hyperpoly8 -
Lets put it this way - Specter was NOT deserving on the NRA's endorsement. How can you justify supporting a signer of the Clinton Gun Ban over a candidate with a 100% pro-gun voting record over six years? You can't - but the NRA did.
One thing prompted the NRA to endorse Specter over Toomey: fear. Fear of what he would do as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee if they didn't support him and he won. Principle got tossed in the trash can in pursuit of political expediency.
I take no pleasure in pointing this out to you, in fact it breaks my heart. I joined the NRA in the mid-to-late 90s because they were the only group to fight back against the criminal Clintonistas (the GOP sure didn't), and they were more responsible for Bush's election in 2000 than any other group.
That being said, this stinks. It is politics at its worst. The movement to remove Specter as SJC chair is a great one, for a number of reasons (pro-life and RKBA issues being the top two).
As far as the NRA goes, IMHO they have betrayed their principles this year, so I left and will be joining GOA instead.
Sen. Specter is not my state senator, and is not from my part of the country, so I know little about his politics or the politics of his opponents. All I said was I looked up his NRA rating and it was an "A". If he didn't deserve it, as some here have suggested, I'd like to hear the NRA's response and will soon be asking them. But, I'm a life member and have no intention of resigning my membership.