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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:32 AM Original message |
How does Bobby Rush square his antigun stance with his Panther days ? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. He was my Congressman when I lived in Chicago |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. People learn and grow and change with time |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. probably should qualify that - "Some people learn and grow..." But good answer! n/t |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. that one would seem kind of core, no pun intended |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Please provide a link to the bill that concerns you. n/t |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. HR45 IIRC n/t |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You might want to browse the two DU threads below. |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. thanks, the cultural dynamics of Bobby's choices weren't explored enough though |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You raise a valid point so please add your thoughts there as well as here in your thread. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because he's seen the damage guns can do? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gun control is racist |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Which is, of course, why the citizens in DC wanted strong gun control |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Do you have a credible source for current DC citizens' position on the RKBA for self defense? nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'll take that as a "no" . Do you have any more unsupported assertions you wish to share? n/t |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Dude, I pay the NRA to be a troll (now that was _satire_, children) |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. That was like forty years ago. |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. seems like a core value he's flipped on |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. There's a lot of people who did and thought things in the '60s they've since put aside. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. He never advocated an extra-legal mode of defense. |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. "Core value?" I think of a core value as something broader, like equal rights for all people, |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. when defending yourself was illegal, self-defence was a core value |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Very good points. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. SOO??? 40 years is a long time... he can't change his mind ever? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. Learned the hard way? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. is there some reason -- he shouldn't change? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. Perhaps Rush knew in his earlier years that he was responsible for his actions but now he believes |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Talk about unsupported assertions. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. "unsupported assertions", you bet! That's why I began the subject with "Perhaps" but apparently |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Where is the qualification in |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Have a good evening and goodbye. n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Becaue now he is a part of the estabishment that hires people with guns to protect them. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. "his Panther days?"------"gun toting ways" |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. how's bout wikipedia ? |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. or are you daring me to state that Bobby got busted on weaps charges in relation to his BPP affil ? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. William Ayers redux. |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. is that a negative ? I'm interested in an apparent inconsistency in Bobby's politics |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Grow up. Write him and ask HIM. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. He's 40 years older? |
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