"Using children’s pleas to end violence is about the most grotesque rhetorical tool available to politicians. Our natural instincts are to want to shield children from life’s pain. Yet fixating on our desperate desire to protect children from harm distracts from the truly important, adult business of assessing what solutions are actually available. So it is with the gun debate. As if the massacre of children in Newtown, Connecticut wasn’t emotional enough, the President is now posing with children and publicizing kids’ pleas for the government to take action to prevent gun crimes. The Administration’s messaging strategy is clear: If you care about children, then you’ll do what we say and support new regulations and restrictions . Carrie Lukas
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The two sides in the "gun war" are just about equally childish and inept. The propaganda use of children by "Abe" Obama is matched by the foolishness of the TV ad that featured the Obama girls' Secret Service protection.
Grow up folks! pl
