One of the biggest applause lines at last night’s CNN town hall on American gun policy came from Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Attempting to make the case that an assault weapon ban wouldn’t be effective, the Senator said “you would literally have to ban every semi-automatic rifle.” He, of course, thought that members of the […]
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Despite what Marco Rubio and his fellow NRA shills may say, gun bans are both popular and effective
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1994, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Australia, automatic weapons, background checks, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Federal Assault Weapons Ban, Florida, gun control, gun rights, gun violence, Marco Rubio, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, mass shootings, NRA, Obama, Pam Bondi, Parkland, polling, polls, Sandy Hook, school shooting, second amendment 132 Comments
Howard Dean on his 2004 run for President: “We were really running against the Democratic party… The Democratic party was becoming increasingly what we would now call corporatist. They’d given up. They just weren’t fighting for a better country.”
A few days ago, at the Netroots Nation conference, I had the good fortune to catch a session with former presidential candidate, and progressive standard bearer, Howard Dean. Following is the first of three videos I hope to post over the coming weeks, accompanied by my quick attempt at transcription. In this clip, you’ll hear […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Convio, Democratic National Committee, Dick Cheney, Dick Gephardt, Eugene McCarthy, foreign policy, George Bush, Howard Dean, Iowa, Iraq war, Jim Jeffords, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, John Kerry, Netroots Nation, Presidential politics, Saddam Hussein, Sandy Berger, SEIU, Susan Rice, Vietnam, Wesley Clark 6 Comments