Reply #33: but, Lunabush... [View All]

[NorthernSpy]

... Mr. Benchley said that "...one out of three of our pro-gun democrats ADMIT they aren't voting Democratic," and I believe that he really is mistaken about that, for two reasons.

First, I think that there may have been a little confusion about who exactly was being polled, and about what: was the entire readership being polled on its prediction of how gun owners would cast their votes for president; or were gun owners specifically and individually being polled on their own intentions regarding the presidential race? The question asked, "Will Gun owners vote for Kerry?... Will, indeed, Kerry have enough to offer the RKBA crowd?" seems consistent with the first interpretation. The sample answers presented, however, jibe with the second. Given this, I can't rule out the possibility that at least some of the voters were merely predicting which way the country's gunner vote would swing -- and Benchley oughtn't to rule it out, either.

Second (and assuming for the moment interpretation #2 from above), when Mr. Benchley says that "one out of three of our pro-gun democrats ADMIT they aren't voting Democratic," he might rather have said that "a handful of Republican trolls ADMIT they aren't voting Democratic." I think it's safe to say that anyone who voted for Dumbya in your poll simply isn't a Democrat in the first place. Pro-gun Democrats are still Democrats, and being Democrats, they consistently vote Democratic: it's part of the definition. It's just not accurate to say that "our pro-gun Democrats" "aren't voting Democratic". The gunners that you talk to here every day are as anti-Bush as any of you. And we really are not responsible for the freeper jackasses who barge in on occasion. Those people are just a meaningless distraction -- a buzzing fly that comes and annoys us from time to time. But they have got nothing to do with us, and nothing they do or say is of any significance when measuring the sentiments of pro-gun Democrats.


Disclosure: I did vote in your poll -- for option #2. I'll vote for Kerry, though I'm hardly about to hail him as the Second Coming. He seems pretty reactionary for my tastes. If he'd only run on a more progressive platform, I would be more excited about him. But getting rid of Spurious George is the main thing, and sometimes you just gotta love the one you're with. This is one of those times. So, Kerry it is.


Fun fact: I have never voted for a Republican -- not even for one of these New England Republicans we have (which really are quite different from Repukes in the rest of the country).


Mary


(fixed: errata. Bet there are others -- can't seem to see them just now, tho)