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Old 05-18-2013, 06:32 AM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Nothing worse than "grieving" parents with a political agenda.

The mom that camped out in front of the Bush compound in Crawford.
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Old 05-18-2013, 06:32 AM
 
Location: 500 miles from home
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Why couldn't the repesentative said something to that effect...
Apparently he wasn't capable of common courtesy - that was just a bit beyond him.
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Old 05-18-2013, 06:32 AM
 
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Why couldn't the repesentative said something to that effect...
He was never asked a question.

Besides, I'm smarter than he is!
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Old 05-18-2013, 06:44 AM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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What I see as "sick" is the Dad exploiting his dead son to further his own anti-gun political agenda, knowing full well (assuming a moderate level of intelligence) that the laws he is pushing for would NOT have saved the kid!
Even Pelosi and Feinstein have mentioned in passing that the laws they wanted would not have saved a single life!
THAT, IMO, is SICK!
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:00 AM
 
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Nothing worse than "grieving" parents with a political agenda.
Nothing worse than "grieving" parents with a political agenda who stalk politicians.

*snip*

Prior to that exchange Sullivan had another prickly encounter with Cadman
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Niagara Falls ON.
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If they are your constituent...shouldn't they be afforded the ability to voice thier opinion just like any other constituent?

Seems to me an educated representitive should have something thoughtful to reply to that person...well at least something more inteligent than running way.
Only an extreme COWARD would act in such a manner.
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:30 AM
 
Location: 77441
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kudos to the republican for having the moral convictions to follow the Constitution and not a personal agenda based on emotions.
I think I'll drop a check in the mail to his re-election fund, thanks for the post, OP.
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:33 AM
 
Location: Houston
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If they are your constituent...shouldn't they be afforded the ability to voice thier opinion just like any other constituent?
When did I say they should have their 1st Amendment rights violated?
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Old 05-18-2013, 07:59 AM
 
Location: On a Long Island in NY
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Nothing disturbs me more than a grieving parent who thinks we should throw the Constitution down the drain to further their agenda.

I am sorry, I truly am, for their loss but sometimes we need to look at the bigger picture. Not one of these gun control laws proposed since the movie theater shooting or Sandy Hook would have stopped a mass shooting from concurring - because that is not the goal, the goal is to CONTROL.

I realize everybody grieves differently ... but using that grief to try and subvert the constitutional rights of 300,000,000 people is not the way to go.
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Old 05-18-2013, 08:15 AM
 
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We are a nation of laws not of emotions.

Sorry for your loss Tom.
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