RKBA is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion. RKBA stands for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
The fog guy:
Texas Republican politics
Yesterdays paper had an article suggesting Bill Whites(D) margin of victory could come from his overwhelming popularity as a 3 term mayor of Houston
Today....
Rick Perry is known as a 'below the belt' street fighter
In an emotional new ad featuring the widow of a slain Houston police officer, GOP Gov. Rick Perry's campaign suggests that the city's approach to immigration under former Mayor Bill White led to the officer's death in 2006....At issue is the death of Houston police officer Rodney Johnson, who was shot and killed by an undocumented immigrant during a traffic stop four years ago. While handcuffed in the back seat of Johnson's patrol car, Juan Leonardo Quintero shot Johnson several times. Johnson had searched the man but overlooked a pistol in his waistband......Perry's camp says that a stronger city immigration policy — allowing police to ask about people's immigration status even if they are not under arrest — could have saved Johnson's life. But White laid the blame on the Perry administration for allowing deported criminals to be removed from a sex offender list, as Johnson's killer was. The fight, which comes during the final, furious days before next Tuesday's election, goes to the heart of one of the most hot-button issues this campaign season: immigration.
I'm assuming gun control isn't a hot button issue in Texas since most Dems know it would cost them dearly? Someone want to confirm this please? -KV
In 2002 Perry slammed south Texas Banker Tony Sanchez, (whom Gov Geo Bush had appointed to the Univ TX Board of Regents) for laundering cartel drug money tied to the kidnapping torture & death of a DEA agent in Mexico
Sanchez had also contributed to then Governor and later U.S. President George W. Bush. After Enron, Sanchez was the largest donor to Bush, having given an estimated half a million dollars, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
I'm predicting Perry/Palin 2012
Remember... U heard it here 1st
Egregious Insult of the Week:
You're all sick, and this diary is disgusting.
I knew the lot of you were savage, bloodthirsty assholes with substandard IQs, but justifying your love of blood and anguish by saying "Oh, it's only 500 kids a year! Gimme mah guns! Derpa derpa!" is absolutely horrifying.