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  • Peaceful John

    Active Member
    May 31, 2011
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    I understand these will not be popular comments. Asbestos suit on.

    To a politician, the most important thing in life is to get elected again and again, perhaps to ever higher office. To do that he needs to find the biggest cause in town, the biggest parade, and jump in front of it. When, over time, sufficient portions of the crowd drift from one parade to another, and the cause starts to lose public interest, the astute politician changes parades.

    Fringe politicians, those who lead small parades, are seldom electable. See R. Paul. And politicians who gain a seat do not do so by campaigning from the fringe. It is true that once in office they may reveal their true colors, but that precludes them from ever again leading a significant parade. See B. Obama.

    In the past the pro-gun parades have been small. That's not to say that most people were anti, just that they either didn't think being pro-gun was important or no part of the entire concept really rose to consciousness. But that is changing.

    Thus the anti-gun politican who, a few years later, suprised that the pro-gun parade has grown larger than he remembers, observing that more folks are joining all the time, ponders whether he's leading the wrong parade.

    Our job is to grow our parade, if we don't do that nobody will be interested in us and the hope of quickly expanding gun rights becomes dim. Our job is also to vote for the most electable person nearest our point of view. If our guy is not elected, we've lost ground. More important than ground, we've given time to the opposition. Whoever we vote for, he has to be a contender. Even if it's Romney.

    Cross posted on CalGuns.

    John.
     

    EL1227

    R.I.P.
    Patriot Picket
    Nov 14, 2010
    20,274
    Good analogy ...

    I understand these will not be popular comments. Asbestos suit on.

    To a politician, the most important thing in life is to get elected again and again, perhaps to ever higher office. To do that he needs to find the biggest cause in town, the biggest parade, and jump in front of it. When, over time, sufficient portions of the crowd drift from one parade to another, and the cause starts to lose public interest, the astute politician changes parades.

    Fringe politicians, those who lead small parades, are seldom electable. See R. Paul. And politicians who gain a seat do not do so by campaigning from the fringe. It is true that once in office they may reveal their true colors, but that precludes them from ever again leading a significant parade. See B. Obama.

    In the past the pro-gun parades have been small. That's not to say that most people were anti, just that they either didn't think being pro-gun was important or no part of the entire concept really rose to consciousness. But that is changing.

    Thus the anti-gun politican who, a few years later, suprised that the pro-gun parade has grown larger than he remembers, observing that more folks are joining all the time, ponders whether he's leading the wrong parade.

    Our job is to grow our parade, if we don't do that nobody will be interested in us and the hope of quickly expanding gun rights becomes dim. Our job is also to vote for the most electable person nearest our point of view. If our guy is not elected, we've lost ground. More important than ground, we've given time to the opposition. Whoever we vote for, he has to be a contender. Even if it's Romney.

    Cross posted on CalGuns.

    John.

    AND getting more and more women involved and visible helps ... my wife and daughter will attest to that. Women and Guns ... a two-fer vote for any politician.
     

    EL1227

    R.I.P.
    Patriot Picket
    Nov 14, 2010
    20,274
    Basically agree except for one thing. Even if Romney wins, he isn't our guy. Who he appoints to the Supremes is still going to be questionable.

    Agreed, but questionable is one thing ... and Romney can be swayed ... he IS a politician.

    Obamarx on the other hand is an idealogue anti-gun zealot. You can be guaranteed who he will appoint regardless of Congress override.
     

    Schwabe

    Ultimate Member
    Nov 20, 2010
    3,936
    Sho'a
    Romney will not be working to guarantee your liberty. What has his biggest sponsor McCain just sponsored? And Romney LOST to him last time around. No, no, no these big GOV politicians will continue to ERODE your liberties, not expand them.
     

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