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Obama: Gun control filibuster 'not right'
POLITICO ^ | REID J. EPSTEIN

Posted on 04/08/2013 4:15:14 PM PDT by JohnPDuncan

President Obama will tell Senate Republicans it’s “not right” to filibuster his gun control agenda, according to excerpts of his the prepared remarks he will make Monday in Connecticut.

“Some back in Washington are already floating the idea that they might use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms,” Obama will say, according to the remarks. “They’re not just saying they’ll vote ‘no’ on ideas that almost all Americans support. They’re saying they won’t allow any votes on them at all. They’re saying your opinion doesn’t matter. And that’s not right.”

Obama’s speech centering on the Capitol Hill machinations represents how much of the gun control debate has slipped away from him. He’s gone from making an impassioned case for a sweeping agenda to bemoaning Republicans’ ability to block even the smallest reform.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; obama; secondamendment; waaah
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Shhhh. Don’t bother Hussein now with trivial things like a nuclear madman threatening to fire, basketball is on and Reggie and the Choom gang are coming over..!


41 posted on 04/08/2013 6:56:52 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Constitution? What Constitution?)
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To: JohnPDuncan
“Some back in Washington are already floating the idea that they might use political stunts to prevent votes on any of these reforms,” Obama will say, according to the remarks.

Really?

Pot, meet kettle...

Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook victims to D.C. on Air Force One so they can back gun (legislation).

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42 posted on 04/08/2013 7:11:36 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Cheerio

Yeah, back about 2003 when it came to Bush’s judicial nominations it was “extended debate” and preventing all these Democratic ‘Mr. Smiths’ from blowing-off would be using a nuclear bomb, but now that it involves the Bill of Rights, it’s just a “political stunt.”

The Dems and their MSM: chickaboom, don’t you just love ‘em?


43 posted on 04/08/2013 9:24:24 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: JohnPDuncan

Obama can foxtrot off. Violating the Constitution is not right. It needs to be defended by any means necessary.


44 posted on 04/08/2013 9:54:12 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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