Gun Control: More Bad News For Obama

"There were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. It came down to politics—the worry that that vocal minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections....They caved to pressure, and they started looking for an excuse—any excuse—to vote no....This was a pretty shameful day for Washington." President Obama.

Ah, yes. Now the new pink is to say "it's playing politics" when you lose. I find it outrageous that he had the moxy to claim there were 'no coherent arguments.' Shit, this shitty blog found many resources and statistics actually pulverizing his side. Like I said, he's no natural leader.

From Reason:

"Obama does a fine job of empathizing with the parents of Adam Lanza's victims. But that is something any decent human being should be able to manage. Where he has trouble, despite his lip service to the idea of putting himself in the other guy's shoes, is in empathizing with his opponents. He not only says they are wrong, which is to be expected. He refuses to concede that people who disagree with him about gun control are acting in good faith, based on what they believe to be sound reasons—that they, like him, are doing what they think is right. His self-righteous solipsism is striking even for a politician."

Canada is about to get a whole lotta empty but passionate rhetoric and acting, solipsism and sophistry with Trudeau on the landscape.

I don't know what to think about Trudeau's chances of forming a government. I tempted to say it's either it ends in disaster, indifference or success with a Liberal government. However, the Liberal brand might be weaker than we think these days. Just the talk of merging with the NDP makes me wonder if it really can take on the Conservatives who for their part are welcoming his nomination. Indeed, how can he realistically win the West? The Liberals are essentially a non-factor there and Pierre Trudeau remains quite the divisive figure out there.

In any event, we'll see if the media will build a hard on for the guy and begin the process of building a strawman darling.