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baldguy

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11. The senators who voted against universal background checks

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 06:42 PM

Apr 2013

Didn't do so out of any sense of morality or justice. The did it because they're cowards. They did so because they're afraid of the NRA - and because they're not afraid of their constituents.

Your comparison to Barbara Lee's War On Terror vote is not justified. At the time, the majority of Americans supported it, and the majority of Democrats supported it - and the majority won.

With the vote on background checks, the majority of Americans supported it, and the majority of Democrats supported it - and the majority LOST, because of a few cowardly Democrats.

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Bloomberg aims money to defeat Pryor (D, AR) over gun control [View all] Recursion Apr 2013 OP

Not that I'm a fan of Bloomberg, but Mark Pryor desperately needs to be primaried. backscatter712 Apr 2013 #1

Only if he's primaried by a D that can win in Arkansas Recursion Apr 2013 #2

+1. Robb Apr 2013 #3

Case in point: backscatter712 Apr 2013 #4

Bill's betraying an irrational belief of his own here: Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #9

Is there anything to the speculation that Wesley Clark could be persuaded to run? femmocrat Apr 2013 #5

I don't know, but I'd volunteer for that campaign. Robb Apr 2013 #7

Why in hell would any Democrat support any elected official who votes against the will of the Party baldguy Apr 2013 #6

You should ask the people in California's 9th district who voted for Barbara Lee. hughee99 Apr 2013 #8

The senators who voted against universal background checks baldguy Apr 2013 #11

Ah I see what you did... hughee99 Apr 2013 #12

Except that she wasn't a coward; the anti-gun control Dems are the very definition of cowardice. baldguy Apr 2013 #13

So it's okay to not go along with your own party or constituents hughee99 Apr 2013 #14

Pryor needs to go. Let's get an actual Democrat in there. DanTex Apr 2013 #10

Barring his being the 50th vote dsc Apr 2013 #15

+1000000 Sgent Apr 2013 #16