Change You Can Believe In

Arts and Crafts Time (Change Edition)!

"My church is not particularly controversial."

"I can no more disown him than my white grandmother."

"That's not the Jeremiah Wright I knew."

"I would (meet without preconditions). And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous."
"But what I also said was that there is a difference between meeting without preconditions and meeting without preparation."

"Renegotiate NAFTA."
"I've always been an advocate of free trade."

"The DC gun ban is constitutional."
"I support the Supreme Courts' decision overturning the DC gun ban."

"I am not against all wars..."
"My position is not that far removed from the President at this point."
"Under my plan we will remove all troops from Iraq within 16 months."
"I will of course take the advice of the commanders on the ground into account."

"...one of General Petraeus's responsibilities is not to think about how could we be using some of that $10 billion a month to shore up a U.S. economy that is really hurting right now?"
"Q: If you had to do it over again, knowing what you know now, would you support the surge?
A: No, because, keep in mind that…
Q: You wouldn’t?
A: Keep in mind… These kinds of hypotheticals are very difficult. Hindsight is 20/20. But I think that, what I’m absolutely convinced of, is that at that time we had to change the political debate because the view of the Bush administration at that time was one that I just disagreed with."
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"That's not the Campaign Plane I knew."

A Big Win For the Constitution

While the Supreme Court yesterday made the bizzare ruling that child molesters do not warrant the death penalty, today they actually got one right. In the Heller decision, the Court actually used the Constitution to make a ruling. I know, I know, that's their job-but these days, it seems like they're using international law, feelings, public opinion, and existential philosophy to make decisions more than the fundamental body of law that binds together this Union.

Yes, the Court strangely read the Second Amendment and determined that it means what it says-that the American citizen has the right to own and keep a gun. Miracle of miracles, and this one wasn't even the responsibility of the Obamessiah-who once favored a complete gun ban, then didn't, then threw a staffer under the bus when it became inconvenient, then got caught in a lie about it. Then the press forgot about it. Tell me that surprises you-cause that'll surprise me.

Of course, for the Court to be consistent, they'd probably have to declare that everyone own a gun, whether or not they wanted to, and paid for by the federal government. But I'll take my victories where I can get them, you know? In a world where all I have to cling to is my bitterness, my gun and my Bible, what else can I ask for?