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proudretiredvet

(312 posts)
16. Thank you also for your service.
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 01:30 PM
Feb 2014

There are millions of vets like you and I out there. They are Left of center to one degree or another and have been left out of most of the political discussions. They are more quiet and reserved in voicing their thoughts but they do vote. In the last two presidential elections they voted for President Obama.
We are good law abiding citizens who have served so all Americans can have, share, and enjoy all of their constitutional rights. We have served so the protesters of the Dunn verdict can scream about the injustice, indignity and racism of the verdict. We have served so that the strong women and strong men who support them can loudly point out the inequity, and unequal pay between men and women. We have served so that we can continue to have the right to KABA. The right to be an armed citizen was the second amendment written into out constitution. It was as important to our forefathers as it is to many of us today.
This party needs our votes to win elections. That is just a hard proven fact. The last time the democrat party pushed gun control in a national election it bit them in the ass and drew blood on both cheeks and they lost.
Keep your head up, never apologize for utilizing one or all of your constitutional rights, do not accept their highly manipulated statistics, and do not fall into their guilt traps that are based on constructed data.
When they ask you a question speak the truth, the provable factual truth. Then respond with a truth based pointed question and do not allow them to avoid answering it.
In the end thank them for the debate and discussion and remind them that they need the votes of the liberal gun owners to win in the next election.

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Gun Club for Liberals: The Un-NRA [View all] friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 OP
From January... PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #1
Now this makes me LOL for real. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #2
Welcome to OUR tent, sit down and have a cuppa. oneshooter Feb 2014 #3
oneshooter proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #13
Thank you sir. clffrdjk Feb 2014 #14
Thank you for your service, and ..... oldhippie Feb 2014 #15
Thank you also for your service. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #16
Correction SecularMotion Feb 2014 #17
My mistake proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #20
The Democratic Party has the votes of liberal gun owners. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #21
I understand your point of view proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #22
I have no "passion against guns" SecularMotion Feb 2014 #23
Of course you don't, dear. Straw Man Feb 2014 #24
You're free to believe NRA myths, but please don't promote them on a website for Democrats. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #25
And you don't get to define liberalism either ... Straw Man Feb 2014 #30
I am as free as you are to state my opinions and beliefs. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #44
The first amendment doesn't apply here. There are limits SecularMotion Feb 2014 #45
OK I read it and so did everyone else. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #49
Poisoning the well? Thin gruel... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #47
"I have no "passion against guns" oldhippie Feb 2014 #34
I do have a passion against gun nuts. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #36
Everybody WATCH OUT!!! oneshooter Feb 2014 #38
Not necessarily. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #26
That's what the NRA keeps telling us SecularMotion Feb 2014 #28
No proof (either way) is available. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #29
Forgotten about the colorado recalls so soon? N/T beevul Feb 2014 #31
The Colorado recall elections were an anomaly. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #32
Of course. Any fact that goes against your position is .... oldhippie Feb 2014 #33
Hahahaha. beevul Feb 2014 #35
I'm not ignoring it SecularMotion Feb 2014 #37
It wasn't NRA driven gejohnston Feb 2014 #40
There's that 3rd Way: Democrats stayed home because they weren't particularly devout.. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #50
You sure aren't being honest about it, not even with yourself. beevul Feb 2014 #53
It was the NRA SecularMotion Feb 2014 #54
Anti-gun talking point. beevul Feb 2014 #55
You're in denial SecularMotion Feb 2014 #56
Quoting a bloomberg spokesman? beevul Feb 2014 #58
He can't Duckhunter935 Feb 2014 #63
Just a simple MudMarine here. oneshooter Feb 2014 #41
Agreed and well spoken. geckosfeet Feb 2014 #52
Another liberal gun owner just sent me this link. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #57
This is the correct forum for those debates to take place. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #4
Hey Circular, speaking of "spin" have you gotten dizzy yet? n/t oneshooter Feb 2014 #5
That's hilarious! Who writes your material? SecularMotion Feb 2014 #46
Feeling a bit irritated and tense, are we? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #6
Not at all, but if you are I hope you're not carrying a gun. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #7
Why are you planning to assault either of us? oneshooter Feb 2014 #8
Also, most assaults *don't* involve firearms friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #11
Michael Dunn was a bit irritated and tense. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #18
Most of the time, when I read your Google Dumps...... oneshooter Feb 2014 #39
I'm concerned that you find reports of gun violence so amusing. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #42
It's not the reports, IT'S YOU! oneshooter Feb 2014 #43
Whereas, if they don't have a gun they're okeydokey? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #48
Then again, you hope *no one* is carrying a gun friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #9
I doo like the dialog Duckhunter935 Feb 2014 #12
And if a controller, post with no comment. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #10
Thus speaks our resident Zampolit. MicaelS Feb 2014 #19
Whereas in Castle Bansalot only one side of the debate can do that. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #27
And that mud-splattering hippo fart regularly drifts thru GD. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #51
Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #59
Welcome Back SecularMotion Feb 2014 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #61
You do realize this is a board for Democrats? SecularMotion Feb 2014 #62
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