Posted on 09/25/2007 11:58:15 AM PDT by neverdem
The National Rifle Association, which did not endorse President Bush in 2000 and 2004 until just a month before the general election, is considering stepping into the presidential campaign fray early next year during the primary season, the group's chief lobbyist says.
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"A lot of gun owners decided then, 'Hey, we're sitting this election out,' " he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
That was brilliant. They got bubba, the Brady Bill and the "assault" weapons ban. That said, I think the NRA should keep out of the GOP primaries, IMHO.
Hope they do this. They should get involved early instead of waiting to have to choose between the lessor of two evils.
I lost faith in the NRA years ago, and recent events have demonstrated I was correct in doing so.
I agree that the NRA should be involved. The lessor of two evils is still evil.
I’m convinced that their ‘this dog won’t hunt’ campaign against kerry won Bush a ton of votes.
Sometimes they do stupid crap, but overall they’re very positive for gun owners.
That campaign was a good one.
I don't. The drive by media will hold it against the nominee.
“Hope they do this. They should get involved early instead of waiting to have to choose between the lessor of two evils.”
I assume that’s their thinking, too.
Waiting until after the nominations are finalized and possibly having the Hobbesian choice between a RINO gun-grabber and a Rat gun-grabber would leave the NRA on the sidelines.
I expect they’ll support the NRA A-rated Fred Thompson which will be a huge boon to his campaign.
I’m convinced that their ‘this dog won’t hunt’ campaign against kerry won Bush a ton of votes.
Sometimes they do stupid crap, but overall they’re very positive for gun owners.
I think Kerry’s ‘can a git me a huntin license here’ comment did most of the political damage with gun owners, those that weren’t informed long ago Kerry was a danger to the 2nd amendment.
I’ve seen them getting way to cozy with liberal pols lately.
“I lost faith in the NRA years ago, and recent events have demonstrated I was correct in doing so.”
In my wildest dreams in the 1980s, I could not have imagined that the NRA could have accomplished as much as they have in the last 20 years.
I was convinced that some genies cannot be put back into the bottle, thinking that the left would always have the advantage with the vocabulary when steering the general public voters.
The NRA worked quietly and efficiently to basically flip the entire gun question around and in less than a generation.
Without the NRA the left would own this issue, I wouldn’t have a CCL, I wouldn’t own an AR-15, I wouldn’t have my large magazines, and much, much worse.
Without the NRA the left would own this issue, I wouldn’t have a CCL, I wouldn’t own an AR-15, I wouldn’t have my large magazines, and much, much worse.
Except the NRA sat on the sidelines, as the article notes, which helped produce the Clinton administration, and the AWB.
Glad you still have faith in it.
“I expect they’ll support the NRA A-rated Fred Thompson which will be a huge boon to his campaign.”
Maybe they will support the Republican that believes this.
What must a man think of you, to say such a thing.
“””“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.””””
“Glad you still have faith in it.”
You bet I do, and as I watch them roll back anti gun laws, and win pro gun victories continuously, it explains that faith.
They are the 800 pound gorilla in American politics and even far left politicians have decided to not confront them if they can avoid it.
I hear this comment all the time. If your voting choices are between Jesus Christ Himself vs. Hillary, then, yes, you will be voting good over evil. But short of Him, if you are voting for a human being, it is always going to be, to a certain degree, voting for the lesser of two evils. But, that is the wrong way to look at it. What you are really doing is voting for the candidate that has more good than the other one. You are voting for less evil, more good.
Look, work as hard as you can to get your guy (or gal) nominated. If they don’t make it - then vote for the candidate that is more good of the two choices. In other words, you are voting for MORE GOOD and less evil. I am a Fred Thompson/Duncan Hunter man, but if it comes down to Rudy or Hillary - I’m voting for less evil - I’m voting for Rudy. It’s a slam dunk choice for me.
The realization fanatics wanted to kill us all in the wake of 9/11 did more along these lines than anything the NRA has done in the past three decades.
God will determine who enters the White House in January 2009. It has always been His will that chooses leaders.
“The realization fanatics wanted to kill us all in the wake of 9/11 did more along these lines than anything the NRA has done in the past three decades.”
No, all their accomplishments were not in the last six years.
I can’t think of any organization that has more effectively represented my interests than the NRA.
If there was an organization that effective, to protect my interests in about another half dozen of my top issues, then I could rest easy.
I would love to see the a Fred Thompson/Duncan Hunter team pro gun/border/troop
You say: “God will determine who enters the White House in January 2009. It has always been His will that chooses leaders.”
Nevertheless, you don’t mind if I still go ahead and vote anyway, do you?
I’m an NRA member, but as far as I am concerned the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) does a MUCH better job at effectively representing gun-owners’ interests here in Virginia.
I recommend you (and everyone else for that matter) find a smaller, more locally active group in your state and join them in addition to the NRA.
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