They’re actually lowballing it, I think, by assuming only 45 safe Democratic votes right now. You’ll lose a couple of Dems on this, but nine? Mark Pryor already did his good deed to impress Arkansas conservatives by voting no on expanded background checks.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013
Who cares. This is done in the Senate. I am with the writer that this will be a 75+ vote for it. I am also positive at this point that the House, with Boner twisting arms and threatening punishments, will pass this too.
At this point, I really don't give a shit. If the GOP wants to commit suicide, I will be first in line to piss on their grave. If they don't see this as a total disaster for the country, every single one of them deserves to lose their jobs and the govt' paychecks. They will be so out of power, the Rats won;t even throw them table scraps or acknowledge their presence anymore.
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