The GOP is in a tizzy over President Obama's gun-control plan, with some on the right accusing him of tyranny. Well, that's going a little far, said Jon Stewart on last night's Daily Show: "When tyrants want something done, they generally don't ask their legislative bodies if that would be OK. They tend to proceed ... tyrannically." Of course, folks like Sean Hannity would oppose any executive "overreach," right? Cue clip of Hannity backing President Bush on warrantless wiretapping.
"Looks like a tyrant is anyone sworn to protect the constitution that you didn't vote for," Stewart said. As for people who are comparing Obama to dictators throughout history—and say, for example, that if Jews had had guns, the Holocaust might have been averted: "I wish armed Jews in the ghetto could stop Hitler. But my feeling was, France couldn't, and I'm pretty sure they had guns. Russia had kind of a lot of guns, but they couldn't stop Hitler—until you factored in the wind chill." Seems people are confusing "tyranny with the unpleasant burning sensation of losing democratic elections."
Actually with Obama's wimpy XO's this week, he shows that he is leading from behind again. Begging Congress to draw something up.
Boehner, for once, called a nice play. He asked the Senate to first create a new AWB and vote on it. That way the NRA can tell their supporters who to vote for in 2014.
And then the House will vote on the Senate bill.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
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