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The Bloomberg anti-gun backlash has just begun
nydailynews.com ^
| 4/30/2014
| SE Cupp
Posted on 04/30/2014 8:14:23 AM PDT by rktman
A mere 10 days after former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his new anti-gun coalition Everytown for Gun Safety in the New York Times, former Pennsylvania Gov. and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, one of the most prominent members of its advisory board, has resigned from the group.
No one should be surprised.
When I signed on as an adviser to Everytown, Ridge said, I looked forward to a thoughtful and provocative discussion about the toll gun violence takes on Americans. After consultation with Everytown, I have decided that I am uncomfortable with their expected electoral work.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; guncontrol
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Ruh roo! LOL!
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:14:23 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
Swindled, duped, used and embarrassed.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:16:38 AM PDT
by
gwgn02
To: rktman
I thought Tom Ridge was a conservative?
How stupid does he have to be to think this was going to be anything else then a typical anti-gun attack.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:17:18 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: rktman
The scary thing is that this RUBE was in charge of protecting the Homeland. And he signed on to the Bloomberg Network. IDIOT.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:18:17 AM PDT
by
SC_Pete
To: rktman
“I have decided that I am uncomfortable with their expected electoral work.”
Translation:Associate with these people and you won’t ever get elected again.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:19:15 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: SC_Pete
To: driftdiver
“I thought Tom Ridge was a conservative?” WRONG Tommy Boy is about as RINO and you can get.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:22:47 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: driftdiver
I thought Tom Ridge was a conservative?
He’s been known as a gun-grabber since he entered the national political picture.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:25:19 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Lose to Cruz - 2016!)
To: US Navy Vet
I guess I should have added a /s
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:28:33 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: rktman
Joe Rockhead the RINO dupe resigns after much left-wing dupeage.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:44:28 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: gwgn02
When I signed on as an adviser to Everytown, Ridge said, I looked forward to a thoughtful and provocative discussion about the toll gun violence takes on Americans. After consultation with Everytown, I have decided that I am uncomfortable with their expected electoral work.Rockford, Ill., Mayor Larry Morrissey: The reason why I joined the group in the first place is because I took the name for what it said: against illegal guns. The focus should not be against law-abiding citizens. We should be focusing our enforcement on folks who have no right to carry a gun, concealed or otherwise."
I'm calling bullsh#t on both of these morons. EVERYONE who can read past a fifth grade level knows that anything to do with Michael Bloomberg and guns is anti-gun and anti rights, period.
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posted on
04/30/2014 9:25:18 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Please excuse the potholes in this tagline. Social programs have to take priority in our funding.)
To: driftdiver
Ridge is a moderate.
Wasn’t a bad governor, but didn’t slap the Dems down enough, either.
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posted on
04/30/2014 9:41:16 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: NFHale
Supporting more gun laws isnt moderate.
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posted on
04/30/2014 9:43:19 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Sure. Agreed.
But he wasn’t a rabid lib, either. And he wasn’t an activist like Fast Eddie Rendell.
He’s about what you expect from the PA GOP.
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:01:20 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: driftdiver
“I thought Tom Ridge was a conservative”
Why?
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:03:29 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
To: rktman
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:29:47 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: gwgn02
Or as the great Sam Kinnison would phrased it...sticky, broke and confused.
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:32:02 AM PDT
by
Orangedog
(An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
To: rktman
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:35:07 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SC_Pete
If you ever thought that DHS was ever about “defending the homeland”, I would really like to sell you a used car.
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:35:54 AM PDT
by
Orangedog
(An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
To: Orangedog
Well, they bought up all the ammunition—didn’t that make things safer? /sarcasm alert
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:58:07 AM PDT
by
SC_Pete
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