Here’s something I might be interested in supporting:
Sadly, Mad Dog has categorically denied the rumors.
Category: Elections
Giving In To The Commies
Dear President Trump,
“Doing something about guns” according to the wishes of the media would be an even grosser betrayal of your 2016 supporters than not building a wall along the southern border has been.
We all — even the media — know that “doing something” in this regard means, in essence, increasing control over law-abiding gun owners which will do nothing to solve crime of any sort.
I, and most gun owners who voted for you back in 2016, know that your efforts to build a wall were undercut by the Establishment Republicans and Democrats in Congress. More ineffectual gun control legislation and the concomitant assaults on our Constitutional rights, however, will place at risk not only your chances of reelection in 2020, it will place the electoral success of the Republican senators and House legislators in a similar situation.
We are not fooled, and we will not be fooled, by the current demands to “do something”. Try to convince us that you won’t be fooled either.
And yes, this is a warning.
Sincerely,
Kim du Toit
Not Gonna Happen
Over at PJM, ol’ Roger thinks our presidential campaigns are too long (I agree) and wants to do something about it:
How about postponing the campaign until Thanksgiving and allowing the country and Congress to go about their real business? The British manage their campaigns in only 60 days. Maybe we could squeeze it down to, say, 180.
While he makes some excellent points about the folly of long election campaigns, Roger falls into the liberal trap of wishful thinking. Whenever some asswipe Lefty (i.e. all of them) makes some stupid proposal, the common response from conservatives is twofold:
- “How are you gonna pay for it?” — OR —
- “How are you going to do that, exactly ?”
To whit: “Free health care for everybody” gets question #1 in response; and “We’re going to come around to your house and take away your guns!” gets question #2.
The problem with trying to limit the length of presidential (or any) electoral campaigns is that we have that pesky Constitution, in the form of the First Amendment.
If it’s (say) a week before Thanksgiving and someone says, “When I’m president, I will…”, telling someone that “You’re not allowed to say that yet” would result in you getting your pee-pee severely whacked by the courts, and deservedly so.
The Brits get away with their 60-day election campaigns by simply banning election speeches and so on before the start date. Try doing that in the U.S. of A., and a shit-storm will ensue. We’re a free people, and if Governor Sextoy Butt-Plug (D) of Michigan wants to announce in 2019 that she’s going to run for the presidency in 2031, she’s perfectly within her rights.
I’m irritated by the perpetual campaigning thing myself, but at the same time, the First Amendment is more important than my irritation. Some people are frightened by guns, but the Second Amendment is more important than their trepidation. That’s how the whole thing works, even if it is inconvenient sometimes.
Clowns On Parade
All the Democratic-Socialist candidates arrive for the next debate:
Oy. (watch the video as long as you can)
Let the merriment begin…
Quote Of The Day
From Bearing Arms, after the first round of Great Clown Car Debates:
“Pro tip to Democrats: If Elizabeth Freaking Warren sounds like the voice of reason, it might be time to reevaluate your life choices.”
This after she was slammed for not embracing “Australia”-type gun control.
Robbing Peter To Pay Someone Else (TBD)
Now that the dust has settled from the first of the Clown Car Debates featuring the complete (so far) slate of Socialist presidential candidates for 2020, one fact has emerged: the Socialists want to give everything away: education, health care, cash, transport, forty acres and a mule… I think I got it all.
To which everyone with an IQ higher than the average refrigerator setting will be asking, “But how are they going to pay for all this free stuff?”
As always, one looks across the Pond for inspiration because the entrenched socialists Over There are full of “new” ideas. Here’s one:
The Shadow Chancellor said he was interested in replacing the current levy with a ‘lifetime gifts tax’ on cash or homes given to children.
He claimed the plan, which the Tories say would affect 10 million households, could ensure ‘wealth is more fairly distributed’. At present, the inheritance tax threshold is £475,000, or £950,000 for couples. Only 640,000 households end up paying the tax each year.
But a lifetime gifts tax (LGT) would see each child paying tax on everything their parents gave them – either during their lives or after their deaths – above £125,000. The two children in a typical family would, therefore, only be able to inherit an estate worth £250,000 tax-free.
Once an individual exceeds the threshold, any further gifts would be taxed annually at income tax rates.
And if you think our home-grown Marxists wouldn’t consider a scheme like this, think again.
And as Thomas Sowell (PBUH) just turned 89 over the past weekend, what better reason to post this:
When non-sequiturs become policy, you’ll find a Marxist.
