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I voted Libertarian. But I'll admit I honestly didn't think Obama would go after 2nd amendment rights and I argued as such several times. Not because I had faith in him, but because I thought he'd bitten off too much already and wouldn't dare expend the political capitol to try. Then Sandy Hook dropped right in his lap and it looked for a bit like he had the political capitol to try it. To be honest, on the 2nd amendment front I am glad Obama was in office instead of Romney. I honestly believe Romney would also have pushed for a rifle ban and enough Republicans would have fallen in line with him. I don't think the fierce opposition the Republicans showed Obama was really over our rights. They just wanted to fight with the Democrats. Which worked for us this time.
I have many friends that voted for Obama for reasons completely unrelated to gun rights. Most of them are disappointed in him, but still think he's been a lesser evil than Romney would have been. We didn't exactly have great options the last several elections. I really liked McCain back in 2000, but I think the train wreck that was Bush's presidency broke him. He didn't run a very good campaign in '08. And this last election the Republicans practically campaigned for Obama with the incredibly stupid things they kept saying. I come from Montana ranch families. Mention environmentalism and they start yelling at you. Say a single good thing about a democrat and you'd better be ready to duck. Yet the summer before the election they were all out at my brother's wedding ranting about how atrocious the Republicans were acting and saying they were finally going to vote Democrat. A pity they were trapped in that two party system mindset and wouldn't vote independent. Maybe if we stopped voting for the lesser evil we might start getting better candidates. Might take 3 or 4 elections for it to sink in, but it would be worth trying. Cause the direction things are going now have me wondering if my grandkids will have to grow up in a 3rd world nation.
I have many friends that voted for Obama for reasons completely unrelated to gun rights. Most of them are disappointed in him, but still think he's been a lesser evil than Romney would have been. We didn't exactly have great options the last several elections. I really liked McCain back in 2000, but I think the train wreck that was Bush's presidency broke him. He didn't run a very good campaign in '08. And this last election the Republicans practically campaigned for Obama with the incredibly stupid things they kept saying. I come from Montana ranch families. Mention environmentalism and they start yelling at you. Say a single good thing about a democrat and you'd better be ready to duck. Yet the summer before the election they were all out at my brother's wedding ranting about how atrocious the Republicans were acting and saying they were finally going to vote Democrat. A pity they were trapped in that two party system mindset and wouldn't vote independent. Maybe if we stopped voting for the lesser evil we might start getting better candidates. Might take 3 or 4 elections for it to sink in, but it would be worth trying. Cause the direction things are going now have me wondering if my grandkids will have to grow up in a 3rd world nation.