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ProudProgressiveNow Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:28 AM
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Lawrence O'Donnell Mops The Floor With Trent Franks About Gun Control!
 
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Another Republican making Arizona shine. :sarcasm:
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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:32 AM
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1. Saw it last night....I was greatly impressed. n/t
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:38 AM
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2. Heh heh. That's the last time TF will be on that show
LO had some righteous anger
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:50 AM
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3. That guy used so many straw man arguments that I am having an attack of hay fever!
So Mr. Laughner's problem is that he didn't see other people as "children of God?" Mental illness is caused by a lack of "respect for human life?"

Praise Jeebus and grab your gun folks! What would Jesus carry? A Glock 17? A Berretta 932? A Walther P99?
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Frisbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:51 AM
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4. Children of God, Children of God, Children of God...
Blah, blah, blah. I thought I would puke if he said that one more time (he did, but I managed to keep my Cap'n Crunch down anyhow). Is there one repuke out there who doesn't march to the orders of the NRA? Gotta give Lawrence credit, he never backs down and always pushes as far as he can for an answer to a question, but most pukes really do stick to the script their bosses have provided.
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Roy Rolling Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 07:39 AM
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16. How big a clip
do children of God carry? If I'm not mistaken, children of God don't carry weapons at all. So how can he advocate us to be children of God but carry a firearm to protect us?
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 09:32 AM
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20. exactly... I thought "the word" was all the sword they needed.
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texshelters Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:56 AM
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5. Franks refused to deal with the actual issue of the magazine
and I wonder why that is such a hard thing to admit: fewer bullets means fewer potential deaths.

The video states it here where I quote Rep. Franks (yet another extremist Republican from AZ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf6LLRYLMnI

While I like that O'Donnell didn't let Franks of the hook, I think a calmer tone might have help him in the interview.

Peace,
Tex Shelters

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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 09:33 AM
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21. nope.. his tone was exactly right
Liars should never be treated with respect.
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ArizonaLiberal Donating Member (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 09:57 AM
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6. Arizona at its best. n/t
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lobodons Donating Member (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 11:14 AM
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7. Christina Greene
Unless she was at the table with Giffords, it looks like this little girl was killed with bullet 11-32. F U Franks and NRA!!!!!! (even if Christina was at the table, F U anyway!!)
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 11:28 AM
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8. Larry don't take shit off of Republicans
and what's with the "child of God" stuff?

Huh?

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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 02:10 PM
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11.  and what's with the "child of God" stuff?
Good "bumper sticker" platitude. The Teabaggers love those!


I don't see anybody or anything as a "child" of a nonexistent god, and I've never shot anything! Not even a "tin can of god"!
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burning rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 11:46 PM
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13. It's a distraction.
Franks was using obscurantism, religious mumbo jumbo, to distract from practical measures, because the predictable practical measures are ones he wouldn't like, such as gun control, or at least limits on magazine capacity. If Franks doesn't want to do the public business, but ramble about spiritual matters, he should resign his seat in Congree and become a pastor.
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A wise Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 11:33 AM
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9. Does this clown thinks
everyone is a complete "FOOL"?????If it weren't for Rush, Hannity, O'Rielly, Beck, Bachman, Fox noise, and the queen of hell "Palin",we wouldn't have this problem with the fruitcakes on the right. These idiots know that their audience are the most misinform humans on earth. They want a war on those that disagree with them.
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Bettie Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 08:37 AM
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17. Hey! Didn't you hear him? If everyone were like Sara....
...there would be no violence because of her concern for human life.

Yeah, as if.

These people need a brain reboot because there is obviously an error in there somewhere that needs to be fixed.
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Starboard Tack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 12:58 PM
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10. Why did O'Donell say "Don't be silly!" at the end.
That was the only smart thing Franks said. Take 'em all away. Start with the cops. Is that too scary a thought for a "civilized" society. I'm only talking handguns here, not hunting rifles and shotguns.
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 09:35 AM
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22. because dude was being silly and reaching for hysterics
because he had nothing but weak sauce talking points.
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silenttigersong Donating Member (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 11:44 PM
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12. I am tired of
religious zealots...I think that there are many folks without a mental health diagnosis that would act out in rage,therefore Gun Control is a must as a matter of fact a psychological evaluation of all people in order to obtain a gun should be mandatory.That might open up some eyes oh I aint crazy just those other folks...so lets not discriminate.Look at the stats..crimes of passion ect .The problem is right wingers have painted themselves into a corner,the arguments are what if...our gov was taken over ...how to fight, laughable because there are other ways to deal with this as well.Guns,Gays, abortion same o- same o. Wedge issues. Now they will have to be on the defensive for sometime.
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pezDispenser Donating Member (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 12:51 AM
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14. This POS is my congressman
You should see his district, the damn thing must have 100 sides. And if you think he is a piece of work, check out one of his staffers - and one of AZ's state reps: Steve Montenegro. A future major grifter in training.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 08:51 AM
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18. oh dear, I AM sorry.
does that tool have a lot of support?
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 01:40 AM
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15. He didn't mop the floor with nothing. He perpetuated a lie.
You COULD buy that 33 round magazine in 2003. It just cost a little more, because there was a finite supply of them in circulation.

The 1994 AWB, which 'banned' these magazines, only banned their manufacture. All the ones already sold, legal. All the ones sitting on store shelves? Legal. All the ones already produced and sitting in warehouses? Legal. All the ones already imported, and sitting in warehouses? Legal.

That magazine would have, instead of about $30, cost him somewhere between $60-$80. He still could have bought it.

Damn shame he can't get his facts right, because he was doing pretty good right up to that point.
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Can of Whoop-ass Donating Member (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 09:37 AM
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23. We're saving America from Baptists
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-11 09:31 AM
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19. same here! "Don't be silly"!!!!! OMG I was on the floor!!!!!
I love Lawrence for not letting them spew bullshit... he knows his stuff and he knows he knows his stuff... the thugs only have talking points and no substance to their arguments.
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