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Obama Tells Pro-Gun Democrats They Aren’t Welcome In His Party
dailycaller.com ^ | 1/7/2016 | Blake Neff

Posted on 01/08/2016 8:37:00 AM PST by rktman

President Barack Obama announced he will not endorse or campaign on behalf of any Democratic candidates who refuse to endorse new gun control measures in a New York Times op-ed published Thursday night.

"I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform," Obama wrote in the editorial. "And if the 90 percent of Americans who do support common-sense gun reforms join me, we will elect the leadership we deserve."

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol; selections
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Uh, 90%? So, how come "common sense gun reform" is so far down the list of voters concerns? Like only 2% 'feel' it's a pertinent issue. As far as (s)electing "leadership", doesn't seem like anybody's done much of that lately. And, 'HIS' party? I thought it was dws' party.
1 posted on 01/08/2016 8:37:00 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

By not endorsing or campaigning for ‘pro-gun Democrats’ (do they really exist?), Obama is doing them a favor. But acting like the petulant child that he is, at the same time.


2 posted on 01/08/2016 8:38:33 AM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: rktman

LOL well that is funny.... NO DEMOCRATS WANT YOU TO CAMPAIGN ON THEIR BEHALF ANYWAY... SCHMUCK


3 posted on 01/08/2016 8:39:53 AM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: rktman

This doesn’t exactly inspire fear.


4 posted on 01/08/2016 8:40:11 AM PST by mbarker12474
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To: rktman

So I take it Harry Reid is on his way out?


5 posted on 01/08/2016 8:40:16 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: rktman
Hey, 0Muslim.

Lose your SS gunthugs, you lying hypocrite.

6 posted on 01/08/2016 8:40:35 AM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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To: RKBA Democrat; MeganC
You Hear That RKBA!?

You and...........

....(?)

Aren't Welcome!

7 posted on 01/08/2016 8:41:04 AM PST by KC_Lion (The fences are going up all over Europe. We shall not see them down again in our lifetime.)
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To: rktman

I just hope that President Obama keeps pushing gun control right up to election day. It is a huge incentive for conservative turn-out, and it turns off a lot of independents and some Democrats as well.


8 posted on 01/08/2016 8:41:57 AM PST by marktwain
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To: rktman

Bammie can’t afford to burn bridges but he does so anyway.

The line between arrogance and stupidity is a fine one.


9 posted on 01/08/2016 8:42:41 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: rktman

Obama’s lost the narrative. He’s irrelevant on the subject - and too narcissistic to realize it.


10 posted on 01/08/2016 8:44:00 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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Well think about it, would a pro-gun Democrat be well served by a photo-op with this president anyway?

Still and all though, way to declare war on the center!


11 posted on 01/08/2016 8:44:29 AM PST by BlackAdderess (Proud member of the "vulgar unwashed masses")
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To: rktman

Democrats - The Party of Inclusion (unless you disagree with our platform and then we don’t give a rats %$# about you).


12 posted on 01/08/2016 8:45:20 AM PST by BipolarBob
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To: rktman

This AZZHAT’s job is to UPHOLD the Constitution of the United States. If he doesn’t know the definition of the word INFRINGED, Impeach the SOB and send him to jail or ISIS!


13 posted on 01/08/2016 8:45:33 AM PST by Renegade
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To: originalbuckeye

“By not endorsing or campaigning for ‘pro-gun Democrats’ (do they really exist?), Obama is doing them a favor. But acting like the petulant child that he is, at the same time.”

Yeah, they’re probably wiping their brows and saying “Thank God,” all three of them!


14 posted on 01/08/2016 8:49:46 AM PST by vette6387
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To: BipolarBob

Ya. And Obama hasn’t been much of a uniter. He spent his whole two terms dividing the country — white vs black, poor vs rich, women vs men, agnostics against Christians,....


15 posted on 01/08/2016 8:49:50 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: rktman

RATS vote for gun control—after campaigning against it. Senator MANCHIN in West Virginia is just one disgusting example. Obama not campaigning for these guys is a PLUS, not a negative. He WANTS them elected. TAQIYYA.


16 posted on 01/08/2016 9:05:32 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: dynoman

You said...
“Obama’s lost the narrative. He’s irrelevant on the subject - and too narcissistic to realize it.”

That’s why the angry tone. I think he kind of knows it but refuses to admit it


17 posted on 01/08/2016 9:07:50 AM PST by LMAO (#BlackLivesMatterWhenItsForPoliticalPoints)
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To: rktman
"I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform,"...

Common sense has become an uncommon commodity.

18 posted on 01/08/2016 9:09:22 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: rktman

Many of them are already attending Trump rallies.

Those are not just Repub conservatives in those long lines to get into Trump rallies.

Leftist Obama and Leftist Hillary and Socialist Bernie have only increased taxes to offer to the blue collar Democrats. Across the aisle, however, the left-leaning GOP establishment doesn’t have much to offer either.

Thus enter Trump.


19 posted on 01/08/2016 9:11:59 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: KC_Lion

I shredded my card some time ago. The welcome mat for pro gun Dems was pulled up and the door slammed shut about 10 years ago. The only ones that remain are a few long time office holders that haven’t retired yet.


20 posted on 01/08/2016 9:15:03 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (I might vote. Why? Because I prefer a President Trump to civil war.)
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