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In reply to the discussion: Brian Schweitzer Mulling 2016 Presidential Bid [View all]jmowreader
(52,703 posts)About 95 percent of Hillary's baggage is in fact manufactured by the Republican Party, but it's still there.
A few things that really need to be considered:
1. His last elected office was as governor, which has long been considered a good stepping stone to the presidency. Many of our best presidents were governors...okay, the two worst presidents we ever had were also governors, but Clinton, Carter and both the Roosevelts were governors.
2. He left Montana in better fiscal shape than he found it. Republicans like that.
3. He's from "Real America," whatever the hell that is. Republicans like that too.
4. He signed something called the "Montana Firearms Freedom Act." This says that "The law declares that firearms manufactured in the state of Montana after October 1, 2009, and which remain in the state, are exempt from United States federal firearms regulations, provided that these items are clearly stamped "Made in Montana" on a central metallic part.
"It applies to all firearms other than fully automatic weapons, firearms that cannot be carried and used by one person, and firearms with a bore diameter greater than 1½ inch which use smokeless powder. It also applies to ammunition (except exploding projectiles), and accessories such as suppressors." The law is pretty much useless to teabaggers because there are three gun manufacturers in the whole state of Montana and none are making the kind of guns teabaggers like (they make expensive bolt-action rifles for long-range hunting, not assault rifles), but imagine the wailing at FreedumbWorks..."oh my god, how can we get this man to convert to Republicanism before the election? He's everything we want except for being a fuckin' liberal."
And most importantly:
5. The assholes on the other side of the political spectrum have been hatin' Hillary for decades; they've already got their scripts, anti-Hillary turf organizations, and attack ads built. They don't know Schweitzer.
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