I think that the thrust of the argument was that Democrats were inducing the panic, and that is patently untrue. To "dance around" that fundamental fault it is necessary to change the import of the claim rather than withdraw it, as it ever is. Why-oh-why would gun dealers of all people want to create a panic about the lack of ammunition, huh?

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich