The audacity of the 2nd Amendment

The headline, "Obama aims for pro-gun vote" speaks for itself.

But he is nevertheless making a play for pro-gun voters in rural Pennsylvania.

By highlighting his background in constitutional law and downplaying his voting record, Obama is engaging in a quiet but targeted drive to win over an important constituency that on the surface might seem hostile to his views.

Yeah, you know, who the hell cares how he actually legislates, when he can give a rousing speech to the contrary? For some perspective, in 2004, the NRA gave him a failing grade when it came to gun issues.

The need to craft a strategy aimed at pro-gun voters underscores the potency of the issue in Pennsylvania, which claims one of the nation’s highest per capita membership rates in the National Rifle Association.

It was politically advantageous to decry the fouls of NAFTA when the Ohio vote was important. Now that the Second Amendment is a crucial issue, Obama is trying to appear pro-gun. What he did is the essence of pandering to a special interest, something he claims to be against. Throwing in his affiliation with Rev. Jeremiah Wright's congregation, at a time when he needed the disgruntled black vote to earn a seat in the Illinois state legislature, it's apparent that Obama is the absolute personification of political opportunism. Slurring an endless barrage of political buzzwords like "hope" and "change" help accrue the Messiah-seeking idiot voter demographic, but if he is elected and the opaque shield of campaign speeches is lifted in favor of actual policy, it will be a fairly seamless transition to the politics-of-old he is decrying.