Speaking of guilt by association (previous post), Joe Scarborough (BTW, has anyone ever counted the number of times he uses the term "I" in any one broadcast? Dude knows it all about everything - was there at the signing of the Declaration of Independence I suspect) and his sidekick Mika have been incessant in their giving air-time to a video by American-born Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn. In the video - I refuse to give it or Joe air-time here - Gadahn notes the apparently ease of obtaining firearms in the US without a background check. How better to cast a shadow on an American right to keep and bear arms than to associate it with a terrorist?
A few points need to be made:
1. Gadahn's contentions are false - but at least some of us expect lies from terrorists.
2. It is interesting, however, that when such opinions fit with someone's agenda, they are willing to have an Al Qaeda spokesman speak for them, too (yes, Joe, that is you - taking a terrorist's word for something because you WANT to believe it). So, terrorists are duplicitous when we want them to be, but accurate reporters when you need them to be.
3. Has Joe ever wondered if Al Qaeda and Gadahn might have a stake in creating such divisions in America, in creating an unarmed America? Probably not - but such a tape might be a perfect way to disarm a nation without firing a shot. Perhaps they are not as stupid as he thinks.
So it goes - Joe, Mika, and Adam Gadahn - an unlikely group to be standing shoulder to shoulder in many ways. But when Gadahn has convinced them to disarm the nation, we will all be safer I am sure.
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