I hate to spoil all the rave reviews from “our side,” but he said not one word about the Second Amendment. [More]
Why?
Biden had no problem attacking it.
Republicans are quick to pledge their “staunch 2A supporter” creds when the audience is just us gun owners, but when it comes to the Republic as a whole they avoid it. My guess is most of them don’t really understand it well enough to use their position as a bully pulpit, to champion it and educate their constituents on why it is such an important shared right. That absolutely needs to change, and the “gun lobby” needs to step up its game to teach them how and make clear it’s an expectation.
If gun owners let them take us for granted, they will.
Working in the president’s favor: The Democrats were sour-faced and seething. I doubt many of their voters’ minds were changed though, and that’s especially puzzling because the working class was presented with a lot of reasons why their economic interests have been, are, and will be better served by the Republican agenda.
I will give Trump credit for what may be a powerful and useful meme if the Republicans are smart enough to use it:
If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.
Republicans should show their Democrat opponent who did not stand as part of their midterm campaign. It won’t work against treasonous communists like Omar and Tlaib who “represent” demographically-engineered parasite districts, but it could be an effective reminder in closer races.
A minor image criticism: An aide should have quietly taken him aside and straightened his hair before he entered the chamber. The left side looked like somebody took a leaf blower to it. The night was, after all, ultimately about image.
A self-inflicted vulnerability:
I’ve always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I was informed I’m not allowed to give it to myself, and I wouldn’t know why I’d be taking it.
I’d expect someone like Mark Kelly to have a field day with that one, and for the DSM to amplify it. Then again, Kelly did not stand.
Red Forman would say “friend across the aisle” is a euphemism for “dumbass”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBS_Ukbe2Vk
re:
“I’ve always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I was informed I’m not allowed to give it to myself, and I wouldn’t know why I’d be taking it.”
Meh….. what I saw twas nuthin’ but a bad attempt at boastful, & also self-denigrating humor, that failed. Both timing & verbiage were off, which even happens when seasoned comedians are on stage.
Sometimes that “stream of consciousness” thang works, sometimes, not so much.
I really don’t think even seditious bastards like Kelly will be able to make much out of it.
I keep quotes in files, cause most folks have a leg up on me, & this one always makes me grin, & seems tailor made for here:
“I don’t like to think before I say something…I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…”
Tag line in the comments section of FreeRepublic.com, by:
Protect Our Freedom
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Except he’s been cautioned about this before, and as expected, Dem media is doing everything it can to make a big deal out of it. When you’re in a fight for your life you don’t hand your opponent a weapon.
If R’s lose Congress in the midterms, it won’t be because of this very minor mistaken attempt at humor, it will be self-inflicted because of lazy ass R’s who won’t get out and vote (along with the usual voter fraud on behalf of the D’s).
MNM, never said it would be. But it will be one of the thousand cuts.
If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.
If Republicans are smart enough (hah!), they’ll remind people that by “American citizens,” he means “American voters,” since non-citizens are barred from voting.
A creative GOP campaign could capitalize on the Dems’ “statement” as saying they literally do not care about their voters, will not take any action to protect them, and will instead take action to throw them under the bus in favor of people who consume but don’t contribute.
The ads practically write themselves. Which of course means the Republicans probably won’t do any of it.
“… but he said not one word about the Second Amendment.”
Almost like he was running for NRA Board of Directors or something.