You can say a lot of things about Barack Obama. One thing you cannot say, (at least accurately) is that he is stupid. While I disagree with a lot of what he has attempted to do; he has been the most politically savvy President in a long time. I have previously, jokingly suggested that his agenda for 2013 was to sell guns. I think now I have figured out what he is really doing, and I want everyone to hear it from me first.
He assigned the biggest fool on the left side of the aisle, Joe Biden, to head up a commission (which I'm sure was a four-star, blue ribbon panel, since they all are) to look into possible gun-control solutions. This is significant given Biden's role in the Brady bill, and his political nearness to extremists like Feinstein.
Examine what a farce this panel has been already. Meeting with the makers of video games, movies and television shows to discuss whether there should be gun-control measures. Someone said this is like asking the makers of Hot Wheels their opinions on automobile safety. I concur. Considering how badly Hollywood and the gaming industry botch firearms in general, it is moronic to ask for their input.
Unless your idea is to shake up your political opponents. Here comes the NRA, the 2nd amendment foundation, and the whole of the Republican party, riding in on their white chargers. They are yelling that guns are not the problem. Mental health care and schools are the problem.
The President, while taking V.P. Biden's suggestions "under advisement", meets with the NRA and the Republican leaders. He ponders for a while, then declares that he thinks they are right. Education and health care are what need to be fixed, not the private business of law-abiding citizens. He then invites the Republicans, and those in the Democrats who previously voted against reforming health care, to join him in this noble cause. To correct the issues that were his primary platform to correct.
He will have forced the Republicans, and the Democrats who didn't vote for those reforms the first time, to gladly join him in reforming these things now. In doing so he will have built a bridge between both parties. Brilliant, when you think about it.
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Keep it clean and well thought out.