From the article:

John Holsinger, 58, a welder from St. Marys, Ohio, is unimpressed with his choices so far. "Ninety percent of them ain't worth a hill of beans," he says. Still, he has no doubts about his top issue: gun rights. "I squirrel hunt; I rabbit hunt; I deer hunt and so do my two boys," he says. "Somebody best not come to my house and ask for my guns."

benhocking why do you hate America people? LOL

While I agree with the "tools" sentiment, there's an opportunity here for the Democrats if they're smart enough to seize it (always a debatable question).

I don't think most gun control advocates are really interested in taking whatever guns this dimwit uses to blow up critters, varmints, Bambi, etc. Some might think hunting is dumb and/or immoral, but that's absolutely meaningless from a policy standpoint; the law is the law.

Since he's using those guns for a lawful purpose, and presumably he isn't using automatic weapons with "cop-killer bullets" to take out Thumper, the gun control issue shouldn't even come up. Nothing anyone would propose is likely to impact him one bit (unless he's got a violent criminal record or mental disorder, I guess--but if he chafes at not being able to buy a gun for those reasons, screw him).

This enduring perception of self-righteous, judgmental Dems who want to confiscate guns for the sake of confiscating guns has to be destroyed. Fortunately we've got some good advocates on this now, from Jim Webb to (at least to some extent) Howard Dean. It's time to get them front and center, so they can clear the field of this stupid anti-Democratic stereotype and get people thinking about things that matter a lot more.

John Holsinger, 58, a welder from St. Marys, Ohio, is unimpressed with his choices so far. "Ninety percent of them ain't worth a hill of beans," he says. Still, he has no doubts about his top issue: gun rights. "I squirrel hunt; I rabbit hunt; I deer hunt and so do my two boys," he says. "Somebody best not come to my house and ask for my guns."

Lesson: most Americans are tools.

Gad, am I ever fed up with brainwashed paranoid one-issue dupes. The NRA is not only lying about the Second Amendment, it is doing so as special interest front for the gun industry. Is there another industry that has wrapped itself in the flag more than the gun-nut/industry/lobby?

Forget it js it's Gallup.

I think that this shows that, while we over here commenting at TPM Election Central know pretty well where each candidate stands on the issues (other than Romney, who changes positions on alternating Wednesdays) and want to start voting, for many voters, it's still very early and they only are working from impressionistic reactions to the candidates. While many voters are tools, I think we'll find that when it gets close to election day (say six weeks before), antiwar Repubs will gravitate away from McCain, and other voters, Repub or Dem, will start answering these poll questions in a way that makes more sense in light of where they are on the ideological spectrum and on the war. In other words, it's way way too early to draw any meaningful conclusions from the polls. (I don't want to sound superior though; I'm a poll crack addict, but I still try to note them and then try not to overread their importance),