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What was he using for ammo? A solution or a problem?
The results come from an online Harris Poll involving 2,320 adults who were surveyed online between March 1 and March 8 by Harris Interactive, a market research firm. Respondents were read each of 15 statements and asked whether they thought they were true or false.
Seriously? You buy this garbage?
Let me just say...when 25% of political party adherents believe that a sitting president is the anti-christ, houston, we have a problem that is becoming bigger than fringe.
Quarter of Republicans Think Obama May Be the Anti-Christ | LiveScience
And, when 1/3 of Americans think that the government was behind 9/11...same deal.
Third of Americans suspect 9-11 government conspiracy | ScrippsNews
The problem is that there are currently A LOT of whackdoos in this country, on both sides of the political spectrum.
That suggests to me that there are similar levels of lunacy on both ends of the spectrum.
He was using a gun, too.
I didn't say bullets were ALWAYS a solution. I said it depended who was in front of them.
Do you want to imply that all uses of a firearm are problematic? that's another thread.
Republicans need to give credance and speak out every single time against the fringe lunatics in a crowd just as much as Democrast needed to do it with War Protesters.
Not much.
… If it is wrong than it is wrong. It doesn't matter who does it.
What you fail to understand is some toothless rednecks are actually too stupid to read -- they see "Congressman" and just start shootin'...
He points to a pew one that is a good bit more reliable, though it doesn't ask about the anti-christ question, it does show something like a whopping ~40% less people think Obama is a muslim then what the Harris poll showed, which begs to question what the real number would be in regards to the "anti-christ" question. It also showed that roughly the same amount of people believed 9/11 was an inside job. Both were in the 10-15% range.
Indeed, my belief about this incident is that someone opposed to health care reform demonstrated his opinion by firing a shot at Congress. The perpetrator didn't discriminate between Democrats and Republicans.
Why do I not figure a supporter of health care reform would fire a shot at Congress? Because, all the supporters I know are pretty happy with Congress these days.
Wait a sec ... I thought liberals hated guns ... :shrug:
Obviously not practical, but we on both sides need to speak out against the nuts more often, and more completely. No "I don't like this, but...", or "but you guys did it too", just "this is wrong, the end". Some one shooting at a congressman's office is wrong, end of story. I don't care why, I don't care his motivation, none of that matters.
The problems right now are not the media, not how things are being portrayed, they are in the fact that both sides have forgotten winning is not the only thing, and that just because we disagree does not make us enemies. The only way to end this is when us normal people step up and say "stop, enough" and don't put up with it any more.
What you fail to understand is some toothless rednecks are actually too stupid to read -- they see "Congressman" and just start shootin'...
Wow, I thought bigotry went out of style in the 1960's.
Indeed, my belief about this incident is that someone opposed to health care reform demonstrated his opinion by firing a shot at Congress. The perpetrator didn't discriminate between Democrats and Republicans.
Why do I not figure a supporter of health care reform would fire a shot at Congress? Because, all the supporters I know are pretty happy with Congress these days.
Hey, you can't trust anything you read anyway, right?
It seems that bigotry is wrong, except when they do it.
Wow, I thought bigotry went out of style in the 1960's.
No, bigotry is always wrong. I condemn it.
So did Cantor get shot at, or not? I haven't seen any video yet...
I have no idea.
I haven't seen it yet either.
So Cantor might be lying?
So Cantor might be lying?
I'm suggesting that there are a lot of people in America today who have some whacked out ideas...are you going to argue that?
Are you being sarcastic, to make a point? Because the chances of that are incredibly slim. Someone could easily just walk by his office to see if he was telling the truth, and if he wasn't, that fact would get out immediately and discredit him.
Only Sarah Palin lies about stuff that stupid.
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