Daily Topics - Tuesday June 14th, 2016
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- Orlando Massacre...Ready For Change Yet? Susannah Randolph, Progressive Candidate for Congress (FL, 9th District)
- Orlando Shooting..."False Flag Op" Says Alex Jones...Really?
- A New Generation Speaks Out On Orlando & LGBT Rights - Grace Dolan-Sandrino, Common Dreams
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Where the president lost the war with the NRA.
I'll give the exact date first. April 17, 2013. That was the day the post-Newtown Manchin-Toomey expanded background checks bill failed to get past a Senate filibuster. And that was also the day of the ultimate display of hutzpah by a freshman senator to a president of her own party!!
That was the day following a week or two in which Mr. Obama gave new meaning to Lloyd Bentsen's iconic declaration to Dan Quayle that he was "no Jack Kennedy", by showing the world - and most importantly the NRA - that he was surely no Lyndon Johnson. Because back in the day, LBJ would have summoned Heidi Heitkampt to his office and locked the door, and the senator serving only in the third full month of her career would have emerged 20 minutes later with her arm in a sling and the promise of a "yea" vote on her lips! It's one thing for the other four red state "nay" voting Democrats with pending reelection campaigns to get a pass from their boss. But when the NRA thugs saw a president failing to secure the vote of a FRESHMAN same-party senator with 5&1/2 years before her next campaign, they understood that they had him not just on the ropes but on his back! Is it any wonder that they've had their way ever since?
2018, the year of Heidi Heitkampt's reelection bid, is getting closer. She must be defeated - AND YES, EVEN BY A REPUBLICAN IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!!!