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7. I thought that too until I watched the press conference later after it aired...

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 12:43 AM

Dec 2012

and I gotta say, it wasn't just the craziness LaPierre was actually saying, but the way he was saying it.

I think an awful lot of Americans, even folks who were NRA supporters feel that he was really over the top; angry, judgmental, defensive.

Those same supporters are the ones that have to do the voting to keep the Congress in office and this performance may very well be difficult to shine up come election time...I'm not sure that proudly boasting of being an NRA supporter will be a great move.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if LaPierre was looking for a new job soon.

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Some Republicans Think the NRA Has Jumped the Shark [View all] brooklynite Dec 2012 OP

Gee, ya think? NICO9000 Dec 2012 #1

Is it time to throw old Wayne under the bus? pscot Dec 2012 #2

The man is obviously suffers from severe senility. AAO Dec 2012 #18

Lead poisoning from handling all those bullets. nt valerief Dec 2012 #25

Under the bus, back up and do donuts on his miserable carcass! LongTomH Dec 2012 #27

I hope this is the beginning of their demise BainsBane Dec 2012 #3

He got his DR. to state he had a nervous condition. eom EmeraldCityGrl Dec 2012 #10

Then let us place his name at the very top of his Marie Marie Dec 2012 #11

Wouldn't he then ban guns from himself? BainsBane Dec 2012 #12

So nervous that he's only calm when sitting on a stack of AR-15s . . . hatrack Dec 2012 #20

NEWSFLASH, REPUBLICANS Skittles Dec 2012 #4

+10000000000000 jillan Dec 2012 #5

+ 1,00000000000000 Berlum Dec 2012 #19

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000! calimary Dec 2012 #34

Republican "staffers" jimlup Dec 2012 #6

I thought that too until I watched the press conference later after it aired... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #7

Like his very job was hanging in the balance.. how dare Cha Dec 2012 #14

I was thinking of another word... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #16

if the NRA is truly on the ropes oldhippydude Dec 2012 #8

"Fast and Furious" ended in January 2011, about 2 years ago! George II Dec 2012 #22

Some? Just some? (nt) Control-Z Dec 2012 #9

Well, yes. The rest can't read and just watch Fox. Or live under rocks and know nothing about this Squinch Dec 2012 #30

They insulted the sweet Cha Dec 2012 #13

They brought megalodon back from the dead because there wasn't enough shark to jump here. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #15

How many days will that last for? davidpdx Dec 2012 #17

So who will be the new disguised KKK group? nt valerief Dec 2012 #21

I knew from the title that there would be no actual Republican on record saying any such thing. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #23

Staffers are someimes used to gauge how a message is received by both friend and foe alike. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #28

Wow, really? Do tell! Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #35

Staffer crap means nothing, don't even mention which staffs. julian09 Dec 2012 #29

I'm sure Wayne's replacement will be way better rucky Dec 2012 #24

Well, this happened just weeks after an election. hughee99 Dec 2012 #26

by not allowing guns at this event, the nra does not support the 2nd amendment. samsingh Dec 2012 #31

The Republican Party IS the shark. nt valerief Dec 2012 #32

"wherein the NRA would train armed school personnel and volunteers" FOR FREE? angstlessk Dec 2012 #33

They *think* he's jumped the shark?! Cherchez la Femme Dec 2012 #36

and just what is the nineteen50 Dec 2012 #37

NRA Steele1762 Dec 2012 #38

That's one way to put it. spicegal Dec 2012 #39

How can you tell someone else has Jumped the Shark when you've done the same? undeterred Dec 2012 #40

The NRA is not radical enough for the RW, GOA is Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #41

Jump the shark. jqanderson1 Dec 2012 #42

Some of those Republicans need to help their NRA Fascists understand the rational difference patrice Dec 2012 #43

"Fascists" Crackinrocket Dec 2012 #44

The objective of all forms of fascism is to acquire power, for power's sake alone. Does this not patrice Dec 2012 #45

Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology. Crackinrocket Dec 2012 #46

That would depend upon their purposes for power, how they use it, exclusively or inclusively, for patrice Dec 2012 #48

The purpose of which "authoritarian political ideology" is unity & how else is unity acquired except patrice Dec 2012 #49

Q. What is the purpose of "authority"? A. Power. patrice Dec 2012 #50

Whether the description of Fascism is from the Right or from the Left, the common trait between both patrice Dec 2012 #47

Obama and the democrats should go for the throat on this one BanTheGOP Dec 2012 #51

Excellent AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #52