2008 Presidential Election
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Published: 19 September 2008
| 2008 Presidential Candidates |
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…John McCain tried running for president in 2000 as an anti-gunner. This year it appears he is seeking to “come home” to the pro-gun community, but the wounds are deep and memories long. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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…If Joe Biden has an office in the West Wing, we can expect that he will use that position to launch attacks on the Second Amendment, and to be a cheerleader for the Obama gun control agenda. That much is certain. If Sarah Palin occupies that same office, gun owners may be looking to the tough Alaskan hockey mom to pull John McCain in the other direction. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Palin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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….Obama has also taken a strong position in favor of the Clinton semi-auto ban which sunset in 2004. “I believe we need to renew — not roll back — this common sense gun law,” Obama said. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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….Another of Biden’s chief claims to fame, as noted on his own senate website, is authoring the 1994 Crime Bill with its so-called assault weapons ban, a gun prohibition that actually banned over 180 types of common semi-automatic firearms. President Clinton noted in a 1994 speech that without Biden, “there would have been no crime bill this year.” | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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…In the end, one might conclude that Barr’s voting record on firearms issues is not quite 100 percent in line with the Libertarian Party. That is true. But as noted above, his voting record after his first term in Congress improved tremendously (voting right in 27 out of 31 votes) — a record that is certainly better than 99 percent of most Republicans and Democrats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Barr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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…Baldwin has compiled a number of America’s key documents, some of which were not readily available. After a year of searching, he published The Freedom Documents, which includes some obvious selections such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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