Plain Dealer Strikes Strickland

Even when a Dem pretends to be “pro-gun” it just sours the stomach of the MSM. The Plain “mis”Dealer puts it this way.

Ted Strickland numbers gun enthusiasts among his biggest supporters. And given the Democratic nominee for governor’s Appalachian roots, there’s nothing surprising about that.

But when Strickland said last Monday that he would sign House Bill 347 - a bad gun bill now pending in the Ohio Senate - the “moment it hits” his desk, he needlessly put into play an issue that has long occupied too much of the legislature’s time. Strickland’s response reflected an over-eagerness to please gun enthusiasts.

Strickland may want to please gun owners now simply by saying the right words. But what will he do in office? And why would any gun owner want to put the Dems in charge knowing their pro-ban stance for many years? When the Plain Dealer said similar things about Blackwell they missed one key ingredient. Blackwell believes in the 2nd amendment. He isn’t trying to please anyone but rather states his position. The Plain Dealer has revealed Ted’s real motive for the pro-gun talk. It’s what some want to hear.

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