under the tent............

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It took a damn long time for the RNC to quit bugging me, but they finally did.

I would fill out every one of the donation slips they sent witha thick black sharpie........ scrawling all over the form my various reasons the RNC had ****ed up.
I mailed every form back in the prepaid envelope they had sent.

I cannot say how many times I did this.

It was time consuming.

I would bitch and cuss the entire time.

Then one day I suddenly realized I had not rec'd one ****ing thing from the RNC in months.

It's been over a year now, closer to two.

I kinda miss that free therapy.

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Mr Bill: No, I did that. Duh.

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What part of "shall not be infringed" was unclear?
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Ok :) Just making sure. I have so little respect for Mitt that I thought there was a chance he'd actually write that for someone.
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I like your version better, Karl. smiley

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I'd say That's pretty poignant. I'm going to have to vote for somebody I don't agree with and at this point, being anti-assault weapon trumps being anti-American. I guess he thinks the second amendment was to give us guns to squirrel hunt.


You could vote Libertarian and it might just fit better. I know I feel better because I know if I support Obama or Romney I'm going to get screwed.

This message ought to go to the head of the NRA to see how they deal with this political dichotomy that only voting against Romney and Obama would cure it, unless you go the traditional legacy hypocritical way at the polling booth.

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Rom-Nad wrote..
They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people


Some one should tell him that guns don't hunt down and kill people, Police, DHS, Border Patrol, ATF, Park and Rec, DNR, and drones hunt down and kill people...smiley

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Wait, is the writing on the picture actually Mitt?


Chortle!

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Return to our basic values and core principles....

Be nice for him to articulate what those basic values and core principles actual might be. I pretty sure it doesn't include bank and lending fraud. I've yet to hear him mention it.

Gay Marriage - the mutually chosen distraction of the 2012 election.



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Karl – Lighter fluid, grill and video camera time smiley

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I'm sure Romney has a great explanation for how that statement in 2004 is still consistent with his current views. [AKA: anything to get elected.]
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"Who's that bluebelly, sayin' that self defense can't be rec-re-ational???..."

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So only Criminal Thugs from the Government and .GOV associated/sanctioned Cartels, which are generally protected by Laws against any prosecution for use/misuse of said weapons; may possess and use such weapons against Ordinary Citizens and not the reciprocal?

Why not ban the possession and use of such weapons domestically by Employees of the Government or remove all laws shielding the use/misuse of such weapons by Employees of the Government as well to be entirely sure that the weapons are not abused by Government Employees and/or provided either purposefully of by accident/oversight to Persons Who are not Government Employees?

Logic dictates that if the weapons are in deed too dangerous for ANY Private Individual or Group to be trusted with the possession and use of such devices that the weapons should not be allowed to be possessed/used by ANY Individuals or Group INCLUDING Employees of the Government -period.

Unfortunately, I have had the unpleasant experience of being forced to look down or taste the barrel of a gun more than once in My life.
I never wanted a gun so bad as when I was facing Someone with a gun and didn't posses one Myself.

...Thus, I would much rather that Everyone pretty much be allowed to possess whatever they desire for exactly this reason: a better chance at Self Preservation...


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Is it possible for people to have a change of heart, and mature, about topics such as these, Karl?

Im not a big Romney guy at all- def not a big Obama fan. This race IS the lesser of two evils- whether you admit to it or not.

You karl, of all people, know how view points and positions mature and evolve over time. Lets ask mittens his turning point- what caused him to change from his old opinion- and go from there.
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Mitt is a disgrace! What time is American Idol on? Never seen a show, but I must be missing something.

What is my choice? The blue pill or the red pill? Both are a placebo.

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I am now registered Rethuglican, so I can vote in the California June primary, against Romney.

Ron Paul will get my vote in June. All the other candidates except Paul and Romney have officially withdrawn from the race.

Paul has an interesting move afoot to get delegates and make a non-statist stand at the Republican convention. I support this.

As soon as the June Primary is over, I'm switching back to Libertarian registration.
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MM, I believe I heard today that Paul was "officially" backing out? (Beck's radio show)
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Now see, that's one of my many reasons I despise Mittens. And I'm again faced with holding my noise to vote AGAINST (what I consider to be) the larger threat to my liberties in Obama, or not ****ing partaking. There's no good answer here. We need a peaceful revolution, which is impossible, so where's that leave us JFK?

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Mike wrote..
Is it possible for people to have a change of heart, and mature, about topics such as these, Karl?

Im not a big Romney guy at all- def not a big Obama fan. This race IS the lesser of two evils- whether you admit to it or not.

You karl, of all people, know how view points and positions mature and evolve over time. Lets ask mittens his turning point- what caused him to change from his old opinion- and go from there.

Oh really? And what evidence do you have that he has changed his mind? Is there any cite you can find where he says that the MA assault weapons ban he signed was wrong, unconstitutional and if he is elected President he will preempt it?

No? Gee, then he still supports it, right?

It's pretty simple.

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What part of "shall not be infringed" was unclear?
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SHALL NOT be infringed.

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This message ought to go to the head of the NRA to see how they deal with this political dichotomy

You're funny. The NRA is part of the problem. They really are an anti-gun organization at the top, always helping to pass gun control bills, saying they are ``reasonable``.

The NRA has been bought and paid for a long time ago.

Anyone introducing/voting for a gun control bill/amendment should be kicked out of congress immediately if not outright arrested for treason. Same goes for anyone introducing bills/amendment to restrict/destroy the bill of rights. That should apply to states too.

You don't screw with the bill of rights or you end up in prison should be the law.

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