Fast & Furious is a NRA Conspiracy

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babylonsister (139,988 posts)

 
Fast & Furious is a NRA Conspiracy

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/6/23/9499/46443

Fast & Furious is a NRA Conspiracy

by BooMan
Sat Jun 23rd, 2012 at 09:49:09 AM EST


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There seem to be no grounds for suspecting that President Obama has any kind of gun control agenda at all, and neither does the Democratic Party. This, of course, makes the National Rifle Association (NRA) rather irrelevant, at least in political matters. Their fundraising should be drying up since there really is no need for them to do anything in the political arena. Their opponents were vanquished long ago. Even watching a colleague get shot in the brain wasn't enough to move Congress to do anything to restrict gun ownership.

Yet, the NRA is telling people that the president has a secret plan to confiscate their guns and actually informed Congress that they will be "scoring" the contempt vote for Eric Holder, as if you couldn't be a supporter of gun rights if you don't think the Attorney General should be held in contempt for failing to turn over irrelevant emails and meeting minutes.

Probably the most startling thing about the Fast and Furious conspiracy theory is that the program was initiated by the Bush administration. That single fact undermines the whole theory that the Obama administration initiated the program for any nefarious purpose. They didn't initiate it.

In fact, they didn't even know about it. The whole contempt case rests on the idea that Eric Holder initiated a damage-control strategy after he realized that he'd been lied to by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, which resulted in the DOJ giving erroneous information to congressional oversight committees. The Republicans are demanding to see the internal deliberations the DOJ went through after they discovered they'd unintentionally misled Congress. But that has nothing to do with taking anyone's guns away or any foreknowledge of the program.

Basically, what we're witnessing is just a way for the NRA to stay relevant in an era where gun control efforts are dead. That's it. And it's further proof that the NRA is acting as more of a wing of the GOP than as an advocate for responsible gun ownership.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002846874

Come on use your heads, DUmmies. If any of this was true not only would Holder gladly handed over all the documents he would have brought up the US attorney for the district of AZ on charges.

Just like Solyndra, no matter how many times you tell them the facts they still think it was Bush's doing.
By the time it's all said an done, they will probably be claiming that our involvement in Libya was a Bush decision too. 

[JohnnyReb]

A mind is a terrible thing to waste...so that DUmmie didn't get one.

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Kolesar (26,931 posts)
1. I don't see how this witch-hunt helps the GOP to control the "news cycle"

The GOP has a desperate need to make Mitt Romney look like something other than what he is. They are pissing away time with five months until the election.

If it isn't helping with the news cycle then maybe it could mean that they are more interested in the wrongdoing of the DOJ rather than trying to score political points. If one takes a minute to think about it, how in the hell could going after the poor black guy in the DOJ help them? By the time you fools are done spinning this Issa will be a grand wizzard of the KKK. I am guessing that Issa would much rather not have to be going after the black man in the DOJ and suffering the slings and arrows thrown by moonbats his way, this tells me he cares more about this country than what people will say about him. In other words he has courage, and not the Allen Grayson courage where you print up charts and claim that repukes want you dead. If you fools on the left gave a damn about this country you would want answers for all this, and not be concerned only on how it affects Holder and 0bama, you would only want the truth.

[Airwolf]

Yeah your sooooo right Dummies. The NRA wants to risk jail time and loose 4 million members just to get rid of Holder and Omaba. You clowms couldn't find a clue in the game of Clue if all the other players helped you.

[Bad Dog]

Ignorance of the law (actually in this case just ignorance) is no defense.

[DumbAss Tanker]

That's about as stupid as claiming Gingrich broke into the White House, jacked off Clinton in his sleep, and then burgled Monica's digs to stain her dress with the Presidential splooge.

[Bad Dog]

That's about as stupid as claiming Gingrich broke into the White House, jacked off Clinton in his sleep, and then burgled Monica's digs to stain her dress with the Presidential splooge.

C***st, that's one picture I could have done without.  Pass the mind bleach please.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

C***st, that's one picture I could have done without.  Pass the mind bleach please.

The sad thing is that, had DU existed back then, one of them would have made that claim and another one would have tried to use chicken wire to disprove the Starr Report.