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NRA Endorses Baron Hill (D) for IN-9 WHAT IS GOING ON?
ingunowners.com ^ | 10-25-08 | IUGradStudent

Posted on 10/26/2008 8:21:34 AM PDT by Impy

I was shocked to find that the NRA has endorsed Baron Hill for IN-9. This is insane, with a good Republican (Sodrel) who could have been endorsed in a very close election. Granted, Hill has only a 36% rating from the Brady Campaign, but our solid Republican representatives all are down in the single digits (with Pence leading the way with a 0% rating -- way to go Mike!).

GOA gave Hill a D- in their 2007 rating, but apparently the NRA thought he was good for an A in 2008.

I've always been in the "NRA is one of the good guys" camp, but this really chaps my hide. The Sodrel-Hill race will be darn close, and it would be great to get Mike back in DC.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: banglist; baronhill; cognitivedissoance; congress; dusleepercell; goa; gunvote; indiana; leninism; nra; pigignorance; sodrel
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To: Impy

I posted oops right after that...............:-(


21 posted on 10/26/2008 8:47:45 AM PDT by CommieCutter ("Why DON'Y you just let PEOOPLEP make up their own MINES who listen?“ (-Candor7)
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To: CommieCutter

I was raised in that district (Seymour) and went to college in Bloomington. However, I no longer live in the district.


22 posted on 10/26/2008 8:48:27 AM PDT by reg45
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To: vbmoneyspender
I'm sorry, but I belong to the “fool me once, shame on me” camp. Democrats do not, ever, support the second amendment. They only say they do. They slid into power in 2006 by running “conservative” candidates against weak RINO’s, and immediately turned their agenda over to the most radical left wingers in their party. They know that the gun control “issue” cost them heavily in 1994. Witness the John Kerry in camo photo op in 2004. Never for a moment believe what a DemoRAT candidate says. Everything they say is spin, and everything they do is incremental socialism. They only guiding principle that they have is maintaining power.
23 posted on 10/26/2008 8:49:05 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (Never argue with an idiot, they always wear you down and beat you with experience)
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To: Shooter 2.5
Second Amendment Foundation, Golden Eagles, Second Amendment Sisters. I joined GOA when NRA backed Nick Lampson in TX as a protest.
24 posted on 10/26/2008 8:49:26 AM PDT by BellStar (Gov. Palin, that lady is a Champ"!)
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To: Impy

I about passed out when I received an orange post card from the NRA saying that they were endorsing Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20). WTF are they doing? This must be a fake mailing from the 0bama crowd.

See below where Gillibrand endorsed Hillary for prez. They’re very chummy which has to make you wonder.

http://www.dems.gov/index.asp?DE=%7BD50310ED-A25C-4CCE-BCB6-5A2B697024FF%7D&SEC=%7B2D7E6E08-EBA9-41F2-96E7-638CAE603CE3%7D&Type=B_PR


25 posted on 10/26/2008 8:49:33 AM PDT by panaxanax (Writing in John Bolton/Sarah Palin in 2008!)
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To: Shooter 2.5
The NRA is going with the better candidate.

The democrap is (almost) never the better candidate.

The plan is to get more pro gun dems into the party so we no longer have this us vs. them mentality.

It is US versus THEM. This helps the democrats by giving visibilty to a minority within their caucus that enables strongly anti-2A party leadership. Faux-conservative rats are the the scum of the Earth. Morons will think "oh maybe the dems aren't so bad" and vote for them. Is that what you want? Guns are a very important issue to many voters who might otherwise prefer democraps. Is that what you want? Do you back Baron Hill? Think about it.

For everyone else on this thread, please give your support to the NRA to defeat obama. The NRA is spending forty million dollars to defeat obama with commercials in key battleground states. Please help.

No. Give to some other anti-Obama campaign instead. If this organization backs democrats it's bad for conservatives.

26 posted on 10/26/2008 8:50:22 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: CommieCutter

We can thank the Dems for redistricting Bloomington into that district to keep Baron from losing, it didn’t work in 04 and even in 06 Sodrel still held Baron Hill to the smallest margin of the three Dem pickups in that state.

What I really hate about the Hill-Sodrel races is the Dems’ “Millionaire Mike” slogan. Shameless class-baiting at its worst. Sodrel’s only crime is that he’s successful. Why don’t we call Baron Hill “Robber Baron” in exchange?


27 posted on 10/26/2008 8:53:02 AM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Russia invades Georgia? For a moment, I thought that was Red Dawn II)
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To: vbmoneyspender

Great analysis, as is the post above yours.


28 posted on 10/26/2008 8:53:50 AM PDT by piytar
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To: vbmoneyspender

Sodrel does to. More so. And the democrats are a criminal organization, nothing that helps them in anyway is good for the 2A or any other conservative cause EVER. The only reason the rats have backed off gun control was because they started losing elections over it. Back in power they will pass anti-2A legislation. No Pelosi-Bots.


29 posted on 10/26/2008 8:54:16 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

His Queen isn’t. Do you back Hill?


30 posted on 10/26/2008 8:55:39 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: piytar

My post #29 is great analysis.


31 posted on 10/26/2008 8:56:10 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: Impy

lol...no, I don’t back Hill. Just pointing out the facts, Jack. And the fact is he’s pro-2A.


32 posted on 10/26/2008 8:57:01 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Impy

The “R” in NRA stands for “Rifle”, not “Republican”.


33 posted on 10/26/2008 8:57:47 AM PDT by Redcloak (How come old-fashioned, '60s liberalism gets called "change" by the media?)
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To: reg45

They need to be partisan, like the unions all are. They should only back a rat in the rare instance he’s actually more pro-gun than the pub.

Sodrel > Hill


34 posted on 10/26/2008 8:59:22 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
Or how about Baron conveniently riding the bad economy when he's been in power for the last two years?
35 posted on 10/26/2008 8:59:47 AM PDT by CommieCutter ("Why DON'Y you just let PEOOPLEP make up their own MINES who listen?“ (-Candor7)
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To: Redcloak

Lots of NRA sycophants here huh.

Something wrong with Mike Sodrel? No, he’s better than Hill.


36 posted on 10/26/2008 9:00:40 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: CommieCutter

No problem. ;)


37 posted on 10/26/2008 9:01:21 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

He backs John Conyers for House Judiciary Chairman.


38 posted on 10/26/2008 9:03:55 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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To: Impy

The NRA always endorses pro-gun incumbents; regardless of party. They wouldn’t get much done if they had a reputation for tossing pro-gun Democrats under the bus in favor of untried ‘Pubies.

(Oh, oh... Did I just offend a few Republican sycophants?)


39 posted on 10/26/2008 9:04:01 AM PDT by Redcloak (How come old-fashioned, '60s liberalism gets called "change" by the media?)
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To: Redcloak

Sodrel was the GOP incumbent until ignorant voters threw him out. An endorsement is one thing. THey are spending money helping him. You money if you give to them.

Unions get plenty done being lockstep for the rodent party.


40 posted on 10/26/2008 9:07:23 AM PDT by Impy (Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
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