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Palin Headed to NRA Convention
U.S.News ^ | May 03, 2010 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 05/04/2010 6:19:09 PM PDT by militanttoby

After former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin urged a "Don't Retreat, Instead—RELOAD!" strategy to her fellow Tea Party and anti-Washington fans on Twitter last month, she was slapped by liberals and Democrats for using deplorable gun imagery. But Palin is not about to holster her rhetorical sidearm. What's more, she's leading a posse of Second Amendment-supporting Republicans to the annual National Rifle Association convention later this month in Charlotte, N.C. Take a gander at who's on the docket, which looks like the conservative roundup for the 2012 GOP primaries: Palin, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, South Dakota Sen. John Thune, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence.

"It's a big deal," says the NRA's top lobbyist and convention organizer Chris Cox. "It's a beauty contest of those who support the Second Amendment," he says, adding that the speakers will also include media and Hollywood elite, and even some Blue Dog Democrats like Tennessee Rep. John Tanner and North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler.

With expectations of a record-setting crowd of 80,000, Cox says gun owners are fired up more than ever over concerns about liberal politicians banning guns and Washington's spending. "It's an indication of where the American people are on the Second Amendment," he says. Critics, he adds, "try to paint us as an extreme, but we are the deepest part of the river; we are the strongest part of the river," says Cox.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: banglist; bluedogs; bluedogscover; nra; obama; palin; palinfreeperping; pelosipoodles; sarahpalin; teaparty
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On Friday, May 14, at the Charlotte Convention Center, North Carolina.
1 posted on 05/04/2010 6:19:09 PM PDT by militanttoby
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To: militanttoby

Good.


2 posted on 05/04/2010 6:20:32 PM PDT by Libloather (Tea totaler, PROUD birther, mobster, pro-lifer, anti-warmer, enemy of the state, extremist....)
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To: militanttoby

Sarah is kind of popular with the gun set.

She is also better armed than most of us.


3 posted on 05/04/2010 6:23:10 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney-"I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there")
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To: militanttoby

Carrying is prohibited at the NRA convention this year. I will not be attending despite living in NC. The NRA didn’t even try to get carrying OK’d like they did last year in Phoenix.


4 posted on 05/04/2010 6:27:15 PM PDT by Dayman (My 1919a4 is named Charlotte. When I light her up she has the voice of an angel.)
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To: militanttoby

Well now. Look at the line-up she will charm, right along with 80,00 in attendance.


5 posted on 05/04/2010 6:31:52 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: militanttoby; Brices Crossroads; Syncro; ChangeInWisconsin; rae4palin; Grams A; TRAPPER2; ...

Think Sarah will out-draw the competition ping? *wink*


6 posted on 05/04/2010 6:34:12 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: onyx

You bet! :-)


7 posted on 05/04/2010 6:39:17 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: militanttoby

But...but...where’s Romney at? He hunted varmints and is a life-long member (seconds before becoming a presidential candidate)!


8 posted on 05/04/2010 6:41:04 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Obamunism: You have two cows. The regime redistributes them and shoots you dead)
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To: militanttoby
Wonder if Elizabeth Hasselbeck(sp) will be there.
9 posted on 05/04/2010 6:43:12 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge ( SARAH PALIN or BUST.)
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To: ansel12

She is also better looking than most of us :) Nicer legs than most of us I wager :)


10 posted on 05/04/2010 6:45:11 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge ( SARAH PALIN or BUST.)
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To: Dayman
I haven't figured out why the NRA keeps going to anti-gun cities since it's the city which determines the convention center policy. It must be a case of taking the fight to the enemy.
11 posted on 05/04/2010 6:46:38 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: onyx

Hope it’s on TV.


12 posted on 05/04/2010 6:47:00 PM PDT by Clyde5445 (Gov. Sarah Palin: :"You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words.")
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To: militanttoby
I keep seeing John Bolton's name show up various Republican events. I hope he's thinking about running for something, or at a minimum, have someone pick him as a VP candidate. A debate between he and Biden would be so laughable it could only be shown on Comedy Central.
13 posted on 05/04/2010 6:53:45 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: militanttoby
Maybe she can do a little RINO hunting while she's there. Figuratively of course.
14 posted on 05/04/2010 7:02:02 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Remember that Romney also had to drop his claim that he owned a gun.

$200,000,000.00 and you never bothered to buy a gun? He also went from never being in the NRA to buying a lifetime membership for the presidential primary...and then running as an NRA member!

To quote the great gun man himself as he describes rifles of a style that Sarah Palin owns.

Mitt Romney:"These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense," "They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."

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15 posted on 05/04/2010 7:16:53 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney-"I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there")
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To: militanttoby

80,000, awesome!

Gov. Palin was unable to attend last time because the the bad guys had her pinned down in the governors office in Alaska. But she’s broken out and is on the march!

- JP


16 posted on 05/04/2010 7:20:05 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("Every time a Democrat mocks Sarah Palin, an independent gets its wings." - JP)
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To: militanttoby
I wish I could be there... I bought a new Kimber Ultra Carry II today, in honor of not being able to go.

LLS

17 posted on 05/04/2010 7:26:51 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: militanttoby

The line-up sounds like just another meeting of the President with her Cabinet!


18 posted on 05/04/2010 7:27:27 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: militanttoby
“It's a big deal,” says the NRA’s top lobbyist and convention organizer Chris Cox. “It's a beauty contest of those who support the Second Amendment,” he says, adding that the speakers will also include media and Hollywood elite, and even some Blue Dog Democrats like Tennessee Rep. John Tanner and North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler”

Somebody brings the NRA mags to work, ( I signed for a year in 04 myself) and they rail on rail about Nancy Pelosi, and yet they have no trouble supporting people with their brand name who knowingly will vote for Nancy Pelosi!! No one see the hypocrites this makes them?

19 posted on 05/04/2010 7:39:48 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (Pander to me for a change!!)
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To: militanttoby
"Sarah Palin urged a "Don't Retreat, Instead—RELOAD!"

Sarah Palin's father, Chuck Heath used to take Sarah moose hunting with him before school. Whenever they failed to get a moose, he would always say, 'We won't give up. We'll just reload!' It was his way of saying one needs to stick with it and the more you do that, the more success you will have. It is good advice a father can give to his four children. It also reflects the healthy attitude that people get when they learn to hunt.

20 posted on 05/04/2010 7:53:44 PM PDT by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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