Andrea Mitchell Confounded By NRA's 'Surprising' popularity in New Poll - 41%

Newsbusters.org ^ | January 18, 2013 | 12:47 | Scott Whitlock

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A perplexed Andrea Mitchell on Thursday highlighted a new NBC poll finding high favorability numbers for the National Rifle Association, results she deemed "surprising." The veteran journalist proclaimed: "The NRA brand has been fairly toxic in many of the debates, the gun debates especially since Newtown, but their membership base is broad and deep." One reason the brand has been "toxic" is because of relentlessly negative coverage from reporters.

Yet, NBC political editor Mark Murray explained, "Despite a lot of the criticism the NRA has received in the month after the Newtown shootings, the NRA has a 41 percent favorable rating, compared to just 34 percent unfavorable." Contributor Chris Cillizza added that "inside the Beltway and in big cities in this country," the NRA may be "akin to a curse word. It is not in the vast majority of the country."

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“The NRA brand has been fairly toxic in many of the debates, the gun debates especially since Newtown, but their membership base is broad and deep.”

Translation: We thought we had destroyed the NRA but it appears we must continue to lie about and besmirch these racists for the foreseeable future.

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Facts and logic are not necessary for the terminally stupid.

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Contributor Chris Cillizza added that "inside the Beltway and in big cities in this country," the NRA may be "akin to a curse word. It is not in the vast majority of the country."

Good job Chilliza (Chee yee sah), your name just became a curse word. Thanks for the contribution to the vocabulary pool in English.