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1 posted on 04/09/2013 5:43:09 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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He needs to tell the others where he found his balls. Maybe theirs are in the same location.


2 posted on 04/09/2013 5:45:34 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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McConnell is now the 15th Senator to sign on to the Republican gun control filibuster, an effort that has been spearheaded by conservative Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Mike Lee (R-Utah).

That is not the leadership I might have hoped for from our designated party "leader", but I'll take even late support for defending the Constitution peacefully. Paul, Cruz, and Lee all rank well above McConnell as patriotic leaders.

3 posted on 04/09/2013 5:45:35 AM PDT by Pollster1 (A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success.)
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I am still “bewildered” that McCain was EVER the Republican nominee for president!!


4 posted on 04/09/2013 5:45:50 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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Hey look! A rino covering his ass!


5 posted on 04/09/2013 5:46:41 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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Excellent!!!

Filibuster any gun control bill until the end of time.

IMHO


7 posted on 04/09/2013 5:47:57 AM PDT by ripley
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To: BarnacleCenturion

He is scared of a primary challenge now.


10 posted on 04/09/2013 5:49:54 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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Unfortunately, John McLame and Lindsey Grahmnesty have started their “Although we oppose the bill, it deserves an up or down vote crap” Which means Harry Reid would only need 50 votes instead of 60. It good that McConnell seems to have shot them down pretty fast.
12 posted on 04/09/2013 5:52:01 AM PDT by apillar
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Could it be ole’ Goiter is growing a pair of cojones? Or just covering the spread?


13 posted on 04/09/2013 5:52:44 AM PDT by Gaffer
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14 posted on 04/09/2013 5:54:51 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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Verrrrrry interesting, because ... Obama is trying to use gun control to kill the Tea Party in 2014, and take the House back. The 'rats think they have Republicans on this -- because they believe they can drive a wedge in the division between the old country-club Republican (McCain) party wing and the new Tea Party wing.

(I doubt it -- whatever polls that the Democrats are relying on say, they don't measure the strength of support for the Second Amendment -- and turnout for rallies in support of the 2A even in the darkest blue states has been much larger than the gun-grabber rallies. I think Obama's focus on gun control is likely to increase voting by gun owners more than it increases voting by libs.)

Having Senate Minority Leader McConnell joining to support the filibuster suggests 1.) the Republican leadership is aware of their strategy and 2.) Obama might just fall flat on his face (again) with this.

My $0.05 ($0.02 with Obama-Bernanke's 24/7 money-printing inflation.)

18 posted on 04/09/2013 6:13:12 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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I welcome McConnell to the fight. He brings a great deal of clout.

Some here may criticize the time it took him to join us, but I will assume that his position as minority leader required more time to assess the situation.

So what if Paul, the junior senator from his state of Kentucky, is outshining him on every issue. So what if his so-called leadership is a vacuum that has been filled by the Paul-Cruz-Lee trio of conservatism? McConnell has bigger issues to review.

So what if a basic Constitutional right is being challenged? All aspects have to be considered and it was good that McConnell took the time to do so.

If McConnell feels that he must lead from behind the initiative of others, then I welcome his decision to do so. Leaders shouldn't be expected to be innovative or aggressive. I'm glad that Mitch McConnell has decided that relevancy is not a trait of a leader and is willing to allow these newbie senators to exhibit their abilities to be Constitutional Statesmen and establish their own relevancy while they protect the American citizens from tyranny. Again, Mitch McConnell's support is welcomed!

20 posted on 04/09/2013 6:15:12 AM PDT by kidd
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Mitch McConnell To Filibuster Gun Control

That just means he's negotiating with the turd administration for a higher price for selling out.

22 posted on 04/09/2013 6:22:37 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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We should rally round McConnell and thank him. We rage and rant when they fail, we should heartily praise when they do the right thing.

It won’t provide him cover, but it may make him rethink conservative support on other issues important to us.


23 posted on 04/09/2013 6:26:25 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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It took a while, but even the RINOcrats will defend the Bill of Rights in a pinch!


27 posted on 04/09/2013 7:13:40 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Due Process 2013: "Burn the M*****-F***er Down!")
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Yeh I’d love to see McStain call Mitchie the Kid a Wacko bird and survive. LOL!! He might still be in the Senate but his status committee assignments would be gone.


31 posted on 04/09/2013 7:40:31 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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15th Senator already? i didn't know that.
33 posted on 04/09/2013 7:51:54 AM PDT by Drawn7979
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Do I dare believe this will happen? I will wait and see....


35 posted on 04/09/2013 7:52:39 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (Get the USA out of the UN then get the UN out of the USA; send bamaboy back to Kenya ASAP!!!!)
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I will believe it when I see it.


44 posted on 04/09/2013 9:43:52 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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This is a good indicator of which way the wind is blowing according to the RNCs own internals. Now that the parade has formed, Sen McConnell wants to get in front of it as it passes by him. That’s okay, we’ll take all the support we can get for the heavy lifters, like Sen Paul and Sen Cruz.

It would also be hysterical to see Sen John McCrazy call the Senate minority leader a whacko bird.


46 posted on 04/09/2013 10:19:33 AM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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As they say.....

A democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb sitting down to decide “What’s for dinner?”

A Republic is 2 wolves and a well armed lamb sitting down to decide “What’s for dinner?”

Let’s see how many Republicans follow McConnell’s lead, he is after all the minority leader........


49 posted on 04/09/2013 2:37:57 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare berry bear formerly known as Ursus Arctos Horribilis.)
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