Incoming GOP congressman: I’m open to limited gun control

Not even sworn-in yet and he’s already paving his way to the exit.

Dusty on December 28, 2012 at 2:31 PM

Lying douchebag. “A Second Amendment guy” who’s willing to piss all over it so “we can talk about other things as well”. Got it.

[single stack on December 28, 2012 at 1:39 PM]

Obviously, he has more interest in crafting solutions that pass rather than solutions that work.

Apparently Stewart’s idea “of restoring the principles that have made America great” includes trampling on the Bill of Rights in the rush to find compromise and filling legislation with regulations that don’t work so Congress looks like it’s “doing something” and he can hold on to his cushy his job.

Dusty on December 28, 2012 at 2:45 PM

With Stewart’s next two years safely under his belt, now we can play “Spot the Lies” with his election campaign statements:

Our nation lies at a tipping point in history. That is literally true. We are standing at the crossroads of our nation. And there is no ambiguity or uncertainty in the two paths that lie before us.

We used to talk about saving this great nation for our children or grandchildren. But if we don’t have the courage to fix our problems, we won’t make it that long!

At its essence, we find ourselves engaged in a fight for one thing. It is the same battle that has been waging since the beginning of time, the reason that wars have been fought, the reason people have been enslaved and that our Constitution was created.

At its core, this is a fight for power and choice. It is a fight for freedom for the individual versus power to the government.

After a lifetime of serving and studying and writing about this nation, there is one thing I have learned: this nation was built upon the back of miracles. At critical times in our history, we, the people, showed the courage and the wisdom to do the right thing. We proved that we were up to the challenge, willing to work and sacrifice to ensure that this nation survived.

As I have traveled around this great country, I am frequently asked: “Do you think we are at another tipping point?” And, “Can we expect another miracle in our future?”

The answer to both of these questions is undeniably yes.

But if we’re going to see a miracle, we have to be willing to do three things.

Hear the truth. Find the courage to implement change. And keep our faith in the future.

Read my Seven Critical Measures Necessary to Reclaim Freedom here.

Dusty on December 28, 2012 at 2:52 PM

100% purity or burn you at the stake kind of crowd lately.

Remember the real enemy whats 110% gun control. They want Eliot Ness like army going after peoples guns like they did booze. Toss guns in the east river like they did with slot machines. Limited is wide open but not 100% control of everything like the other side.

[tjexcite on December 28, 2012 at 2:47 PM]

It’s not merely the issue of 100% purity. It’s his mixture of sound bites which show he doesn’t think very much or very hard about what he says, in addition to throwing on the table measures that either won’t work or would require doing such things as you point out.

It’s his sunshine patriot attitude by speaking one thing during an election and then running for the safety of the crowd with the opposite before he’s even sworn in. How could he effectively limit large magazines without confiscation? Banning the largest ones that have never been made? Otherwise, there’s your Eliot Ness for you.

Who knows what other measures he’d considered; he only picked the best one to sound-byte his hand-waving, me-me-me moderate and reasonable Congressional collegiality. So he’s announced he’s a prostitute, and all that’s left is haggling about the price in the House cloak room. Not a good introductory gambit for a Republican representing his mostly republican district, but it will help him get lots of MSM talking head time and if he works hard enough, in two years he could be lobbyist-grade material.

And what stops Stewart from taking the “opportunity to talk about other things as well”, anyway, other than that it’s pretty apparent he’s ignorant about the details and issues surrounding those “other things as well”. If he’s ignorant about those, why is he suggesting those other things should be the crux of the legislation that he’s willing to throw in useless things as sops to gain a majority vote?

Is this his first nationally recognized effort being stupid or has he spoken up before, because for a guy who ran first and foremost on getting our fiscal house in order, it would be pretty embarrassing if his first time included a call to pass legislation with a focus on spending lots more money.

There’s more, because, for me, it’s more about stupidity than purity, but I’ll leave it there for now until he engages in another incident of not thinking.

Dusty on December 28, 2012 at 3:40 PM