Of course, the usual spin has been applied, but these departures usually indicate some underlying strategy disagreement. I'm not thrilled with McFadden, but he's all we've got against Franken right now. I hate to see things stumble this early on.

Obama's handlers want to try to get a very pro gun state like MN to restrict magazines etc to show a win. Not happening! It would be nice if we could get MN gun owners to vote that way. It will be a constant fight against the antis as long as liberals control the legislature. That could end if gun ...

MaryB wrote:Obama's controllers tell him when and where to go and what to say

MJY65 wrote:

MaryB wrote:One of his worst chances is here in MN! Obama is an idiot, he does what he is told and it shows.

I'm curious as to why you think that.

I agree with the idiot part. It was the worst chances I was wondering about.

MaryB wrote:One of his worst chances is here in MN! Obama is an idiot, he does what he is told and it shows.

I'm curious as to why you think that.

"I just wants to make it so not anybody can just walk into a gun store and buy a semi automatic rifle... (Insert dramatic pause)....with no background check".....and the crowd cheers You can't make this stuff up. Thanks. I finally found it on the ST website. I wonder if he even knows that...

I missed what he said about guns. Can you give a quick summary?

Of course many dems are history anyway like Franken... I sure hope so, but I wouldn't count on it, yet. McFadden will need to work hard to overcome name recognition and the general trend toward electing Democrats in this state. If the election is close enough, he may even have to fight against reco...

Knowing that it won't pass, he will structure the vote count to give cover to liberal state Senators while protecting vulnerable ones in more conservative states.

On balance, still the better choice. Too bad about that 2nd amendment thing, but Franken's gotta go and McFadden is the only one with a shot at it. That's my opinion, too. McFadden is squishy on 2A, but.......... Franken is solidly anti 2A, for big taxes, big government, and is one more in the pock...

So perhaps this speaks to my point. Maybe with McFadden, gun owners will have more of a voice in the political theater. One could hope. Unfortunately, I think we are going to have an increasingly difficult time holding off the push for background checks. We all know that without a system of registr...

ericinmn1970 wrote:I'm not familiar with McFadden, but perhaps we gun owners would have more of a voice with him?

McFadden's responses are not solid. I'd like him to be more pro-2a. Franken, on the other hand, has shown us by his sponsorship of the last AWB bill, that he is definitely not on our side.

There are a plenty of people living in countries with collapsed and non-functioning governments who enjoy their life and liberties. There are also a lot of them that don't. At-least the founders of this country weren't chicken *******. Wow! I guess I'm not quite as enthusiastic about the notion of ...

...because you either get Al Franken ( giant douche ) or Mc-turd sandwich .... another vote is also a vote for the giant douche .... Or, in a world where words have meaning: another vote is not a vote for Franken - it is, well, another vote... :roll: Mathematically, you are correct. Your 3rd party ...

And a bunch of ...folks... think that winning, no matter what the cost, is all that matters and won't entertain any other alternative, even when presented - repeatedly - with clear evidence that doing so is incredibly ...counterproductive to their values. This includes a significant percentage of t...

I prefer to vote for someone who shares my values, not some rich dude who bought his way into the primary. Of course, we all would. Many of us here would have loved to have seen Julianne advance. She seems like a very solid 2A supporter. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. She has said that she will...