NRA Considering Endorsement of Harry Reid
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 10:55AM This from Redstate:
The NRA is now openly floating, or at least allowing to be floated, its endorsement of Harry Reid, a man who voted for the Brady Gun Bill. In a New York Times puff piece on the NRAthat largely gives the NRA credit for things it tried to undermine (more on that later), there is this:
A point of contention on both the left and the right is the N.R.A.’s close working relationship with Mr. Reid, the Senate leader who helped get a number of pro-gun rights measures included in broader bills.
That relationship has led some gun rights supporters to lobby against the idea that the N.R.A. might endorse Mr. Reid in his tough re-election campaign this November in Nevada.
The N.R.A. is not tamping down speculation.
The NRA’s lobbyist, Chris Cox, claims that Chuck Schumer would be Majority Leader were Harry Reid gone (note the NRA’s implicit expectation of a Democratic Senate majority). But here’s the thing — Chuck Schumer could not get anti-gun legislation through the Senate and what’s more, Schumer, when head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, recognized the damage to the Democrats being anti-gun was having. Many of the Democrats in the Senate the NRA loves were people supported by Chuck Schumer.
So they have gone from denying they would endorse Harry Reid to “not tamping down speculation.”
Like me, I'm sure you stand steadfastly against this. Please call the NRA at 800-392-8683, press #3 and ask to talk to a representative. Let them know you don't want the NRA to endorse Harry Reid.
This is vitally important, so please take a few minutes and make the call. Thanks to Cowboy Dave for passing this along.
Reader Comments (2)
While gun rights might be an important battle for many FL Pundit devotees, the bigger war is more important. Under no circumstances can red-blooded, God-fearing patriots support Harry Reid or Chuck Schumer for any public office including dog catcher or sanitation department.
It could not surprise anyone to know that Harry the Toad would not know anymore about
guns then he does about the people in his district, so why in the name of humanity would
the NRA want to endorse this sham of a human being Harry Reid....
The NRA is beginning to look like AARP, must be more in it then whats on the surface for
i can't see what benefit there is to gain on this one....