Hillary Clinton, the gun control advocate turned hunter, attacks Obama on guns in negative mailer

Clinton mail attacks Obama on guns



Hillary Clinton has re-opened her sharp attack on Barack Obama's position on guns, with a mailer in Indiana that seeks to raise questions about him with both supporters and opponents of gun rights.

The mailing -- perhaps the sharpest-edged of Clinton's five negative mail pieces in Indiana -- casts him as a typical politician, saying different things to different audiences. It also revives his damaging comments in San Francisco that small town people cling to guns.

Then, making the harsh case more broadly, the mailer asks: "What does Barack Obama really believe?"

The piece is particularly striking coming from Clinton, who has been seen for most of her career as a firm advocate of gun control, but more recently has emerged as a defender of the Second Amendment who fondly recalled being taught to shoot by her grandfather in Scranton.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_mail_attacks_Obama_on_guns.html

It doesn't have a picture of her or her stands, it just says in small letters at the bottom "paid for by Hillary Clinton for president". It's weird.

Name ONE, pro gun law, Hillary has voted for????

Mrs. Clinton Backs Gun-Control Initiatives
NY TIMES
Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed a series of stringent gun-control measures yesterday, calling for the licensing of all new gun owners and the registration of new guns.

'Many will argue that we don't need sensible gun control, and that these measures undermine the rights of gun owners. And of course, we all know the slogan that guns don't kill, only people do. We have to do more to stand up to those who refuse to believe the reality that guns do kill, and that common-sense gun measures can make a difference.''

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E4DC1E38F933A25756C0A9669C8B63
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* Seven days after the 1999 Columbine school massacre in which 12 students and a teacher were murdered, Bill and Hillary Clinton held a press conference on gun control legislation. Bill Clinton stated:

"And we smile about that, but there are some people who would be on this platform today who lost their seats in 1994 because they voted for the Brady Bill and they voted for the assault weapons ban, and they did it in areas where people could be frightened."
"Do we know for absolutely certain that if we had every reasonable law and the ones I'm going to propose here that none of these school violence things would have happened? No. But we do know one thing for certain; we know there would have been fewer of them, and there would have been fewer kids killed in the last several years in America. We know that for certain. We know that." (Applause) (25)

* In April of 1999, Bill and Hillary Clinton held a press conference on gun control legislation. Hillary Clinton stated:

"And since the crime bill was enacted, 19 of the deadliest assault weapons are harder to find on our streets. We will never know how many tragedies we've avoided because of these efforts." (25)

http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp

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Despicable.

She announced these proposals to New York residents on Mother's Day, 1999.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7D9173FF93AA35756C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

She was for Handgun Control before she was against it.

:hi:

Their gun control stance used to make wingnuts' heads explode! Does she really think we've forgotten?

:hi:

... is just maddening.

Hillary's the one whose transition to Wingnut Gun-Lovin' Iran-Obliteratin' Neocon is finally complete.

Did I make myself clear?

i really give a shit about.

that Hillary's constant reinventions aren't fooling anyone.

and the people who are too young to remember will go research it.


It's embarrassing to watch the first presidential run with women at the top going down in history books as laughing stock. She's nutz. :hi:

Good gawd, Hillary. :eyes: Love your "extreme gun control makeover."

Maybe one in a thousand of those produced is left handed yet here it is in an ad.

I doubt if anyone on Hillary's staff (including her) realizes this is a left handed action.

The ultimate pander. Can't even get it fright

"The ultimate pander," indeed.

You just gave me chills. You're absolutely right.

Maybe because obama is left handed? Other than that I'm stumped :shrug:

It's a stunningly CLUELESS graphic.

She is absolutely shameless

She is trying to kill the party

She may have already done it.

Maybe they need to mail out their own flyers?

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Hunters_group_endorses_Obama_says_he_0416.html

What a laugher! She has essentially the same positions as Obama on gun control, with one difference. She never supported a total ban.

However, Obama's once-held belief on a complete ban on handguns will sink him in the general election.

How many times have you heard fellow DUers say this, even as the candidates bring it up themselves? Yet many of these DUers will tell you, if Democrats win the presidency and get strong majorities in the Congress, that we should re-new the AWB, or call for gun registration, etc. Do they want history to repeat itself? Are they addicted?

Pro-2A folks on DU aren't making it an issue. The NRA has trouble making it an issue. The gun-controllers ARE making it an issue.

She shouldn't be talking. We can just dig up her Congressional record and all her public statements.

She's a flip-flopper, who brags about trying to ban handguns one day, then acts like Annie Oakley the next. I may disagree with Obama's positions, but he's always been in favor of some gun control, within the bounds of the Second Amendment. He's at least honest about it.

Is it really an "accident" that the rifle is pointed at him, seems to go through his head? Was that necessary, why even put the same picture on both sides of the mailer?

We're gonna hear more about this. Bank on it.

While Obama supporters are whining about Hillary's position on gun control, the mailer is ONLY asking about Obama's position.

Very smart.

Shes just a sore loser that doesnt know when to quit..

who bothers to read junk mail anyway

...a quick glance tells me Obama doesn't want hand guns in Chicago. Hell, who does? That he is for the second ammendment...OK...and that he made the bitter comment...yeah, knew about that...no biggie. That's it, I gave the thing all the time it deserved, and it goes into the trash. If I were a Clinton contributor, I would be pissed that my money is being spent on something so disposable.

He wants to take your guns away!!! Only Hillary will protect you when she pops up from behind the couch sportin' a Glock and wastin' that scary man who broke into your house at 3:00 am trying to steal your children!!!

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Appreciate the levity, it's much needed nowadays with things heating up as they are!

a total republican hack.

the first one of the two that unequivocably declares a complete turnaround concerning the 2nd Amendment will clinch the nomination and win the election by a landslide.

80 million gunowners/voters, something to think about......

Any turnaround will be seen as a major flop to win votes. And it won't succeed.

would go a long way. I know, it's asking one or both of them to "testify", but at this stage if it's spoken from the heart I'd accept it.

presented is causing amusement among those who know guns. The firearm pictured is nonexistent.:rofl:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_mailings_gun_gaffe.html