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Hey folks, the Swamp Fox here, got back from Copenhagen Demark about two weeks ago. Was there for two weeks, I had trouble getting this post the way I liked, still not completely satisfied with it, but… Copenhagen is an expensive city so if you go don’t forget your credit card, plenty of cash, or both. The first day I was there Friday 12 September, I didn’t really do anything, just walked around for a while, had some lunch, and rested to try and ward off the jet lag as I didn’t want to be burnt out on Saturday 13 September, when I was to attend the European Beer Festival. I did go to the Brew Pub in Copenhagen and had their sampler, but more that later. The weather was a bit chilly, with a little rain on occasion, the entire time I was there. It can be chilly in the summer and pretty cold in the winter. I was told that last winter it was possible to walk to Sweden, which is visible from parts of Copenhagen. I was there in July one year and needed a jacket a few times, a couple of other times I was there in September and needed no coat. So be prepared if you go, take rain gear, and a sweat shirt or two. Also, the weather can change from being warm with a nice, clear, sunny, sky, to chilly, rainy, and windy, and back again, in the time it takes to walk a few blocks.

I was looking back at my October 2007, pre-primary predictions wherein I stated, emphatically, that Mitt Romney would be the next President of the United States, beating Hillary Clinton in the gerneral election. I even said that McCain had no chance in the Republican primary because of his imigration position. That shows what I know.

I still think my earlier analysis was correct with one small error -- I mistakenly believed that Romney would win Iowa. If he had, rather than Huckabee, I am convinced that he would have rolled that into a win in New Hampshire, would have been the presumptive front-runner, and would have gotten the nomination. How nice would it be to have Romney as the GOP candidate in this economy? The guy made a living -- nay a fortune -- turning failing companies around. In any event, Huckabee winning Iowa opened the door for McCain in New Hampshire and we're stuck with McCain as the nominee.

We have Iowa to thank for putting Obama on the map as well. If you don't like the choice we have on November 4, blame Iowa.

I know there are some of you out there that may have been fooled by the freshmen senator from Illinois. He has said he supports the Second Amendment as a personal right. But, is that really true? I think not. He was in agreement with D.C. gun ban, until the Supremes decided that the ban was un-Constitutional. Now, I know I aint the smartest guy on this here site, but I don’t understand how one is able to say the ban is Constitutional in one breath, then when the Courts say the ban is un-Constitutional agree with them also. Doesn’t this strike anyone else as disingenuous? I mean come on. How dumb does he think we as gun owners are? Does he really think we don’t remember what he said, and all he has done to infringe our rights to keep and near arms? I know there are people out there who will try to tell us he does in fact believe in the Second Amendment, well, to this I say BUNK! If he is such a supporter then explain all the things he has done to try and abridge it, and all the things he has said showing he doesn’t really believe it is an individual right. So, to set the record straight let’s just take a look at what he has said, and done in support of the Second Amendment.

My colleagues and I have been debating whether Obama is simply an opportunist who, if he gets to the White House, will triangulate like Clinton, or whether he is a true believer in redistribution and other socialist ideas. My theory has always been that he is more opportunist than true believer. He seems able to cast aside past allies without any qualms (much like Clinton), even suggestng his own grandmother was a racist. Jim Geraghty at The Corner had a running gag that "all of Barack Obama's promises come with an expriation date." However, recent revelations, including the Joe the Plumber response and the 9/6/01 radio interview where he lamented the Warren Court's failure to engage in "redistributive change," make me fear that he does, in fact, believe in a solicalist agenda.

I also fear that we are going to discover the answer to this question after next Tuesday.