Posted on 07/01/2010 3:20:49 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Not as far-fetched as it might seem. Just last year, they sent a letter to their Nevada members urging them to thank Reid for publicly opposing reinstating the assault-weapons ban. But that was then and this is now, and knowing which way their national membership skews politically — and how activist-minded conservatives have become since tea-party fever took hold — would they dare endorse the guy grassroots righties most desperately want to replace in November?
Gonna lose a lot of donations if you do, folks.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
O.K. So they are one issue. Get the SCOTUS votes on MacDonald and Heller. Ask the NRA which judges were approved by Reid and his party?
I also cancelled my Endowment Life membership last week, after more than 45 years. I spoke with the NRA-ILA office regarding Mr. LaPierre’s position with Reid.... they essentially said since he was “pro-gun” he was a good guy........my response to that was “If someone was a bank robber and serial killer,just because he’s nice to his mother just doesn’t make him a “good guy”........he’s still a “bad guy” no matter how you sugar coat it.........
” He was joined at the ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday by National Rifle Association of America Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, Rep. Shelley Berkley, Rep. Dina Titus, state Sen. John Jay Lee and Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/27/tea-party-town-harry-reid-helps-open-shooting-park/
They have endorsed him with that glowing love fest “special feature” article in the June issue of the American Rifleman. Three photos and two are with Reid and the NRA leadership. Now they can stay silent.
I think if they don’t endorse Angle members should bolt the organization.
I might be wrong, but I thought NRA endorsed him in his 2004 race?
My comments were not an endorsement of their reasoning. I’ve just been involved with them for years and know what to expect. They haven’t changed how they grade candidates.
They are dealing with whores and the way they pay them to vote for us is through endorsements. If the whore turns against us and doesn’t do what he was paid to do, you don’t support him. This happenned here in Oregon with Sen Gordon Smith. When he ran he was a Freeper’s dream. He was in DC a couple of moths and sold himself to the leftists. No more endorsements and he’s gone.
It boils down to the fact that politicians are corrupt. If they stay bought you support them. Dingy Harry ha sstayed bought.
You are spot on. I won’t give up my NRA membership over any political candidate endorsement. While we need as many conservatives in office as we can get, we also need as many pro-gun people in office as we can get. Bloomberg claims to be a Republican, and I’d vote for Reid over that anti-gun scumbag in a heartbeat if he was running against him.
The fact that there are at least a few progun democrats goes a long way to prevent bad legislation from passing when they have the reins (like they have now) The NRA cannot support every conservative cause and still be the NRA.
I went to Opensecrets.com to see who was donating to Harry Reid. I couldn’t find the NRA, but the list is a “who’s who” of folks I can’t stand (or soon will be folks I can’t stand!)
Like, The Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball donated $16,000 to Harry Reid!!!! (*)^*&%(*% Bud Selig that a$$wipe!!!
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00009922&cycle=2010&type=P&newMem=N&recs=100
It’s enough to make me give up baseball. Cheeezzz and I have tickets for the Yankees/BlueJays game tomorrow...
I can remember some Freeper jumping on me because I dissed the NRA and now there endorsement of Reid sort of enforces my complaint as tne NRA doesn’t have any conviction. Eventho Gun Clubs require their membership mine will be void this year.
At what point does the NRA just become a faux front organization for liberals like the National Evanglical Association, or the AARP? After taking the bait on DISCLOSE you gotta wonder about them. There has got to be a better organization than the NRA.
I would not be surprised! The NRA is definitely tilting towards the Democrats lately!
Here’s the breakdown on NRA’s political donations. They give way more to Republicans than Demoncrats, and I can’t find that they’ve given any material amount to Harry Reid.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082
AND FOR ALL YOU IGNORANT ANTIGUN NRA HATING IDIOTS:
1. The NRA didn’t become a lobbying group until 1974.
2. While whiners complain about mail, guys like me get out the checkbook.
3. The NRA fought against Parker, not Heller. That’s because Parker was filed before Roberts and Alito. We would have lost. The NRA knows how to count to the number nine.
4. The goa has never done a single thing in it’s entire history. It’s the NRA and the SAF that filed all those lawsuits.
5. The “R” in the NRA stands for rifle. Not Republican. Get rid of Reid AFTER taking control of Congress or you’ll be whining about gun control and pleading for the NRA again. As always.
6. The antigunners hate the NRA just as much as some freepers. That explains the mentality of some freepers.
7. The media doesn’t know the name of any progun group other than the NRA. That should tell you something but you’re too stupid to understand.
8. The goa is the only gun group that asked the Supreme Court to take the narrow view. So far, they haven’t filed a single lawsuit to take responsibility for their actions. It’s the NRA and the SAF that filed all those lawsuits.
9. Lazy, stupid people always have an excuse not to get involved.
Tell me a single thing the goa has ever done on their own.
McDonald vs. Chicago. Nope, SAF.
Katrina victims? Nope, NRA.
Winnetka Lawsuits? Nope, SAF and NRA
Morton Grove Lawsuit? Nope, NRA.
San Francisco? Nope, NRA
Evanston? Nope, NRA and SAF
Parker? Nope, Robert Levy and it’s a good thing the case became Heller with Roberts and Alito or we would have lost. That’s why the NRA tried to stop it.
Heller? Nope, Levy again.
United Nations attacks? Nope, NRA as a Non Government Organization.
Free legal support for their members? Nope, NRA.
Even Basil’s Second Amendment Sisters give women’s classes
JPFO? They aren’t even a lobbying group.
Who does the leftist media fear? I’ll give you a hint, the initials are NRA.
NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THE goa HAS EVER DONE ON THEIR OWN IN THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY. NO ONE.
I’ve noticed that the NRA seems to be going the way of all major lobbyists. Seems the more money they make, the more left/liberal they become. Used to be a member but gave it up just because of this type of action. Their deals lately stink to high heaven! Sorry to say that they are no longer supporters of the 2nd Amendment, but have become a government leech.
you got that right!
Do you think the these are pro-gun actions?
June 28, 1991. Vote No. 115. Voted for a 5 day waiting period for handgun purchases.
October 21, 1993. Vote 325. Voted to eliminate the Army Civilian Marksmanship Program. Only the most fringe anti-gun Senators voted for the amendment.
November 19, 1993. Vote 385. Allow states to impose waiting periods over and above the 5 days waiting period required under the Brady Bill.
November 19, 1993. Vote 386. Voted to eliminate he 5-year sunset in the Brady Bill.
November 19, 1993. Vote 387. Voted to close off debate on the Brady Bill.
November 19, 1993. Vote 390. Voted to close off debate on the Brady Bill.
November 20, 1993. Vote 394. Voted for the Brady Bill, which imposed a 5-business-day waiting period before purchasing a handgun.
August 25, 1994. Vote 294. Voted to close off debate on the Clinton Crime Bill, which contained the ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
August 25, 1994. Vote 295. Voted for the Clinton Crime Bill, which contained the ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
April 17, 1996. Vote 64. Voted to expand the statute of limitations for paperwork violations in National Firearms Act from 3 years to 5 years.
June 27, 1996. Vote 178. Voting to destroy 176,000 M-1 Garand rifles from World War II, and 150 million rounds of 30 caliber ammunition, rather than giving them to the Federal Civilian Marksmanship program.
September 12, 1996. Vote 287. Voted to spend $21.5 million for a study on putting “taggants” in black and smokeless gunpowder.
September 12, 1996. Vote 290. Voted to make it a Federal crime to possess a gun within 1,000 yards of a school.
May 12, 1999. Vote 111. Voted to give the Treasury Department expansive new authority to regulate and keep records on gun shows and their participants, and criminalize many intrastate firearms transactions.
May 13, 1999. Vote 116. Voted to ban the importation of ammunition clips that can hold more than 10 rounds.
May 14, 1999. Vote 119. Voted to criminalize internet advertisements to sell legal firearms in a legal manner.
May 18, 1999. Vote 122. Voted to for Mandatory triggerlocks.
May 20, 1999. Vote 133. Voted to create new Federal regulation of pawn shops handling of guns.
May 20, 1999. Vote 134. Voted to give the Treasury Department expansive new authority to regulate and keep records on gun shows and their participants, and criminalize many intrastate firearms transactions. The vote was 50-50, with Vice President Gore casting the tie-breaking vote.
May 20, 1999. Vote 140. Voted for the Clinton Juvenile Justice bill, which contained a package of gun control measures.
July 29, 1999. Vote 224. Voted to close debate on the Clinton Juvenile Justice bill, which contained a package of gun control measures.
February 2, 2000. Vote 4. Voted to make firearms manufacturers and distributors’ debts nondischargeable in bankruptcy if they were sued because they unknowingly sold guns to individuals who used the gun in a crime. 68 Senators voted against Reid’s position, including 17 Democrats including Bryan of Nevada.
March 2, 2000. Vote 27. Voted to say that school violence was due to the fact that Congress “failed to pass reasonable, common-sense gun control measures” and call for new gun ownership restrictions on the anniversary of the Columbine shootings.
March 2, 2000. Vote 28. Voted to say that school violence was due to the fact that Congress “failed to pass reasonable, common-sense gun control measures” and call for new gun ownership restrictions on the anniversary of the Columbine shootings (reconsideration of vote 27).
March 2, 2000. Vote 32. Voted to use Federal taxpayer funds to hand out anti-gun literature in schools and to run anti-gun public service announcements.
April 6, 2000. Vote 64. Voted for a gun control package including new onerous restrictions on gun shows.
April 7, 2000. Vote 74. Voted against an amendment to provide for the enforcement of existing gun laws in lieu of new burdensome gun control mandates.
May 16, 2000. Vote 100. Voted to commend the participants of the so-called “Million Mom March” for their demand for more Federal restrictions on firearms ownership, and to urge the passage of strict gun control measures.
May 17, 2000. Vote 102. Vote to overturn the ruling of the chair that the Daschle amendment (commending the participants of the so-called “Million Mom March” for their demand for more Federal restrictions on firearms ownership, and to urge the passage of strict gun control measures) was out of order.
May 17, 2000. Vote 103. Voted against an amendment stating “the right of each law-abiding United States citizen to own a firearm for any legitimate purpose, including self-defense or recreation, should not be infringed.”
May 17, 2000. Vote 104. Voted for an amendment commending the participants of the so-called “Million Mom March” for their demand for more Federal restrictions on firearms ownership, and to urge the passage of strict gun control measures.
February 26, 2004. Vote 17. Voted for mandatory triggerlocks.
March 2, 2004. Vote 25. Voted for Federal regulation of gun shows.
July 28, 2005. Vote 207. Voted for mandatory triggerlocks.
March 5, 2009. Vote 83. Voted against a ban on the United Nations imposing taxes on American citizens after France and other world leaders proposed a global tax on firearms.
Also they favor incumbents over challengers. Basically they say if you support our positions we will support you. If they don’t deliver on this, why would anyone support them?
Just quoting what the NRA-ILA person told me. I don’t know, other than that.
But. if he lied to me...time to pull the NRA plug.
Yep, read that article. You’re right. There are endorsements...and then, there are endorsements.
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