Comments on: VA Carry Bill

By: straightarrrow

straightarrrow — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:21:16 +0000

People like him do not retire from politics, they die, they go to jail, they get caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy, but they do not just quit.

By: straightarrrow

straightarrrow — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:19:50 +0000

This will not be the last time he will run for office. He has ambitions as yet unstated, you can count on it. Power is addictive and he is hooked.

Whatever office he runs for he should be opposed by advocates of liberty.

Having said that, he may have actually and unintentionally done a good thing for gun bearers. No, I don’t mean the African natives in all those bad movies.

It seems that open carry in an establishment serving alcohol is not only ok, but there is no restriction keeping the gun carrier from imbibing. Whereas; the new bill would have allowed concealed carry in these establishments but would have prohibited the CCW holder from having any alcoholic libation with his dinner.

I somehow do not believe Kaine was striking a blow for liberty of personal choice with its attendant responsibilities. I do believe he thought he was “sticking it to” the 2nd amendment supporters whom he gulled into voting for him. Ergo, my call to stand ready to defeat his next bid for elective office. He will try again.

By: Bitter

Bitter — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:46:47 +0000

Thank you, countertop. I was about to say, threatening him wouldn’t work, straightarrow. The guy is already out by law. Sometimes it’s not a matter of strategy disagreement, but a matter of other constraints – in this case, legal. So with that in mind, how would you propose threatening his future?

By: countertop

countertop — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:40:17 +0000

Kaine can’t be re-elected as Virginia’s governor is limited to holding only 1 term. The bigger question is how will this impact Mark Warner’s run for the Senate. Warner, a Northern Virginian has carefully cultivated the vote of independents and less conservative Republicans and has to know that this fiasco is going to hurt him (voting as a gun bigot isn’t popular with any constituency save 13 people in Northern Virgina)

By: Cactus Jack

Cactus Jack — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:36:15 +0000

I’d say that Kaine dos’nt want to be re-elected, pissing off as many people as he just did. Few politicos realize it but Joe Average aint stupid and has a long memory.

By: straightarrrow

straightarrrow — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:51:11 +0000

the Not Really Aware group are disappointed, well boo hoo.

How about outrage and a pledge to work to defeat any further political aspirations he has? Oh, I forget, they’re pragmatic.

By: # 9

# 9 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:02:05 +0000

Wow.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:50:00 +0000

Well this is one instance where he could actually stick to his guns (ba dum bum) about his ‘no new gun laws’ campaign promise…

The message, as always, is never trust a Democrat on gun control.