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jimmy the one

(2,773 posts)
2. more 2ndA mythology
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:17 PM
Oct 2013

It's another verse from some chapter in the 2nd Amendment Mythology Bible, bill. The nra will disregard most all other more poignant reasons & single out their pro gun efforts for republican successes, in their drunken gun addicted logic.

But one lesson needs to be resisted: The idea that passing a more expansive gun control law in 1994 came back to bite Democrats in the midterm elections.
... were guns really the issue in 1994? U.S. News & World Report (1/17/13) runs down some of the research, which points out that most of the seats lost were in Republican-leaning districts, and there were a number of other big issues–including the healthcare debate, NAFTA and a soft economy. Writing in the American Prospect (2/22/12), Paul Waldman took a look at some of these NRA myths.
New York Times editorial page (5/9/09), Dorothy Samuels wrote: The {AWB} law certainly enraged many NRA members and might explain the loss of certain Democratic seats. However, there were other major factors in the Democrats' 1994 loss, starting with perceived Democratic arrogance and corruption.. Add to that voter unhappiness with Mr. Clinton's budget, his healthcare fiasco, the Republican Party's success in recruiting appealing candidates, and that ingenious Republican vehicle for nationalizing the elections known as the "Contract With America." The contract, by the way, did not mention guns.
As Waldman argues, the people who most loudly champion the electoral power of the National Rifle Association are the National Rifle Association. These mythologies shouldn't be treated as facts.

http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/04/19/democrats-cant-blame-guns-for-94-losses/

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K&R flamin lib Oct 2013 #1
more 2ndA mythology jimmy the one Oct 2013 #2
Thanks for this billh58 Oct 2013 #4
How did the NRA do in the last election cycle? rdharma Oct 2013 #3
Not too well. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #7
I love that! rdharma Oct 2013 #13
You've got to believe that their members, whom the money came from, Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #17
That sucks, eh? rdharma Oct 2013 #18
I can no longer take at face value the statements by pro-gunners here on DU. CTyankee Oct 2013 #5
You left this part out. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #6
You may continue to billh58 Oct 2013 #8
I'm not promoting anything. Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #9
You disrupted billh58 Oct 2013 #10
Disrupting to you, Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #15
I've had this billh58 Oct 2013 #11
What was it before 2005? Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #12
Have you brushed billh58 Oct 2013 #14
Took a shower this morn, Ranchemp. Oct 2013 #16
You seem like a big fan of the NRA. Kingofalldems Nov 2013 #19
This one tries very billh58 Nov 2013 #20
+1 Kingofalldems Nov 2013 #21
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