Although she has been a strong supporter of gun control in the past, urging Congress to “buck the gun lobby” as first lady, Mrs. Clinton said, “Americans who believe in the Second Amendment believe it’s a constitutional right...
Is this some kind of riddle? - When would a right, listed in the Bill of Rights, not be a right?
Although the above quote was what caught my attention, the article was about Obama saying that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations.
His explanation was, "I didn’t say it as well as I should have." I take this to mean saying what he was really thinking.
He seems to me to be a person who truly cannot understand why someone wouldn't like him or wouldn't agree with him and sees disagreement as a sign of a character flaw in others.
Posted by marybeth at April 13, 2008 11:11 AM Politics