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"That G-d, for instance, isn't something that comes and goes out of fashion. That clinging to religion isn't a knee-jerk response to nativist paranoia, but is the hard work of constant faith.
"Likewise, clinging to guns isn't some weird obsession so that Bubba can hang Bambi's head over the mantel. To many gun owners, it's a constitutional bulwark against government tyranny. As Condi Rice has noted, it wasn't long ago in this country that blacks needed guns to protect themselves when the police would not."
-- Clanger number one is spelling 'God' as 'G-d', which by her own definition is about as un-American as you can get. Clanger number two is arguing that Obama shouldn't be anti-guns, because he might need a gun to defend himself against ... um ... real Americans.
