http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/01/08/political-capital-how-its-spent/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/01/08/political-capital-how-its-spent/#comment-37330 What use are intellectuals? | Newbie Shooter Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:38:22 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7578#comment-37330 [...] crying and name calling (”Gun Lobby, Gun Lobby, Gun Lobby!”)  As Sebastian points out here, when you spend political capital, it is just like spending money.  Once it is spent, it is [...] [...] crying and name calling (”Gun Lobby, Gun Lobby, Gun Lobby!”)  As Sebastian points out here, when you spend political capital, it is just like spending money.  Once it is spent, it is [...]

]]> http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/01/08/political-capital-how-its-spent/#comment-36488 Nimrdo45 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:37:35 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7578#comment-36488 You got to pick your battles, and ask yourself: "Is this the hill I really want to die on? You got to pick your battles, and ask yourself: “Is this the hill I really want to die on?

]]> http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/01/08/political-capital-how-its-spent/#comment-36481 Sebastian Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:25:47 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7578#comment-36481 Yeah, but that's your absolute best case scenario.... someone who is a bit less anti-gun. But that's not going to happen. One good thing about politics, as opposed to war, is that you really do have a pretty good idea ahead of time whether you're going to win or lose. There are Republicans who are voting for Holder. There's not even a filibuster possibility. Holder is going to get confirmed. There will a lot of Republican votes against him, but it won't be enough to matter. Yeah, but that’s your absolute best case scenario…. someone who is a bit less anti-gun. But that’s not going to happen. One good thing about politics, as opposed to war, is that you really do have a pretty good idea ahead of time whether you’re going to win or lose. There are Republicans who are voting for Holder. There’s not even a filibuster possibility. Holder is going to get confirmed. There will a lot of Republican votes against him, but it won’t be enough to matter.

]]> http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/01/08/political-capital-how-its-spent/#comment-36477 Scott Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7578#comment-36477 "But the reason NRA probably won’t go after Holder is because there’s no path forward that doesn’t involve an anti-gun Attorney General..." True, an Obama AG will be anti-gun. But if Holder were somehow not confirmed, and it was known in part to be because of his anti-gun positions, might not Obama's next nominee be at least less stridently anti-gun, an ever so slightly lesser of two evils? “But the reason NRA probably won’t go after Holder is because there’s no path forward that doesn’t involve an anti-gun Attorney General…”
True, an Obama AG will be anti-gun. But if Holder were somehow not confirmed, and it was known in part to be because of his anti-gun positions, might not Obama’s next nominee be at least less stridently anti-gun, an ever so slightly lesser of two evils?

]]> http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/01/08/political-capital-how-its-spent/#comment-36375 FatWhiteMan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:34:24 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7578#comment-36375 I began to write a comment to your first post about this but after three paragraphs I deleted it and wrote my own post this morning. I began to write a comment to your first post about this but after three paragraphs I deleted it and wrote my own post this morning.

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