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Topic: Biden Recruits Retired Brig. General to Help Push Gun Control |
Biden Recruits Retired Brig. General to Help Push Gun Control
Breitbart´s Big Government, by AWR Hawkins
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/27/2013 10:06:32 AM
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| On Feb. 26, Vice President Joe Biden met with retired military officials, among them retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis, to recruit help in pushing an "assault weapons" ban, a "high capacity" magazine ban, and universal background checks. Xenakis, a former Army physician, is well groomed for the role Biden asked him to play. He has already done a spot for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg´s Mayors Against Illegal Guns, in which "he asked the public to ´demand a plan´ from Congress." According to Xenakis: The vice president understands that when it comes to communicating with credibility on
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Comments: Xenakis should be absolutely ashamed of himself. We have way too many in the military who are willing to sell their souls to the corrupt Democrats.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
coldoc, 2/27/2013 10:11:53 AM (No. 9198763)
Obama explained to him it was in his plans to attack Americans. Best to disarm them first.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LudicrousSextus, 2/27/2013 10:15:07 AM (No. 9198770)
´Universal background checks´, eh Joe?
Tell ya´ what...we´ll undergo ´background checks´ - when Obama undergoes a background check.
Work for you?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
R. Edgar, 2/27/2013 10:21:02 AM (No. 9198783)
This swine should be stripped of all his medals, have all insignia torn off his uniform, be forced to surrender his sidearm(s), and have a "T" branded onto his chest.
Traitor.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby, 2/27/2013 10:21:13 AM (No. 9198785)
They want the background check first so they know where they can go to pick up the weapons. Bottom line is that the Government wants to take our guns from it´s citizens.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Coy860, 2/27/2013 10:36:05 AM (No. 9198822)
Makes one wonder if this General understood the Oath he took. How many stupid Generals ARE there? Pray for our military!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
OdinsAcolyte, 2/27/2013 10:44:23 AM (No. 9198844)
Come and take the guns from "Citizens Against Illegal Government". If one fears the citizens there must be a sound reason for that fear. It is built on guilt.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
OdinsAcolyte, 2/27/2013 10:45:56 AM (No. 9198848)
Being a General is about politics not about strategic ability. More is the shame of it....
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ScarletPimpernel, 2/27/2013 10:47:34 AM (No. 9198851)
We need background checks on members of Congress.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
abiner, 2/27/2013 10:52:19 AM (No. 9198864)
The fact that this guy made it to brig. gen. simply means that he had powerful friends in Congress --- and guess which side of the aisle they were on.
He probably thinks this gives him the same cachet as Pershing, Mark Clark, Omar Ridgeway, Patton, and Stormin´ Norman. I have a hot flash for you General, they were warriors.
You, on the other hand, are a bureaucrat, with probably no idea of what a firearm is, and how it may be used to keep a family safe.
So, by all means, Biden, parade your tame general around. See if that works any better than your other lunatic ideas.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Keekng, 2/27/2013 11:09:01 AM (No. 9198927)
Too funny. Military Dr´s demand to be called doctor until they attain the rank of bird colonel then they want to be called by their rank.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
fhancock, 2/27/2013 11:10:51 AM (No. 9198934)
From a 1997 NY Times article "The Army today relieved a one-star general of the command of all Army medical operations in the Southeast because of an apparent ´´improper relationship´´ with a civilian nurse who was caring for his critically ill wife, military and Congressional officials said tonight.
The removal of the officer, Brig. Gen. Stephen N. Xenakis, comes as the Pentagon is conducting a major review of its policies governing relationships between men and women in the military"
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
god of irony, 2/27/2013 11:27:52 AM (No. 9198988)
For a general officer to not be promoted past his first star indicates that he has serious defects.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
45_Auto, 2/27/2013 11:40:36 AM (No. 9199021)
"Stormen Norman" wasn´t a "Good Guy" either! He supported the "Assault Weapon Ban". He had been in NRA ads about "I am the NRA" but later supported the "Assault Weapons Ban". He was just like this Xenakis guy, an embarrassment.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
chumley, 2/27/2013 11:56:19 AM (No. 9199062)
In my 20 years in I met only one general who wasn´t more than happy to dance to the tune played by their politician masters. I guess some didn´t get the word that they can get off their knees after retirement.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
grampus, 2/27/2013 12:45:11 PM (No. 9199158)
Thanks for the info, #11. Very interesting.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DrDeWilde, 2/27/2013 2:17:21 PM (No. 9199321)
Bu tthe ex-general was right about one thing: background checks.
Too bad for Pal Joey (Biden) he didn´t do a background check on Xenakis to learn his hero was making it with the nurse who was taking care of his wife, critically-ill with cancer.
And Xenakis is a PSYCHIATRIST, which just proves what they say, that you can´t be a good psychiatrist if you´re not crazier than your patients.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
voxpopuli, 2/27/2013 4:24:54 PM (No. 9199544)
thanks #11.. explains a lot.. perhaps BO and the MSM somehow "overlooked" it in exchange for this monger promoting their agenda..
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