Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

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25. A Big Rig Tow truck couldn't get it out

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #24)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 12:10 PM

Apr 2015

I really think the political types are totally relying on consultants and advisors that are utterly out of touch with the real world. They live, eat and breathe the beltway and the Northeast corridor, as if it that were an valid sample of the entire country. (Think, Pauline Kael and the "Nobody I know voted for Nixon" comment.)

Many of the advisor types are still stuck in the '90's, are about as intellectually deep as a bumper sticker (based on working with several on local Chicago elections over 4 decades) and keep trying to recycle the same old campaign memes that were in place over 20 years ago. Their idea of "updating the message" is "Hey! let's put it in Spanish too.".

They just can't imagine recognizing gun owners as a viable voting bloc for their candidates, so it's just one less group they need to focus on.

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