The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: wisconsin on February 13, 2008, 04:39:38 PM
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Today at my local gun club I had a conversation with a man who I respect as a fellow member and is a person who flushes down the toilet more shooting talent and helpful knowledge than I could ever hope to learn in one life time said something to me that just blew me away. We got onto the subject of our upcoming primarys (Feb. 19).He said that he was going to vote for Obama. Which as you could guess shut everyone up .Everyone there stopped talking and there focus turned to our conversation. He reasoned that since we have an open primary (hope thats the right term) and you could change your vote at the presidential elections it didn't matter who he voted for now. He likes others on DRTV forum has the same opinions about our current choices. He hates Clinton as much as we all do and would rather use his vote to get her defeated and then deal with Obama as Dem. pres. nom.Then he when on to say that at the presidential election he would then vote Republican. I began to wonder is this what its coming to. Since it looks like McCain is going to be our only Rep. choice and it is a wasted vote for him anyway here in Wi.,that you would need to think up the idea of using your vote to defeat someone you couldn't stand. Then have McCain and Obama be our choices going into this election. Is this what its coming to. I have been voting since Nixion. And not since the Clinton era have I felt as though I was back in that same boat that was starting to sink. I've been voting long enough to know how things work. But for some reason this time around I'm not feeling very good about our future. As I said this line of thinking just blew me away.
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I have heard more than one person voice this same opinion..
That Obama will be easier to beat than Clinton..
( God help us)
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Well, if you believe the opinion polls, Hillary would actually be easier to beat than Obama. I seen a Fox News poll that pitted McCain vs. Hillary and winning, but vs. Obama he lost.
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Obama, if nomitated will be unbeatable. SCARY!!
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Where I am in NC, the county Sheriff's Office issues the pistol purchase permits (background checks, etc). Usually takes 5 days or less to pick them up. Now the wait is over two weeks due to unprecidented high volume. Mac.
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Frankly, either will be hard to beat. Kerry came within 60,000 votes of becoming Prez. That's the margin by which he lost Ohio IIRC. Any Dem will likely carry all the states Kerry did and if they can pick off Oh or a couple of small states they are in.