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Originally Posted by spence
The 1994 sweep didn't happen because of the assault weapons ban, if anything that was a late sideshow...the GOP was successful because they ran against excess attributed to longstanding control by Dem's and the Contract With America.
-spence
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Because I like to make sure to cite specific claims I make, but also mostly because you decided to ignore my reply to the above, here's are two interesting points from a speech that Bill Clinton made yesterday:
"And Clinton said that passing the 1994 federal assault weapons ban “devastated” more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers in the 1994 midterms — and cost then-Speaker of the House Tom Foley (D-Wash.) his job and his seat in Congress."
and to close his remarks:
"“Do not be self-congratulatory about how brave you for being for this” gun control push, he said. “The only brave people are the people who are going to lose their jobs if they vote with you.”"
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...443_Page2.html