Election Day

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Election Day. Here’s something to scare the crap out of you – one year from today Hillary Clinton might be elected President. Say it out loud …”Madame President”…”President Hiillary Clinton”…kinda makes your testicles retreat into your abdomen, doesn’t it? But, since it is supposedly anyones race at this point, it could be “President Sanders” which, actually, I’m kinda rooting for because I think electing an avowed Socialist as President is just the kick in the pants to end all the foreplay already and get the next Civil War started.

But what about the conservatives? I’ll just flat-out say it: Trump won’t get the nomination. Do I like Trump? I like how he can out-Biden just about anyone with his talk-first-ask-questions-later attitude. And, he is forcing other candidates to address issues that might otherwise have been passed over. But…President Trump? Not going to happen.

Carson? He says (mostly) the right things (and the Right things), but I can’t see him as a leader. An awesome Cabinet member, sure…but the guy who makes the hard decisions that can send American kids back to mom and dad in a box? Nope.

Cruz and Rubio? I’m of the opinion it’ll be between the two of them. Whether they win the office will depend not so much on the strength of their candidacy as it will on how much people dislike Hillary Clinton.

Honestly, no one is really hitting my buttons. This election, like every one since 1988, won’t be about voting for someone…but rather be about voting against someone. “Im not voting for X because I want him in office..Im voting for X because I dont want to see Y in office.”

Personally, I have no faith in my ability to predict which party, let alone which candidate, will win. But…I have seen this movie before, mi amigos. It ends with $60 Pmags, $55 bricks of .22 ammo, and a $1900 ‘basic’ ARs. Let’s look at it logically – the two most likely Democratic candidates are both anti-freedom enough that it is entirely reasonable to expect a rerun of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban. Perhaps not in its entirety, but certainly some parts of it…magazine ban, import ban, prohibited features, etc, etc….something will happen. It’s a certainty. So, the hope is that if the Republican candidate wins, we’ll be spared that. Well..maybe. Here;s a couple ‘sound bites’ about the two Republicans positions on guns. (Cruz  Rubio – ontheissues.org)

Seems promising, right? But historically, some folks who said they were on our side have done some pretty unkind things to those of us who like our thundertoys. So, here’s what we have: The Democrats win the election, it’s a virtual certainty we’re going to get screwed. The Republicans win, theres a chance we’re going to get screwed…or not. But neither is certain.

Let me put it to you another way. It’s time to board your flight at the airport, there are two planes leaving to the same destination. One plane is a virtual certainty to crash, the other is 50/50 on if it’ll crash. Which one do you get on? Well, if your choice is between the two and you have to pick one…you go with the one that has the 50/50 chance of not crashing. But…you step over to the duty free shop and pick up a parachute.

Right now, parachutes look a lot like more mags and guns in the safe.

And, yes, third-party options exist but those are the planes that people board but then sit on the tarmac for four years as they never get clearance for takeoff.

Moral of the story: its a year to Election Day. Start the buying now.

6 thoughts on “Election Day”

  1. already bought them. waiting for the rise. i’ll keep one, maybe two, but the rest go on the table when they hit 1500. mags i’ll hold until they can’t be found and then dump them on the table at whatever the market will bear minus 20 or thirty mags for myself. if all goes as planned i’ll be able to buy that retreat land, cash money. heck if the price is right i’ll sell them all. have a few non-ar15 to fall back on 😉

  2. Yep. Nobody really makes me say ‘Vote for *********’ either. So may as well buy and store for another rainy day. I do like the way Trump makes the media and fellow politicians squirm in their seat. He alone can point the finger and describe how politics is bought and paid for. He should know – he’s participated and can name names who were bought.

    I hope the new president has the best interests of our country instead of foreign – THAT would be Change I would get behind.

  3. “I hope the new president has the best interests of our country instead of foreign – THAT would be Change I would get behind.”

    Amen…

  4. If Clinton is elected, and both she and Bill are in the same room, what do you call him? You can’t call him “Mr. President” because Hillary will be President. And what will he be? First Gentleman? Yes, I have too much time on my hands sometimes.

    Carson is a whack job, no doubt about it. I’m fine with religious folk but the Seventh Day Adventists are just a little bit too “out there” for me. Once people actually kick back and listen to what he says, and the media starts dragging up all of the whacky things he’s said in public over the last 15-20 years it will be all over for him.

    I agree, I’m stocked up but I am stocking up even more. Prices are strangely low right now. Bud’s was advertising PTR-91 with original HK receivers and 18″ barrels for $899 shipped just last week. Stock up!

  5. If neither candidate seems like a good choice, I don’t vote. You can pick one issue and choose the lesser of two evils (dems more likely to enact gun restrictions), but that’s just picking which party gets to screw you for the next four years. I’m not going to pretend I gave either party permission.

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