I think that it can safely be said that what we were witness to yesterday, upon his hearing the news that the latest Democrat attempt to gut our Second Amendment had essentially gone up in flames, was further proof of the level of arrogance possessed by Barry "Almighty". We once again saw how it is that Barry behaves whenever things don't quite go the way that he wants or feels that they should. He went so far as to accuse those who voted against this bill of turning their backs on the American people and of choosing to ignore what he described as being their overwhelming support for this legislation that, in the end, went down to defeat 54-46. Now keep in mind here that there were five Democrats who also voted against this bill, one of which was 'Dingy Harry’ Reid himself, but you wouldn't know that from listening to Barry's pathetic little tantrum. And, of course, there were also three dependable RINOs who actually did vote in favor of it.
And in demonstrating what has become that trademark brand of arrogance with just a hint of hypocrisy, Barry chose to ignore the fact that he is far more guilty of using the tactics that he so confidently claimed were used by others in order to bring about the defeat of this bill. It matters not that this was a seriously flawed piece of legislation, it was what 'HE' wanted. Think about it, Barry and the Democrats went far out of their way to pull every sleazy political trick in their play-book and told all manner of lie to the American people in their effort to get Obamacare through Congress and to Barry's desk. And that was hailed as somehow being a great day for our country. But when the Constitution is actually upheld and the rights of the individual are protected, it’s a shameful day in Washington? The measures that were taken to ensure the defeat of this bill can in no way be compared to the deceitful tactics employed to get Obamacare passed.
And so as an ‘angry’ Barry "Almighty" declared it a "shameful day for Washington" after a group of senators successfully blocked an amendment to expand background checks for gun-buyers yesterday, at the same time, he seemed to imply that this was but one skirmish in a longer fight, as he vowed that it was "just round one." Flanked by the family members of Sandy Hook Elementary victims, who were only too happy to allow themselves to be used as props by this political thug, as well as by former Rep. 'Gabby' Giffords, demonstrating her own obvious disdain for the Constitution, Barry said a "minority in the U.S. Senate" went against the wishes of an overwhelming majority of the American people. The hypocrisy here is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Because all one has to do is to look back over the last four years to realize that’s exactly what Barry has continued to do since day one of his presidency.
"Families that know unspeakable grief summoned the courage to petition their elect leaders," Barry said. "A few minutes ago, a minority in the U.S. Senate decided it wasn’t worth it. They blocked common sense gun reform even while these families looked on from the Senate gallery." He said that while "a majority of senators voted yes to protecting more of our citizens with smarter background checks," a minority of members were able to use a "distortion" of Senate rules to derail it. Actually, the bottom line here is that this went down to defeat primarily because of five members from Barry's own party, including the Democrat leader in the Senate. I find it a little unsettling here that Barry would make such accusations, because what we have here is a president who has demonstrated time and again that he is perfectly willing to lie about absolutely anything if he thinks that by doing so it will assist him in furthering his socialist agenda.
The amendment had been described as being a bipartisan effort put together by Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey — "a Democrat and a Republican, both gun owners, both fierce defenders of our Second Amendment with ‘A’ grades from the NRA," Barry said. "Instead of supporting this compromise, the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill…[they] claimed it would create a ‘big brother’ gun registry," Barry said. He said the "pattern of spreading untruths" about the legislation served a purpose: to enrage a vocal minority of gun owners. Sorry, but I will call into question anyone’s being described as a fierce defender of the Constitution, when they seem determined to come up with legislation, the specific purpose of which is, to undermine one of our fundamental rights that it guarantees. Because I just don’t think the two things are in any way compatible. And for Manchin to later claim that this bill would have prevented the shootings in Newtown, that's simply nothing but a flat out LIE!
Barry made the idiotic claim that the opponents of the amendment had "no coherent arguments" about why it should be harder for criminals and those with mental illness to buy a gun, but that senators "caved to the pressure and they started looking for an excuse, any excuse to vote no." Barry said there will be some who will call the amendment’s failure a victory. "A victory for who? A victory for what?" he asked. "All that happened today was the preservation of the loophole that allows dangerous criminals to buy guns without a background check." Actually what it was, was a victory for the Constitution and for the rights of the individual, two things that Barry absolute abhors. To Barry, the Constitution impedes the government, and in his view it is the government who should be the final arbiter when it comes to deciding who it is that should be provided with certain rights, and what is required for those rights to be forfeited.
In what I thought was behavior rich in irony, Barry angrily blamed the defeat Wednesday of his centerpiece gun-control proposal on what he called the lies supposedly spread by the National Rifle Association (NRA). Barry said, "The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill." He added, "It came down to politics." Ok, so just for the sake of argument let's say that the NRA lied. I can only assume then that the only ones permitted to lie about any piece of legislation and its supposed benefits, would be Barry and the Democrats. I mean let's face it, they've lied about the supposed benefits of some very bogus 'stimulus' legislation, they've lied about the need for us to reduce our insane level of spending and most of all they lied about the so-called benefits of Obamacare. So shouldn't it be seen as being just a little disingenuous to be now labeling those who were essentially telling the truth about this horrible piece of legislation, as liars?
Barry and his team of anti-gun zealots had considered background checks the most likely gun restriction to be approved by Congress, with polls supposedly showing that as much as 90 percent of the public was in favor of the measure immediately following the Newtown shootings. Barry, of course, put the blame squarely on the NRA, which he accused of spreading falsehoods that the legislation would lead to a national gun registry. Sorry, but when it comes down to who to trust on this issue, it sure ain't Barry. He said, "They claimed that it would create some sort of big-brother gun registry, even though it did the opposite." Going on to say, "This pattern of spreading untruths … served a purpose. A minority in the U.S. Senate decided it wasn’t worth it. They blocked common-sense gun reforms, even while these families looked on from the Senate gallery. It’s not going to happen because 90 percent of Republicans just voted against that idea."
Throughout this entire exercise Barry repeatedly went to great lengths to talk about the suffering of those who lost family members in Newtown, but oddly enough there has never been the same level of concern for those who lost family members in Benghazi or because of his botched 'Fast and Furious' debacle. You see, with Barry it's all about the politics of the issue. It's about how it can used to, say, manipulate, or sway, public opinion. There was nothing that the dead bodies in Libya could be used to accomplish, politically speaking, while those dead bodies in Newtown were viewed, by Barry, as being political gold. I think most of us are able to recognize the fact that this guy is nothing if not the consummate political opportunist. So while he was busy exploiting the death of children, he was just as busy sweeping the deaths that resulted from the attack in Benghazi and from "Fast and Furious," under the political carpet.
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