Obama: Riding Tall In The Straddle

IBD Editorials ^ | June 27, 2008

[Kaslin]

Gun Rights: Obama claims he believes the Second Amendment says you can own a gun but that local communities can still opt out of the Constitution. What will he say as his political hometown is sued by the NRA?

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While campaigning in Pennsylvania earlier this year, Barack Obama was having breakfast with his Democratic Senate colleague Bob Casey. A reporter asked Obama about Jimmy Carter's trip to see the terrorist group Hamas. Obama responded: "Why is it that, like, I can't just eat my waffle?"

There's going to be another waffle Obama's going to eat as he tries to explain his simultaneous support for the District of Columbia gun ban he called constitutional and the Supreme Court decision in the Heller case that said it wasn't. Obama has developed an almost Clintonesque ability to take both sides of an issue.

That ability will be put to the test as gun-rights groups sue to overturn similar gun bans in Chicago and nearby suburbs. Hours after the high court's 5-4 ruling was made public Thursday, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association sued Chicago and its mayor in an effort to overturn the city's 26-year-old ban on handguns.

The National Rifle Association likewise announced plans to file lawsuits in Chicago and several suburbs, as well as San Francisco, challenging laws similar to D.C.'s unconstitutional ban. Only police officers, aldermen and a handful of others are exempt under Chicago's ban, which says handguns are illegal within the city and cannot be registered.

[goldstategop]

Obama will have a tough time trying to be all things to all people. That's a tall order even for the Obamessiah!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[irishtenor]

Local communities can OPT OUT of the Constitution?????

You mean they can squelch free speech? They can prevent newspapers from printing? They can make you go to church or prevent you from going to church?

Naahhh, I don’t think so.

[goldstategop]

We don't need a President who waffles on our constitutional rights and only supports the most critical one when its a political convenience. No thanks.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Kaslin]

This alone shows you that he is not qualified for the highest Office of the land

[infowarrior]

Gun Rights: Obama claims he believes the Second Amendment says you can own a gun but that local communities can still opt out of the Constitution. What will he say as his political hometown is sued by the NRA?

Proof positive, and undeniable, that snObama is either ignorant of history, delusional, or both...

The idea of "opting out of the Constitution" was settled in April of 1865, for crying out loud!!

the infowarrior

[goldstategop]

I'd like to have heard him say that to the segregationists during the heyday of civil rights. I think Jeremiah Wright would agree people can opt out of America, too. Why limit it to the Constitution?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[irishtenor]

And I thought you had to pass Constitutional Law to get a law degree.

[panthermom]

Silly me, I thought the Heller case was about an INDIVIDUALS right to bear arms. That our right to protect ourselves is a God given right and it is protected by the Constitution of the United States and it should not be infringed upon.

I don’t believe I can come up with one person who I loathe more. I don’t believe I am living in a world where people actually buy into this idiots BS.

[irishtenor]

Well, I guess I will grant him the idea that COMMUNITIES should not carry guns, but that the individuals can and should.

[ken21]

bambi acts like he was already president.

[infowarrior]

I think Jeremiah Wright would agree people can opt out of America, too. Why limit it to the Constitution?

Opt out of America? Sure thing!! They can do *that*...

Here's how...
Get a magnetic compass, see which way the "N" points...
Turn to your right (no, your *other* right!!)
Start walking... When you hit water, start swimming...
Once you've reached dry land again, you're likely in France, where you'll fit right in, Bon Chance!!

the infowarrior