"The NRA endorses leftist demonicRats and has the temerity to do so in the name of "voting for freedom"."
That is what we call a "fact". Joe Manchin is a leftist member of the so-called "Democrat Party". The NRA endorsed him.
I don’t know anything about him.
Yet you get all defensive when I criticize the NRA for endorsing him. Why is that?
Do some research for yourself ... find out what sort of Senator Joe Manchin has been. Cure your ignorance, so that you're capable of having an intelligent conversation.
Or not.
“Yet you get all defensive when I criticize the NRA for endorsing him. Why is that?”
I’ll take your word that he’s a leftist, but remember the NRA is a one issue organization. They will support a pro gun lefty over an anti-gun conservative. We should challenge them on that and try to change it but trashing the organization is not going to help us keep our guns.
I’ll ask again, why do you think the NRA supported Manchin? Are they now a leftist organization?
“Do some research for yourself ... find out what sort of Senator Joe Manchin has been. Cure your ignorance, so that you’re capable of having an intelligent conversation.”
Here is the NRA endorsement. It sheds some light on why they endorsed Manchin:
Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is endorsing Governor Joe Manchin for election to the U.S. Senate this November.
“Joe Manchin earned the NRA-PVF endorsement by supporting our Second Amendment rights and hunting heritage,” said Chris W. Cox, chairman of NRA-PVF. “West Virginia’s gun owners and hunters appreciate his commitment to protecting their right to keep and bear arms.”
Gov. Manchin is a lifelong hunter and sportsman and as West Virginia’s governor, he signed Castle Doctrine legislation into law to restore the right to self-defense in a person’s home and property along with legislation to increase reciprocity for right-to-carry permit holders in West Virginia. He also signed Emergency Powers legislation into law that prohibits gun confiscation during states of emergency as happened after Hurricane Katrina; No-Net-Loss of hunting lands into law that ensures adequate access to public hunting land; and a bill to prevent anti-gun New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun dealer entrapment schemes.
“Joe Manchin’s support for individual gun ownership rights has earned him an “A” rating and endorsement from the NRA-PVF,” Cox continued. “We ask all West Virginia gun owners, hunters and NRA members to vote Joe Manchin for U.S. Senate on November 2nd.”