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NewJeffCT

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1. Nope - if the Right Wingers can savage an ultra-conservative

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:11 AM

Mar 2013

like Chuck Hagel just because he didn't toe the line on one issue, I don't think Gabby Giffords being a moderate to conservative Democrat or a right winger would have made a difference.

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Would The Gun Debate Have Been Any Different If "Gabby" Had Been A Hard Right Republican? [View all] TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 OP

Nope - if the Right Wingers can savage an ultra-conservative NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #1

I don't recall a time warrior1 Mar 2013 #2

Ding, ding, we have a winner! Coyotl Mar 2013 #3

Reagan and Ford don't count? Bay Boy Mar 2013 #4

Yes, I forgot that warrior1 Mar 2013 #8

I figured that would be mentioned... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #13

James Brady comes to mind. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #5

Uh, you do know why the Brady Center is named that? Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #7

Which is generally attacked thucythucy Mar 2013 #9

And those who support 2A from bans are... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #11

There would have been grave dancing here on DU ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #6

Briedbart: �We outnumber them [liberals] in this country, and we have the guns.� Hoyt Mar 2013 #12

Nah, they would just have praised her for 'taking one for the team'. Aristus Mar 2013 #10