Reply #89: Who cares about inside their own minds? What matters is how it affects their public standing

[anigbrowl]

in this case, the guy has done his 'cause' no good at all, regardless of whether he thinks it was a success. I entirely agree that the guy is a jackass, but it seems to me that the while the guy may have been hoping to look like a 2nd amendment freedom fighter/martyr by getting arrested or igniting a firestorm (and lets face it, there are plenty of protestors who treat arrests like scout badges, all over the political spectrum), his appearance on Matthews showed him for what he is; a self-indulgent grandstander with no coherent agenda.

Consider that he's not getting any heroic coverage (or indeed any coverage) on FR and places like that today.