Obama - Oh Brother!

Joe Biden? Are you serious?

Obama selected Delaware's Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate. Yes, Joe "hoof-in-mouth" Biden. Or as some people might call him, Joe "anti-gun" Biden. I'm beginning to wonder of Obama's brain is made of Gouda cheese.

But, I'm not sure if this is a curse or a blessing.

Obama record says he wants to ban all semi-automatic weapons and he opposes all CCW laws. He's from Mayor Daley's Chicago, hardly a gun-friendly city.

Couple Obama with speak-before-you think Biden who is hostile to gun owners and gun rights, and it'll be a dismal four years. Biden has a NRA rating of F- simply because they don't have anything lower.

Hell, before I'd vote for these two clowns, I'd vote for Jabba the Hut. At least then, I'd know I'm voting for a self-serving slug.

A Democrat victory in this election would mean a president that is anti-gun and who could appoint several anti-gun Supreme Court judges.

The recent win in the Supreme Court Heller case was a meager 5-4 decision. It's frightening to me that only five justices were in the majority. Especially when you consider the number of documents from history that support the individual right.

Further, the court divided neatly between conservative and liberal-minded justices, making the Heller case very much a political football. Only Justice Kennedy's well-known "swing vote" prevented a stalemate. We cannot rely on that kind of fortune.

An anti-gun president, like Obama, could try to add like-minded judges to the court who are young and healthy. This would leave a 20 to 30 year legacy disastrous to the country and gun rights. I'll make this simple:

Gun owners cannot afford a President like Obama and a congress controlled by Democrats.

For now, we have just the one Supreme Court decision on our side. Many things can force the retirement of one or more of the five Justices to allow replacements to be appointed. If that were to happen in the first two years, we could see a case fast-tracked to the court so they could reverse the Heller decision. We could lose big time.

Meanwhile, a Democrat Congress could give us new restrictions and taxes. Each new law would require lengthy and expensive appeals. We could find ourselves awash in even more regulations and restrictions.

Silver Lining
I mentioned that Obama's selection of Biden might be a blessing. If Democrat gun-owners are truthful with themselves, they'll see that there is a major risk in voting for Obama. Not only for themselves, but their children and grandchildren.

If your right to own and use your firearms is important to you, be it for hunting, self-defense, sport or recreational shooting then you won't want to vote for Obama-Biden. Personally, I'd see any gun owner voting for Obama to be like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

If you're a Democrat and on a low simmer over this article, you should be. But not at this messenger. You should be figuring out how to convince 3 or 4 other likely Democrat voters that Obama's "change" is not the change we need. This could turn out to be a "blessing" by opening the eyes of otherwise staunch Democrats before the election. I might suggest they write in Ron Paul's name instead of voting for Obama.

Then again, some people have suggested that Obama has done the impossible. He's made Hillary look like a viable choice! Now that's frightening!

Of course, this can also galvanize all those "embittered" conservative gun-owners to turn out at the polls. Remember that the last few elections have hinged on a bare margin of votes to elect a president, don't let Obama win because you didn't vote.

Not everyone is a single-issue voter. But regardless of why we went into Iraq, the military is now working out withdrawal plans with the Iraqi government. Chances are that we'll be out of there in the middle of the next presidential term, regardless of who occupies the White House. The price of oil will continue to fluctuate based not on who's in the White House, but on the politics of the Middle East.

Democrat Unity?
There is media talk about the Democrats uniting behind Obama and Hillary Clinton will now throw her support behind the party's candidate.

Yeah, riiiight.
I caught this photo on The Drudge Report showing Hillary looking anything but "unified" with Obama. In fact, I'd suggest to the Secret Service that they keep him out of low flying airplanes and away from trains, elevators and moving traffic.

The fact is, some 30% of the delegates Hillary won said they "have reservations" about Obama being president. And 15% are unsure if they want to vote for Obama. Hardly what you'd call "Unity", is it?

Ted Kennedy
That Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor is terrible news. That's not the kind of thing anyone wants to hear in their senior years. Fighting a disease like this is bad enough if you're young and healthy but it's much harder when you're over 70.

I say all of the above because I'm human and I have compassion for other people. I also despise Teddy Kennedy. I dislike his politics and I dislike the kind of person he exhibited himself to be over the last 30 years.

Ever since that little incident at Chappaquiddick my regard for him has diminished with each passing year. Not only his rabidly anti-gun stance - which, considering how brothers Jack and Robert Kennedy were killed, we might understand - but his sex and booze scandals along with his penchant for wasting tax money.

I'd much rather see Teddy make his farewell speech, gracefully retire from politics and spend his last years surrounded by his large family in quiet retreat. But following in President Reagan's lead would likely be too dignified for a self-centered egotistical socialist like Teddy.

My final thought of the day: Friends, don't let friends vote for Obama.

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