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I Can See Russia From My Backyard

Last week I released a video on the 2nd Amendment stating well-documented, historical facts about totalitarian leaders and their implementation of gun control laws prior to exterminating millions of their own citizens in 1911 Turkey and 1939 Nazi Germany.

Since I’m pro gun-ownership, I expected some push-back from the usual suspects, but the video landed on a group’s radar who, although fairly insignificant where the public is concerned, is part of the pervasive faction which spreads feigned phony outrage at conservatives across the web at breakneck speeds.

Within hours, this far-left, anti-gun, liberal propaganda wing of the Center for American Progress organization – “Think Progress” – posted a false story with the blazing headline: JOE THE PLUMBER: GUN CONTROL CAUSED THE HOLOCAUST. As of this writing, that headline, or a similar variant thereof, is mentioned on the internet over 500,000 times, including the Associated Press, ABC, USA Today, and the Huffington Post to name a few. But none of these “journalists” checked to see if that is what I actually said.

No matter; the mainstream media has become a propaganda machine. Their strategy is to create a fictional narrative and exploit it to identify, isolate, and destroy their target; it’s right out of the Saul Alinsky handbook. Case in point: Sarah Palin never said she could see Russia from her backyard– that was a Saturday Night Live skit. Same with attributing “strategery” to George W. Bush – that was Will Ferrell.

I guess if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes a Talking Point the truth, but I’m not going to let them get away with it. They want an apology for trying to “exploit the painful memories of the Holocaust to advance“ my political ambitions. The fact is, this video was to let voters know what I believe about gun rights, and now it’s pretty easy to see that it’s the anti-gun liberals who are really using it to score political points. The only people who claimed to be offended by my video are left-wing liberals who donate to the Democrat Party and want to take your gun away.

The right to bear arms was put in the Constitution so the people of the United States could defend themselves against tyranny and oppression. It would be foolish to think unarmed citizens are the cause of mass murder; it’s the acts of narcissistic tyrants that result in mass murder. But when people are unarmed, it makes it easier and our Founding Fathers knew this.

So why am I telling you all this? It’s pretty simple: you see, the gun hating liberals want to re-write history, and they need people like me to shut up. I, for one, will not.

I am asking you to stand with me and fight this onslaught of lies and distortions. I am running for Congress against Marcy Kaptur, a liberal Democrat who has been in office for nearly 30 years. She’s pro spending, pro big government, pro gun control and received an “F” rating from the NRA for her consistent record of trying to take away your right to bear arms.

Please go to my website and support to my campaign so I can fight to preserve our 2nd Amendment and all the freedoms that make America the greatest country in history.

COMMENTS

  • funwithknives

    Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership’s stand on this topic ,published in the Mid-1990′s. Lotsa pages, footnotes, and everything.
    If Joe wants it to borrow long term, he is more than welcome to contact me.

    Giving it away is not in the cards. Sorry.

    • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

      Yes, I have a copy, too.

      Here’s where it can be ordered (and there’s a nice summary of it).

      http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/GCA_68.htm

      I’m a gentile member of JPFO.

      Thank you.

      CW

      • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

        CW

        • http://boldcolor.blogspot.com/ Paula

          Is what Nanny Bloomberg is doing in NY.

    • malvernpa

      Wash out your head gear, it is not about the guns, it is about the Constitution that enumerates the right to have them. Obama is the symptom not the problem. The problem is the Democrat party that spawned Obama. There is no “democracy” left in the Democrat ( liberal, communist, socialist, Marxist, progressive, they are all the same in the current Democrat party) party, they are all DINOS now, Democrats in name only. Within that group there are 2 subgroups, the anti constitutionalists and the useful idiots that support them. All one needs to do is look at the unilateral methods of this administration and the Pelosi and Reid house and senate when they pull the strings. The divide between conservatives and DINOS is very deep because the left needs to destroy the Constitution, the higher power that grants the rights in the constitution and the will to defend it in order to advance their ideology.

    • doctorbob

      WHY has the 1968 Gun Control Act not been overturned by Congress, or the Supreme Court? It was foisted on us by none other than old anti-democracy himself, Ted Kennedy. It is also CLEARLY in violation of the Second Amendment.! I will vote FOR ANY CANDIDATE who comes out with the promise to support a bill to overturn the 1968 Gun Control Act. There is almost no legislation in American history that has done more damage to our freedoms.

    • reggie1

      Don’t apologize to me, Joe. I have been aghast at other Jews that cannot see the analogies between modern-day liberalism’s tactics, and those used by previous dictators to keep the masses in-line. They’re always blinded by considering their intent to be superior.

      By the way, masterful description of how the left wing propaganda machine works.

  • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

    so that it could fulfill a Machiavellian scheme to use it to turn the public against gun ownership.

    Certainly self protection rights are not safe with democrats around.

    • Dave_A

      Not that it would be any better if they DID sell the guns…

      But ‘sold’ is the wrong term…

      They just ‘non-enforced’ the 1968 gun-control act, like they are ‘non-enforcing’ certain other laws right now…

      With the ostensible purpose of tracking the guns & busting the smugglers…

      But (unlike Bush’s DoJ – which bugged the ‘Wide Receiver’ guns, to make it, well, easier to actually bust people & get the guns back) they made no serious effort to track the arms in question…

      They just waited to see where they turned up when used in crimes…

      So, we have the conspiratorial view (a ploy to encourage passage of gun-control)

      And we have Hanlon’s Razor (Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity) – which happens to be my view…

      And it all ends with 2 dead Feds, a pissed off Mexican government, and Eric Holder lying to Congress…

      In the beginning, I used to think preservation of Executive power was worth letting Holder skate – but as this drags on (And as Obama abuses executive power to the point where Congress needs to push back on SOMETHING – even something symbolic, to maintain the balance)… It’s time for Holder to eat it on this one…

      • Ausonius

        Oh the irony of it! :) Anti-Jewish liberals supposedly outraged over a non-reference to the Holocaust!

        Down here in Columbus the report by the local MSM of course used a Holocaust slant and slanted outrage over it being referred to by a bumbling insensitive amateur politician.

        Fake Catholic Kaptur is a hypocrite on so many issues: if we want to use religion, we should be emphasizing the Catholic bishops’ campaign for Freedom of Religion starting this week through July 4th to protest MAObama’s abridging of this basic freedom via his Hell-th Care Bill.

        Ask Kaptur if she supports Freedom of Religion: ask her if she supports the Catholic bishops’ protest against BIG BRObama’s usurpation of the “right to choose” NOT to be compelled to support killing unborn children.

      • Warrior

        at least thirty dead Mexican nationals…

        Also, there were many other differences between “wide receiver” and “fast and furious” than just lo-jacking the guns, such as knowledge of the Mexican government, standard police practices in place, classic “sting” set up with law enforcement positioned to make immediate arrests, commission of an actual crime, such as a “buy,” etc…

  • http://boldcolor.blogspot.com/ Paula

    …maybe Detroit on a clear night from your backyard. And it ain’t pretty.

    For those not following along at home, Marcy Kaptur ousted Dennis Kucinich after he was drawn into her oddly-shaped district. At the end of the 1st quarter her campaign was in debt, so she’ll have to rely heavily on handouts from the party to rebuild.

    The MSM is doing its best to completely ignore Joe’s campaign, assuming Kaptur will easily maintain her Dem-protected district. But I wouldn’t write him off so easily. He has great name recognition and an ability to appeal to middle class working Ohioans (and out of work Ohioans!). I think retirees will also really relate to his all-American message – he’s a regular guy who gives a great stump speech. If he can get the money to advertise in the Cleveland and Toledo markets, he might have a chance.

    Wouldn’t it be a dream come true to take out two of the most liberal Dems in Congress in one election? If you’ve got a few bucks to spare, send it Joe’s way, or if you’ve got an extra SuperPac lying around, send it on over to Ohio. We could use the help here!

  • WmCraig

    “The only people who claimed to be offended by my video are left-wing liberals who donate to the Democrat Party and want to take your gun away. ”

    Brilliant. Something everyone should understand, but why is that politicians, especially republicans don’t get this.

    No matter what a Republican does to court the media, the middle or the left, the truth is there will always be people that are drenched in righteous indignation simply because an alternative to their belief exists. (McCain and Boehner are you listening?)

    You stand for something, not everyone will agree, ever. But unless our politicians stand for something clear, people who vote do not have a choice in beliefs. And as long as the media is dominated by the liberals we can’t win a personality contest on niceness.

    Good luck to you,

  • doctorbob

    WHY has the 1968 Gun Control Act not been overturned by Congress, or the Supreme Court? It was foisted on us by none other than old anti-democracy himself, Ted Kennedy. It is also CLEARLY in violation of the Second Amendment.! I will vote FOR ANY CANDIDATE who comes out with the promise to support a bill to overturn the 1968 Gun Control Act. There is almost no legislation in American history that has done more damage to our freedoms. The RIGHT to keep and bear arms is not a privilege that can be taken from us. It is hard-coded into the Constition, in the Bill of Rights. We need candidates who understand and support that!

  • celador2

    Howdy, Joe!
    Your opponent Marcy Kaptur has been there so long she is full of herself as a hereditary Congresswoman. Her views are not representative of all her constituents at all. And her solutions year after year have proven to be losers.

    Congress can use someone who will try extra hard to change for the better a stifling status quo that is always untouched by the chaos and discord around it across the land.

    Constituents need a chance to support one who will work harder and who sees big trouble brewing when it comes to how they handle budget debt and debt ceiling. Civil liberties and Bill of Rights have never ceased to be fundamental in protecting forever.

    Most Americans support gun ownership rights and admire elected officials and all those who take those rights seriously. Even Democratic voters in Great Lakes area.

    The MSM are afraid of Sam, Joe the Plumber coming to DC so they create a larger than life figure meant to scare. But that figure does not scare all viewers or readers. Joe the Plumber reassures us!.

    I look forward to the future for constitutional conservatives and the opportunity of some Ohio voters to vote for their first a real House change since 1982.

    Vote for Sam Wurzelbacher and offer donor support if we can not..

    • saltporkdoc

      First, Joe I was watching on the local channel as you tore Obama a new one up there in Sylvania Twp! (I’m down in Southwyck area). Keep up the Good Work! Unfortunately my help will not be able to be financial thanks to some residual paralysis after a spinal cord injury. But I will be available to GOP HQ in Lucas County for you!
      Second, remember what my dad taught me in 1963 as the difference between a liberal and a conservative: Liberals “think” with their heart using “feelings” as fact. A consevative feeds his brain facts with which to think and decide.
      Third, perhaps some of our friends from the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Organization can help with this, but I thought I remembered reading years ago about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. I believe the author was a young courier during the revolt. In his treatise he described the “armament” available for the uprising. As I recall, there was one long gun which had been taken from a dead German, one ancient revolver and only a handful of rounds for each. It”s an amazing testimony to the fortitude and desperation of our jewish brethren! All fence sitting independants and RINOS should read it.
      To you Joe, good luck and I’ll be working for you (I can see Havana, Caracas, Bejing and Moscow from my back deck!)
      To my Jewish brothers, Shalom! This Christian stands with Israel!

      • Warrior

        I also remember reading a book about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The very first thing they had to do was procure firearms.

        And the first step of all modern dictators from Stalin to Hitler has been to disarm the populace.

  • trapper

    you could hit stationary pieces of fruit with a shotgun at something like 30 feet. That must have required pointing the muzzle in their general direction and everything.