Posted on 08/12/2010 7:48:35 AM PDT by Joe Brower
The NRA has falled to radicals. I’m cancelling my membership - something that would have been unthinkable 2 years ago.
Change that to “fallen.” ;0
I am done with the NRA. They were thrilled with Hairy Reed’s $70 million gun range in Nevada that could have been built for $1 million. It is a pure pork barrel real estate scam that Hairy Reed is know for. The NRA sucks now.
Edwards was allowed to vote the NRA position on legislation that was going to pass with or without his vote to help keep the Democrats in control of the House of Representatives.
If the GOP had solid control over the House, I could see this endorsement; but not now.
And how did this guy vote on TARP?
It would be helpful to also know what Edwards' opponents pros & cons are, and I have emailed the NRA back telling them this, in addition to letting them know that they need to publish this information on their website and through press releases 1/2 second after making their endorsements, so that the rumor mill doesn't immediately go ballistic.
Maybe the NRA should realize that whatever party controls the House dictates the overall agenda.
Supporting a Democrat that may be pro-gun is useless if it serves to keep Nancy Pelosi in power and in charge of the overall House agenda.
Idiots.
Come on -- you think they don't know this?
Maybe you should call the NRA and ask them yourself what their reasoning is, rather than act on your assumptions as fact.
That's what I did.
The Second was meant to be the last resort of the people in checking a government over-reaching its authority;being “allowed” firearms while at the same time forced to abide by government restrictions and rules on every other aspect of one’s life is meaningless.
There are NO good democrats.
There are plenty of terrible republicans but not a single good democrat. That was confirmed during the health crimes disaster.
WTH has happened to the NRA?
The NRA outsmarts itself with its Machiavellian tactics.
This illustrates why it’s so important for conservative voters not to be endorsement-driven. It is essential that we vote with our heads, not with our “loyalties”.
There’s nothing wrong with supporting the NRA in terms of the lobbying work they do.
But to take their lead in who to vote for... that’s pure folly.
At the time of Klinton’s first election, approx. 1/3 of NRA members were Republican, 1/3 Democrat, and 1/3 Independent.
That has changed considerably into a much more Republican base. But NRA still focuses on Second Amendment issues. Nothing to do with TARP. Obi-care,etc.
Here in Illinois, once you get south of I-80, the political complexion of the state changes dramatically. The downstate Democrats are much different that their Chicago-bred counterparts. They tend to be much more conservative and tend to be pro-gun. Having a “D” in back of one’s name as an Illinois politician isn’t quite the “kiss of death’ that one might think. These downstate Democrats are one reason that Illinois doesn’t have even more obnoxious gun laws than we do. Oh, in this state, having an “R” in back of one’s name ain’t no gaurantee, either.
What good is protecting 2nd amendment rights if we are all forced to rely on Government healthcare and Government employment?
What good is a gun when one will never use it against ones benefactors?
The commies don’t need to worry about taking your guns when they know you need them to care for your children’s health and livelihoods!
You've got that right. I told the fellow at the NRA that this sort of thing is why I don't donate to their PVF, but only directly to specific candidates. To his credit, the fellow wholeheartedly agreed with me.
>>[the NRA needs] to publish this information on their website and through press releases 1/2 second after making their endorsements, so that the rumor mill doesn’t immediately go ballistic.
Huge 2nd on that.
Their website sucks. I ought to be able to go there and easily verify claims of NRA endorsements for various candidates, and I cannot.
“There are NO good democrats.” I hesitate to go so far as you in saying that there are no good democrats, but I will say that some democrats are far, far worse than others. I don’t think Chet Edwards is actually too bad as far as democrats go, and he did vote against the healthcare bill, but he still voted for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, and presumably he would do so again, and that alone is reason enough to vote him out and replace him with a republican.
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