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Thursday, December 3, 2015

This Is Just Too Predictable


Initial responses to the San Bernadino massacre:

GOP presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul all tweeted out their "thoughts and prayers" (while they counted their NRA campaign contributions and otherwise kept silent).

Carly Fiorina went on Fox News to excoriate "the left" for "not enforcing existing gun laws."  (That didn't take long.)

At today's Republican Jewish Coalition in D.C. (a.k.a. the Sheldon Adelson primary), Ted Cruz segued from his worthless thoughts and prayers into his assertion that we are "at war" against Islam and so "we need a war-time president."  (i.e., it's Obama's fault.  That didn't take long either.)

Speaker Paul Ryan went on MSNBC to explain why we can't do anything about letting those on the "no-fly" list buy guns legally.  With a straight face, he said, "Some are on that list by mistake and we must not violate their [gun] rights."  (For conserva-tards, the right to obtain a gun is sacrosanct and supersedes all other rights, including the right to not get shot.)

Madness!  Madness!
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