Ohio Gov reassures voters 'Obama is pro-guns'

[ericire12]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/barack_obama_john_mccain_guns.html

Folks living here among the rolling hills love their guns, their families and their God. And they don't appreciate politicians who they think would mess with any of those things.

So when Gov. Ted Strickland introduced Sen. Barack Obama here Friday morning, he didn't just extol Obama's virtues and plans. He told voters what the Democratic nominee would not do if elected president: He would not take their guns away.

"If you are a sportsman, if you are a gun owner, if you are someone who honors and respects the Second Amendment, you have nothing to fear from Barack Obama," said Strickland, who describes himself as a son of Appalachia.

That assertion, he told the crowd, was based on "direct conversations" he has had with Obama.

[WatchManUSA]

Thank you Neville Chamberlain, I mean Governor Strickland for setting the record straight.

[MikeBjerum]

I'm so glad that we have that straight now.

After all, up until this conversation we only had his previous support and public stance, his voting record, his choice for a vp, and the official stance of the DNC to go by.

After all, I'm sure that we can trust the word of a man that that made a deal to use public finance for campaign, backed out and then raised over $400 million privately; a man that denies any connection to Fannie Mae, when he was a major attorney in the lawsuit to force them to provide more sub prime loans; and a man that accepted thousands, should we even say hundres of thousands from Fannie Mae.  We can go deeper and deeper, but those are areas I was debating last night.

[ericire12]

I'm so glad that we have that straight now.

After all, up until this conversation we only had his previous support and public stance, his voting record, his choice for a vp, and the official stance of the DNC to go by.

After all, I'm sure that we can trust the word of a man that that made a deal to use public finance for campaign, backed out and then raised over $400 million privately; a man that denies any connection to Fannie Mae, when he was a major attorney in the lawsuit to force them to provide more sub prime loans; and a man that accepted thousands, should we even say hundres of thousands from Fannie Mae.  We can go deeper and deeper, but those are areas I was debating last night.

Head shot!