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Bill Clinton Warns Dems: Don’t ‘Patronize’ and Look ‘Down Your Nose’ at Gun Culture
Jan. 19, 2013 11:07pm Erica Ritz
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke with top Democratic donors at a private meeting on Saturday where, according to Politico, he warned the group to treat gun control differently than other political issues.
“Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents by looking down your nose at them,” Clinton reportedly said. “A lot of these people live in a world very different from the world lived in by the people proposing these things…”
He proceeded to explain how, though polling data is certainly useful for politicians, it doesn’t measure the emotion and enthusiasm associated with an issue. And it’s the passion associated with gun control, Clinton argued, that makes it so delicate.
Politico continues:
Clinton dedicated a substantial portion of his 40-minute address before a joint meeting of the Obama National Finance Committee and a group of business leaders to the issue of guns and gun control, saying that it was a test-case for President Barack Obama’s grass-roots movements…
“The way the Obama campaign won Florida, won Ohio, won this election by more than projected was the combination of technology, social media and personal contact,” Clinton said. That’s “the only way that our side will ever be able to even up the votes in the midterms and as these issues come up, really touch people and talk to them about it.”
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But he said that he understands the culture that permeates a state like Arkansas — where guns are a longstanding part of local culture.
“A lot of these people … all they’ve got is their hunting and their fishing,” he told the Democratic financiers. “Or they’re living in a place where they don’t have much police presence. Or they’ve been listening to this stuff for so long that they believe it all.” [Emphasis added]
In the opinion of the former president, those who are patting themselves on the back for their “brave” efforts on gun control may not be seeing the full picture.
“Do not be self-congratulatory about how brave you [are] for being for this” gun control push, he said. “The only brave people are the people who are going to lose their jobs if they vote with you.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/19/bill-clinton-warns-dems-dont-patronize-and-look-down-your-nose-at-gun-culture/ (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/19/bill-clinton-warns-dems-dont-patronize-and-look-down-your-nose-at-gun-culture/)
They may in passing mention the force and power that involves the people but in reality they do not mention the PASSION of We The People. At least even the dull ones catch a eye full.
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Or they’ve been listening to this stuff for so long that they believe it all.”
:)
`fundamental principle of American law that a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any individual citizen.'' Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. Ct. of Ap., 1981).
I know Bill. We're stupid and terribly gullible outside of the Beltway. There is no reason for us to be upset or alarmed when the government has informed us multiple times in multiple court decisions that it has no duty to protect us while simultaneously working to restrict our access to an effective means of self-defense in the form of firearms.
Yeah, we're just a bunch of mouth-breathing cousin-humpin' ignorant rednecks out here who don't recognize, much less appreciate, efforts by our betters to protect us from ourselves.
Bite me Bill.
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This says it all right here...
"The only brave people are the people who are going to lose their jobs if they vote with you.”
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Yeah, we're just a bunch of mouth-breathing cousin-humpin' ignorant rednecks out here who don't recognize, much less appreciate, efforts by our betters to protect us from ourselves.
Ha Ha You have a way with words...
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Ha Ha You have a way with words...
:) I'm just fired up today. :)
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I'm just fired up today.
Thats what we need everyday thanks for your frankness....
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Yeah, we're just a bunch of mouth-breathing cousin-humpin' ignorant rednecks out here who don't recognize, much less appreciate, efforts by our betters to protect us from ourselves.
I hafta to tell ya'll. My son has a homework assignment where he has to walk me thru writing a Diversity Poem (???) Working on it right now, right after reading this post. I have to finish the statement ' I am....'
You have no idea how tempting it is to paraphrase Lorimor.
The others are 'I like...' and 'I believe in...'
( with his supposed ADHD and being in a Magnet School in 'Better' Omaha, he struggles enough to conform with school ways. I'm not sure I should really fill this out with whatever first comes to mind. ;) )
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It upsets me that the Clintons continue to have influence in the operations of this country. Wasn't his term up some time ago?
Wish they would just fade away.
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I agree with the above post.
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we're just a bunch of mouth-breathing cousin-humpin'
That's my favorite line. Good stuff! :laugh:
Fly
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It upsets me that the Clintons continue to have influence in the operations of this country. Wasn't his term up some time ago?
Wish they would just fade away.
Get ready for Bush's brother and whoever the Bush kid is that is entering politics. These guys just won't go away.