Why I Can't Take The Montana GOP Seriously

Looky what's I got in my e-mail, a missive from the Montana GOP titled "Answers Montanans Deserve To Know!".  You'd figure, with such an impressive header, that they would be asking Denny Rehberg whether he believed his continued support for the Iraqi boondoggle is good for Montana, or will more likely bankrupt the country.  Perhaps Montana Republicans want to know why Senator McCain, their Presidential candidate, can't tell the difference between Iranian Shi'ites and Sunni al Queda.

But no, in a classically retarded bit of 'concern trolling', they want Montana Democrats to find out where the Democratic candidates stand on a gun-ban in a city 2000 miles away from Montana.  A gun-ban ... in Washington D. C.  Not the fact that the national economy is going down the crapper.  Not the continued borrow-and-spend policies of the Republicans, which has put our dollar below the currencies of most every 1st world nation.  Not our continuing military losses in the eternal occupation of a country that doesn't want us there and was never a threat to us.  These things affect Montana.  But, no, what the Montana GOP wants Democrats to ask of the candidates, candidates that Republicants will *never* support or vote for,  is a gun ban that has already been challenged and heard by the Supreme Fricking Court.

~sigh~

Every rational intelligent person already knows that the Supreme Court will endorse the individual right of citizens to keep firearms.  The only real question now is whether the Republican Bush administration has argued effectively that the "reasonable" term of law equates to local governments limiting access, such as to handguns in DC.  Montanans needn't worry about such trifles because our right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed in our own Constitution.  We can, however, hope for a loosening of gun restrictions (contrary to the hopes of the Republicans) based on the SCOTUS interpretation of the term "reasonable".  Perhaps Iverson and the Montana GOP have missed this point, and don't get that it's now a non-issue to Montana.  Or, more likely, they're playing the 'fear card'.

"The GUBMINT gonna take your guns and HitleryoBamamuslimangryblackman gonna let 'em!!!"

What a bunch of retards.

The Montana Republican Party understands and appreciates the excitement Montana Democrats feel about having their leaders candidates come to our state. But it's our hope they will also use this wonderful opportunity to demand answers to issues important to Montana.

I'm sure we will.  But Heller v. DC ... that just ain't among them.

Idiots.

Comments

[Kit]

I remember coming here and talking to law enforcement, who were more than happy to tell me (a) I don't *really* need a permit to carry concealed here because it's a non-issue and (b) I was welcome to shoot anyone in defense of my own life or property pretty much without fear of having to defend myself in court afterward, for the most part. Such a gun friendly state. Such a *sensible* state where gun matters are concerned (although in Virginia, I could carry in banks, post offices, and restaurants that served alcohol).

I can't imagine any democrat every making it even into local government if they're not on the "right" side of the gun issue. Not even in Missoula. ;)

But what do I know, I'm a libertarian.