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In reply to the discussion: What The NRA's "All In" Failure Means For The Media [View all]HankyDub
(246 posts)36. I said that they opposed a president who reduced restrictions on guns
and favored a candidate who signed an assault weapons ban into law.
There is no other conclusion to draw. If their single issue was gun rights, they would have supported Obama, or at least remained neutral. Instead they attacked the president with a neutral/pro-gun history as chief executive in favor of a candidate whose record as chief executive of MA would have disqualified him in their eyes...IF he was a democrat. But because they are just a republiklan advocacy group, the facts of these two men's records was immaterial.
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I think we also need to challenge the idea that the NRA is a single issue advocacy group.
HankyDub
Nov 2012
#6
So...did you actively support and work for the candidate whose gun position matched yours?
dumbledork
Nov 2012
#51
Well, at the end of the day...make that the end of the century, all this bloviating and parsing
dumbledork
Nov 2012
#86
Ahem- *You* post here a lot and are... shall we say, "concerned" about guns, no?
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#92
Oh, your pudding? Conservatives change infrequently. Reactionairies, never. Which are you?
Eleanors38
Nov 2012
#54
I've been trying to get him to explain what other issues other that gun rights
glacierbay
Nov 2012
#101
Translation: "this being on the losing side of an argument really bites." I notice you in that
apocalypsehow
Nov 2012
#144
Once again: that ad mentions "debt," "spending," and "threats to sovereignty," and
apocalypsehow
Nov 2012
#143
What do you mean, "links"? Right there in #49, one of the posts we're arguing about it.
apocalypsehow
Nov 2012
#146
The notion that the NRA is anything BUT a right-wing advocacy group is so obviously ludicrous
apocalypsehow
Nov 2012
#142
Does the head of mediamatters still have an armed bodyguard accompanying him?
Eleanors38
Nov 2012
#55
Secular. MSM has been & continues to be the gun prohibitionist's pressure group.
Eleanors38
Nov 2012
#4
No surprise. The content was fine. But prohibitionists get their way on alerts. nt
Eleanors38
Nov 2012
#56
Bipolar nature of anti-RKBA folks: the NRA is too powerful vs the NRA has no power
aikoaiko
Nov 2012
#14
A lot of us held our nose on that rotten board in the platform and stepped around it.
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2012
#75
Yes, it is a major bone of contention within this party as is abortion for republicans.
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2012
#77
agreed and a lot of it (on both sides) I think, has to do with the nebulous definition of both words
Tuesday Afternoon
Nov 2012
#80
So all your crying wolf about the NRA was really much ado about nothing...
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#64
The NRA lost bigtime in 2012. Great article, and more great news to come in future
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#102
He supported more winners than losers. He supports those that support gun control.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#105
Bloomberg was the biggest supporter of Angus King among many, many others
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#107
so you are OK with him supporting canidates who coddle the criminals on Wall Street
gejohnston
Nov 2012
#108
You consider Angus King a bad person? The NRA is bad. Mike is the Equalizer.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#109
Angus King is the newly elected independent Senator from maine who will caucus with Democrats
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#111
"guns.... They are WMD's" Then Bush was right about Iraq? AK's were and are common there.
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#114
Ahem- "Saint Michael of Bloomberg" supported one notable winner in 2004: George Bush
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#115
I posted this on the OWS thread- however, 75% of it is relevant right here.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#116
What are you, Bloomie's 'advance man' for 2016? The shilling is blatant.
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#132
He is not running in 2016 is he? A woman will be our next president45. Meet Hillary Clinton.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#133
IMHO-the dems won't nominate a white male. Just fact of demographics. The base after all
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#135
Can you give me an example of a law that would violate the 2nd Amendment?
Glaug-Eldare
Nov 2012
#104
My right to peaceful assembly is ruined by your right to ruin my right to assemble peacefully.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#117
But my right to my peaceful right to assemble is ruined-ask Gabby Giffords when that extremist shot
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#119
As Katrina proved, the only riots in Katrina were the cops acting as vigillantes
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#138