It's time for Republicans to jump ****p, move away and establish our own=20
homeland because we are like the dinosaur, a dying and weak species
near=20
extinction.
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JOHN McCAIN IS A LIBERAL GUN GRABBER
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
February 22, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
The last thing we need is another liberal neocon in the White House. If
the
Presidency of George W. Bush proved anything, it proved the hazard of
electing phony Republican conservatives. At least one is able to clearly
se=
e
a liberal for what he or she is when they have a "D" behind their name.
But
put an "R" behind the name and suddenly their liberal, Big-Government,
anti=
-
freedom agenda is barely recognized, which makes a liberal Republican much
more dangerous than a liberal Democrat.
Let me say it straight out: a John McCain Presidency would be far worse
tha=
n
a Barack Obama Presidency. With a Democrat in the White House,
conservative=
s
and Christians suddenly find their principles and are able to offer
resistance. Put a Republican in the Oval Office, however, and those same
people become blind, deaf, and dumb to most any principle they profess.
Nowhere is McCain's chicanery and duplicity more jeopardous than in the
are=
a
of the right to keep and bear arms. On issues relating to the Second
Amendment, John McCain is a disaster! For example, the highly respected
Gun
Owners of America (GOA) rates McCain with a grade of F-. McCain's failing
grade is well deserved.
John McCain sponsored an amendment to S. 1805 on March 2, 2004 that would
outlaw the private sale of firearms at gun shows. According to GOA, the
provision would effectively eliminate gun shows, because every member of
an
organization sponsoring a gun show could be imprisoned if the organization
fails to notify each and every "person who attends the special firearms
eve=
nt
of the requirements [under the Brady Law]."
John McCain also sponsored an In***bent Protection provision to the
so-call=
ed
"Campaign Finance Reform" bill, which severely curtails the ability of
outside groups (such as GOA) to communicate the actions of in***bent
politicians to members and sup****ters prior to an election.
The GOA re****t of the 106th Congress reveals that out of 15 votes relating
=
to
the right to keep and bear arms, Senator John McCain voted favorably only
4
times. Put that into a percentage and McCain's pro-Second Amendment voting
record is a pathetic 27%.
In addition, GOA warns that John McCain sup****ted legislation that would
force federal agents to increase efforts in arresting and convicting
honest
gun owners who may inadvertently violate one of the many federal anti-gun
laws, which punish mere technicalities, such as gun possession.
For example, if John McCain's proposed legislation were to become law, a
gu=
n
owner who travels with a gun through a school zone or who uses one of the
family handguns to go target shooting with a 15-year old could be sent to
prison. And a person who uses a gun for self-defense could be sent to
priso=
n
for a mandatory minimum of five years.
But there is so much more to the McCain madness.
Former California State Senator H.L. "Bill" Richardson wrote this about
Joh=
n
McCain, "He's [McCain's] proven his dislike for conservatives and would
gut
us at every op****tunity.
"Why do I say that? Because of three decades of experience as a Republican
California Senator and a fifty year activist in the conservative movement.
=
I
have first hand, in-their-face experience with elitist RINO's (Republican
i=
n
Name Only) office holders. They are biblically ignorant, power hungry,
stat=
us
seeking egotists who have no difficulty aiding their liberal Democrat
colleagues whenever their arms are politely twisted. The one thing they
hav=
e
in common with liberal Democrats is their dislike for all conservatives,
especially those who are Bible-believing. McCain, as president, would
stifl=
e
the voices of elected Republican leaders and try to legislate the
conservative movement out of existence."
Senator Richardson went on to say that he would in no way vote for John
McCain, if indeed McCain is the Republican nominee (which he obviously
will
be).
I wonder how many gun owners and other professing pro-freedom Americans
hav=
e
already fallen victim to McCain's phony conservative campaign? Do they not
realize that they are giving a rope to the hangman? And that they--
conservatives and gun owners--are the ones who McCain will send to the
gallows? What is wrong with the American people these days? Have they not
been betrayed enough by these phony conservative Republicans?
For example, President George W. Bush recently nominated Michael Sullivan
t=
o
be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Sullivan is one of the nation's most rabid anti-gunners. GOA's Larry Pratt
describes Sullivan as being "as anti-gun as Ted Kennedy." Honest gun
owners=
,
lawful firearms dealers, and law-abiding gun show operators could have no
worse enemy within the federal government than Michael Sullivan. We could
expect no worse from Hillary Clinton. And a John McCain Presidency would
doubtless give us more of the same.
Regarding the Second Amendment, the American people have no better friend
than Ron Paul. He has a 20-year proven track record of fidelity to the
righ=
t
to keep and bear arms. The GOA rates Congressman Paul with a grade of A+.
According to GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt, Ron Paul has been a
leader
in the fight to defend and restore the Second Amendment. He has sponsored
legislation to repeal the following: the Brady law; the requirement to
lock
up your guns; the law permitting the U.S. to be part of the U.N (which,
amo=
ng
other attacks on American freedoms, seeks to ban privately transferred
firearms); participation in UNESCO; federal prohibitions on any pilot
wi****=
ng
to carry a handgun to and in his cockpit; and the so-called "assault
weapons" ban (prior to its sunsetting in 2004).
Ron Paul has also sponsored legislation requiring states to treat the
concealed carry permit of one state the same as they do that state's
driver=
's
license. Dr. Paul also opposes a national ID card, which would be a tool
of
government to identify gun owner****p.
Gun owners (along with conservatives and Christians of all sorts) should
be
ashamed of themselves for allowing an angry, gun-grabbing liberal such as
John McCain to become the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee,
whil=
e
rejecting the candidacy of one of America's most principled pro-life, pro-
Second Amendment, pro-Constitution, and pro-freedom legislators of this
generation: Congressman Ron Paul.
I say again, the last thing we need is another liberal neocon in the White
House. John McCain may have an "R" behind his name, but he is just another
establishment liberal: one America cannot afford.
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