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dc_dux · 02-04-2009, 09:37 PM

The difference in the videos....Emanuel speaking at a clearly identifiable Brady event so its clearly an advocacy speech (with a counter-message imposed on the vid...nice touch!). The Dobbs video presented as a "news" story with the headline "freedom under fire."

The art of communications manipulation!

Fine....be worried.

I think you are wasting your energy on a non-issue in terms of the Obama agenda....with so many pressing issues on the agenda where he wants bi-partisan support.

Particularly if you look at objective "vote counting" in the Congress...it only takes 40 senators to block any legislation and there are at least 4-5 Democratic Senators, along with nearly every Republican Senator, who are not gun control advocates...that makes 44-45.....any bill --> DOA...just like the 110th Congress where the Senate didnt evern bother introducting a companion bill to the one that comes up in the House every term (with a handful of die hard sponsors).

But it does keep the $$$$ flowing to the NRA to pay for those $multi-million communications campaign (more than 10x what the "other side" spends)!

02-04-2009, 09:37 PM	#661 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	The difference in the videos....Emanuel speaking at a clearly identifiable Brady event so its clearly an advocacy speech (with a counter-message imposed on the vid...nice touch!). The Dobbs video presented as a "news" story with the headline "freedom under fire." The art of communications manipulation! Fine....be worried. I think you are wasting your energy on a non-issue in terms of the Obama agenda....with so many pressing issues on the agenda where he wants bi-partisan support. Particularly if you look at objective "vote counting" in the Congress...it only takes 40 senators to block any legislation and there are at least 4-5 Democratic Senators, along with nearly every Republican Senator, who are not gun control advocates...that makes 44-45.....any bill --> DOA...just like the 110th Congress where the Senate didnt evern bother introducting a companion bill to the one that comes up in the House every term (with a handful of die hard sponsors). But it does keep the $$$$ flowing to the NRA to pay for those $multi-million communications campaign (more than 10x what the "other side" spends)! __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 02-04-2009 at 10:05 PM..