VP Debate: Vance Let Moderators and Walz Mislead Voters on Gun Rights

JD Vance’s acceptance of prohibitionist terms, his failure to correct egregious errors and outright lies, and his avoidance of elaborating to voters on why the right to keep and bear arms is the keystone of freedom, show that when it comes to effective advocacy, Republican politicians all too often come up short. [More]

There were all kinds of missed opportunities, unnecessary concessions, and lies left unchallenged.

An In-Kind Contribution

Morales began the segment by explaining Schiff is not only campaigning against Republican Steve Garvey, but also “focused on another opponent,” that opponent, unsurprisingly, being Trump. [More]

So how is this not a free campaign ad, reportable to the FEC?

And anybody else wishing one of those mountain lions or bears he was prattling on about had made a surprise appearance…?

[Via Michael G]

Let’s Make Another Demand on YOU

Accidental shootings by children keep happening. How toddlers are able to fire guns. [More]

Mostly through inexcusable criminal negligence in high-risk households, but you’ll note the CBS/Everytown axis made sure to make the dangers seem uniformly widespread.

The object here is to take things that are virtually universally preventable through appropriate choices and behaviors, like addictions, unwanted pregnancies, and STDs, and turn them into “social problems” that those who behave themselves just fine end up paying the price for.

[Via Dan Gifford]

Exactly the Model

Yes: Tobacco. The tobacco industry is exactly the model that I think of in terms of the decades of work that it will take to address this issue.” [More]

You know, “dirty, deadly, and banned.”

But no one is talking about taking your guns.

As an aside, “journalist” Rita Braver, with her practiced “empathy,” is obviously performing for the camera. I wonder how many viewers realized that was to manipulate their emotions while they were being presented with only one side and the wrong side at that.

What can I say but “CBS“?

[Via Jess]

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