Talking about our gun rights, "HANGING BY A THREAD!" And this election season. And some politicians to watch.....................


Minnesota

Since his election six years ago, Norm Coleman, R, has been a marked man. His political opponents hope to end his tenure in the Senate and have chosen the controversial comedian turned radio talk show host Al Franken, D, as his challenger. With his Hollywood politics and New York state of mind, Franken is certainly a foe of gun owners. His radical viewpoints and his outspoken personality would make him a bigger foe if he were allowed to take a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Norm Coleman has an excellent pro-gun voting record and is a friend gun owners can count on because he believes in the fundamental Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Minnesota gun owners must take action now to preserve a valuable pro-gun voice in the Senate.

There are about 12 other politicians discussed in the article too!
Link:
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Articles/R ... &issue=047

The NRA noticed Minnesota? Must be a fluke.

They focus their energy on elections they can influence. Hard to fault them for that.

I thought all politicians believed what the polls tell them to believe?

You would think they wouldn't need to influence anyone NOT to vote for the bad comedian-turned elitist Al Franken. Its nice there at least paying attention.

I love the new Franken ad running on the radio. "Keep working for us, keep fighting..."

Uh huh, you've done so much work for us already. Oh wait, you don't hold public office now? Well, let that not stand in the way of making claims on the radio.

I can't imagine that ANYONE thinks that clown holding an important public office is a good idea, but I guess the same 45% of the people that will be voting for Obama can vote for a liberal elitist at the state level.

You forget you’re in Minnesota. Anything is possible in politics here. I love his other add where he claims Norm is renting a home from a “Washington Insider”. What the hell is a “Washington Insider” and why are they saying it like it’s a dirty word? What crap! But hey, stay tuned for more.

KSTP's political anylist said Franken can't be counted out. And with Barkley takin votes from Coleman, he could actually pull this out of his arse..........

God I hope not!

One of Frankin's folks say he's up 6 pts., as of today it's 45-45.

There is no reason to believe he wants our guns; they just say that because he's generally a liberal Dem. Actually, he plans to stay a mile away from the subject. And so does Norm, unfortunaterly. Neither will do anything positive for gunnies.

Anyway, I wouldn't vote for Norm on the difference in guns. He's too supportive of the Bush administration, who accepted gunnie support and did nothing. The NRA is overloaded with Republicans, instead of gunnies, I think.

If we want to win we have to recruit Dems, this kind of non-think stuff from the NRA just hurts the cause.

One problem with electing Democrats - even strong pro-gun Democrats - is that the majority party gets leadership of the important committees. This is where legislation begins and ends. Without committee "ownership" you, as a party, are screwed.

Just because an individual is pro-gun, you still have to consider his party as a whole. Look, for example, at Collin Peterson; he's a damn good guy but still gives leverage to the Democrats as a whole. He doesn't vote along party lines, even, but still adds weight to the party.

jb

Well, sure. but the Dems are going to be the majority for awhile, and we've got to learn to work with them. The BEST we can hope for is that Congress soes not "do" guns for awhile.

But having the NRA act like a Republican Party puppet just invites Democratic attack. IMHO

Of course, on most other current non-gun issues, I don't agree with the Republicans, so I'm biased too. But I wouldn't try to misrepresent the Reps, as the NRA does with Dems.

Yippee. So taking away our gun rights is not his top priority. When Pelosi proposes it, though, will he vote against it? Norm will. That's the difference.

No question, Norm would better better for guns than Al. But, the NRA does not say that. Instead, it says (basically) that Al is scheming to take our guns. That's probably not true, and the NRA knows it.

But, Al might be elected. If not, it will still be a good year for the Democrats. So, if Nancy does propose gun legislation, (I think they will do an "assault weapon" "assault) it will be easy to marginalize the NRA as just more typical Republican fear mongering. I wonder if the NRA even writes their own stuff anymore.

If our gun rights depend on a Republican majority, we are going to be screwed. The Dems will do gun control just to get even with the Reps.

We're going to send the NRA to lobby Frankin? After they intentionally lied about him? The NRA is not a professional organization anymore IMAO.

Well, I'll vote for Dean Barkley before Frankin any day. I hear most of Hollyweird is waiting to see if Minnesota will be the laughing stock of America by electing that clown.............

Did you actually read the entire article posted at the link? Here are a few excerpts that make me believe you didn't.







Hmmm, what's up with the Democrats listed in there as being supported by the NRA? Maybe they aren't as in lock-step with the Republican party as you think.