Kerry Healy on guns

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I thought I read some posts that didn't have good things to say about Healey and they would go for Mihos instead... well according to the GOAL web site she's GOAL endorsed. She and Mihos have a 95%.

http://www.goal.org/2006Elections/Governor.htm

Someone also told me they heard her on the radio (today?) stating something to the effect that gun owners would have nothing to worry about if she was elected.
 
I'll admit that I hadn't heard her speak too often. I came away pretty impressed. She sounds tough and smart, and seems to have not had the easy "muffy" life that has been portrayed.

I ended up reading her position paper manual on her website. I LOVE her positions on cracking down on sex offenders, and criminals in general, illegal immigrants, taxes, public school reform (most of her positions anyway) - as long as it doesn't just end up being a "throw more money at it" kind of thing. Not so keen on the cops in the hall program, but so it goes.

This will be an interesting campaign!!!
 
Someone also told me they heard her on the radio (today?) stating something to the effect that gun owners would have nothing to worry about if she was elected.
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With an all Dem state congress, we have plenty to worry about. The Gov is just a figurehead in this state. Whatever Congress wants, Congress gets. The Gov can always veto but the Congress can always override.


Something to think about:
If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con', what is the opposite of 'progress'?
 
I had a chance to speak with one of her campain people and he stated that she was a good choice for MA shooters... Interpret that however you what though...
 
Even if she is "pro gun" in the truest sense of the word, one must remember
that her efficacy in that regard is still going to be limited.

Even though she has veto power (against say, a crappy anti gun
bill, like a .50 cal ban) it may not amount to a hill of beans if the
legislature decides to override it. It -does- however, make it more
difficult, because then they have to waste time to revisit the issue.... every
little bit helps. Any bit of resistance thrown back at the antis is good
news for us, especially if it is of the internal type.

She could also use the functions/powers of the office to help us
out (in whatever way that would be). I'm not going to really hold
my breath on that though.... I don't think she has that level of
committment, but I could be wrong. I'm getting the impression
that she as at least incrementally better than romney is on the
issue. (I'm still waiting for someone to post something possibly
incriminating about her supposedly pro gun stance, though... would be
a curious read. Numerous people here and elsewhere have told me
that she was "lukewarm" at best... )

The main function of a pro gun governor (in a communist state) is that they
won't be supplying "inertia" to pass anti gun crap, the way that deval certainly
would if he was in office. A same-party governor has the power
to nudge the fence sitters onto his side

The scary thing is though is she could flop on the issue for very minimal
political cost... but thats a risk that has to be assumed with just about
any candidate, unless the locale is in an NRA contested area. (eg, those
places where the NRA actually has pull and frequently ruins the careers
of two faced republicans and democrats, simply over the gun issue, because
tons of people in those places actually care about it) MA is certainly
not one of those places, and even if the gun owner contingent doubled
overnight here, it still wouldn't be. That is how badly republican/libertarian
type beliefs are out-gunned around here. The numbskull voting bloc
in this state only likes statist/socialist type politicians.

-Mike
 
Yeah Mike- good points... however comared to the competition she is facing our choices are clear IMO. [wink]
 
Even if she is "pro gun" in the truest sense of the word, one must remember that her efficacy in that regard is still going to be limited.
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Yes and no. I agree that she will have little power to influence state legislation or the AGs regulations.

However, the governor does control the executive branch and the executive branch could hurt us very badly. We've been fortunate in that the previous governors have been relatively benign in this respect, so I think most gun owners don't realize the power that the governor has.

Think about who Deval Patrick could appoint to be head of EOPS, head of Mass Wildlife, head of DEP, head of GCAB, and then think about how they could hurt us. They could hurt us very, very badly.
 
ONWARD PEOPLE!!!!! WE MUST REMAIN UNITED FOR THE POODLE!!!! SHE IS OUR ONLY HOPE!!!!! ONWARD I SAY!!!! ONWARD FOR THE POODLE!!! ONWARD FOR VICTORY!!!! ONWARD FOR GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORY IN NOVEMBER!!!!
 
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This is my official endorsement of the Poodle. Healey for governor in 2006!!!!!
 
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M1911 is absolutely correct.

Also keep in mind that Executive Orders (EOs) can be very powerful and are the sole right of the Governor! With a stroke of the pen, I'm sure that he could ban certain or all guns using an EO, or make buying them even more difficult/expensive than it is today.
 
With Deval in the corner office I have the feeling that he will turn our Legislature into a kooky-law factory.

Scares the crap out of me when I think about it.

Yeah unless Christy has a REALLY strong showing, I can't bring myself to vote for him if Healey has a fighting chance.

Arrrr

-Weer'd Beard
 
Oh, hell, while we're on the subject of hottie middle-aged politicians, here's another looker (in THE MIDDLE) [wink] :

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Kathy Sebelius, Governor of Kansas. [smile]
 
There's a solution to this too...you need to vote out the State Sentor's and Representatives that are passing the legislation to begin with! This is SO KEY that sometimes it's easy to forget. I know many run unopposed, but those that don't deserve what they get.
 
JellyFish said:
ONWARD PEOPLE!!!!! WE MUST REMAIN UNITED FOR THE POODLE!!!! SHE IS OUR ONLY HOPE!!!!! ONWARD I SAY!!!! ONWARD FOR THE POODLE!!! ONWARD FOR VICTORY!!!! ONWARD FOR GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORY IN NOVEMBER!!!!
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Um....are you off your meds again????
 

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