Posted on 08/27/2010 1:06:35 PM PDT by GILTN1stborn
2010 Nevada U.S. Senate Race In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) will be announcing endorsements and candidate ratings in hundreds of federal races, as well as thousands of state legislative races. Unless these announcements are required by the timing of primary or special elections, the NRA-PVF generally does not issue endorsements while important legislative business is pending. The NRA-PVF also operates under a long-standing policy that gives preference to incumbent candidates who have voted with the NRA on key issues, which is explained in more detail here. The U.S. Senate recently considered a number of issues important to NRA members, including the confirmation of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Out of respect for the confirmation process, the NRA did not announce its position on Ms. Kagan's confirmation until the conclusion of her testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee. Her evasive testimony exacerbated grave concerns we had about her long-standing hostility towards the Second Amendment. As a result, the NRA strongly opposed her confirmation and made it clear at the time that we would be scoring this important vote.
The vote on Elena Kagan's confirmation to the Court, along with the previous year's confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor, are critical for the future of the Second Amendment. After careful consideration, the NRA-PVF announced today that it will not be endorsing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for re-election in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Nevada.
NRA members and other interested parties are encouraged to visit www.NRAPVF.org for more information as Election Day draws near.
I was hoping this was a given and not news...... :-(
BFL
Excellent!
Way to make lemons out of lemonade.
But they DID endorse him, right?
So are they now WITHDRAWING their endorsement?
(Or were they only THINKING of endorsing him?)
The latter.
Endorse Angle then, NRA.
I think they were considering. Outrage of membership got to them.
I guess my angry call (and the 1000s of others they recieved) worked.
Now, the NRA is endorsing Chet Edwards, something I can't stomach. If it weren't for the fact the only shooting range in town is a NRA member only range, I am tempted to let membership lapse for that one.
Not if they ever want another penny from me!
“(Or were they only THINKING of endorsing him?)”
My thinking is that the NRA, in an effort to “play along, to get along”, was thinking about endorsing Reid.
I do believe that they had a reality check in the number of members that promised to quit and the drop of renewals in membership might have influenced their thinking.
Speaking for only myself, I did call and express my disappointment with the possible endorsement of Reid and followed that with a cancellation of my membership.
We shall see what happens next.
If they had any guts they would announce that they are endorsing the wholesale elimination of the democratic party from American politics with the hope of doing it in such a timely fashion that the National Socialist EPA won’t have time to ban lead bullets.
I guess my angry call (and the 1000s of others they recieved) worked
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That plus AARP probably told them “Tick off them Conservatives and they will drop you like a hot potato” or is that potatoe??? <: <: <:
Sounds like your town needs another range.
Thank goodness that we have scads of them around here.
Good, I see my nasty letter worked.
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