CALCULUS: The NRA Spent Thousands to Get Bernie Elected — Then He Voted With Them

[workinclasszero]

CALCULUS: The NRA Spent Thousands to Get Bernie Elected — Then He Voted With Them
By Susan Madrak
April 10, 2016

For the entire 2016 election, voters have been subjected to an insistent narrative that Bernie Sanders is a model of progressive purity while Hillary Clinton is an unprincipled, calculating politician in the pocket of special interests. We strongly reject that false frame and have repeatedly argued that all politicians make difficult choices, some good, some not so good. Bernie isn’t exempt from that reality.

Bernie’s history on guns is hardly the model of progressive purity. During a recent Morning Joe appearance, he was defensive when asked to comment on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s assessment that on gun manufacturer immunity, Bernie made “a political decision on a moral issue.”

http://bluenationreview.com/nra-spent-thousands-to-get-bernie-elected/

[jillan]

1. I want a LINK to where the NRA spent 1000s on Bernie. Or else take this blatant lie down.

[riversedge]

5. The exact amount is not the issue. The NRA helped get Bernie elected. Simple as that.

[jillan]

7. WHERE IS THE LINK? Yes I am yelling. I want you to prove it.

[riversedge]

12. Did you know the NRA loves Sanders YES on immunity stance? Here is the NRA tweet...

And I do not have to prove anything (contact the author of the article) --so demand away......

NRA Verified account
‏@NRA

Sen. Sanders was spot-on in his comments about gun manufacturer liability/PLCAA http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/sanders-what-youre-really-talking-about-ending-gun-manufacturing-america-I … #DemDebate

[jack_krass]

36. Not eveything the NRA stands for is wrong

Gun manufacturing should *NOT* end in America

[imagine2015]

26. Right. They thought giving him a D- rating would help Bernie win a lot of votes from NRA members.

Get anti-Bernie people are really getting drastic and are throwing all logic out the windoe!

[riversedge]

37. You need to read the OP carefully--pay close attention to time period.

[workinclasszero]

10. The NRA LOVES Bernies views on guns!

https://twitter.com/NRA/status/706859878703177728

Sen. Sanders was spot-on in his comments about gun manufacturer liability/PLCAA http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ …#DemDebate

[jillan]

11. I want a LINK to where the NRA spent 1000s on Bernie.

[riversedge]

15. Your post reminds me of lyrics-RollingStone--'you can't always get what you want'

[jillan]

19. And your post reminds me of Meghan Trainor's "Your Lips are Moving."

[imagine2015]

27. I agree with Bernie. Do you favor making gun ownership illegal for civilians? I don't.

And Bernie doesn't.

He supports the constitution.

Do you?

[HooptieWagon]

2. Blue Nation Review?

Why don't we discuss the millions the Saudis have to Hillary in exchange for approving their huge arms deal.

[jillan]

4. If you go to BNR there is no link to back up this claim. This is slanderous.

I am sick of the lies.

[Hiraeth]

30. ^this^

[AgingAmerican]

3. lol

[grntuscarora]

6. Went to the link. Read the article. NRA did NOT spend thousands on Bernie.

Clickbait title.

Yeesh.

[jillan]

8. But but it's on the internets! It must be true!

[merrily]

9. What bs! The NRA was pissed off at the Republican running against Bernie

and did a mailing for a drop in the bucket as far as budgets go. There is no evidence the mailing got Bernie elected. The NRA never spent another dime on Bernie and consistently gave him an F rating until a couple of years ago, when it went to D-. By contrast, Governors Dean and Shumlin, both of whom endorsed Hillary had A ratings.

The dishonestly of this kind crap is disgraceful.

[workinclasszero]

13. You wish....the NRA loves Bernie!

https://twitter.com/NRA/status/706859878703177728

[merrily]

17. Twitter is your source? LMAO. Disprove ONE thing in my post. ONE.

[merrily]

21. Still waiting for you to disprove ONE thing in my Reply 9, which you claimed was wishful thinking.

[basselope]

14. What's "wrong" with his views on guns?

Still can't figure this one out exactly.

[merrily]

23. He hasn't done a 180, as Hillary is pretending to have done--until she feels a need to evolve again.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/4/1427635/-Hillary-Clinton-s-2008-position-on-gun-control-wasn-t-what-it-is-now

[LondonReign2]

16. Like Republicans, the Hillaryites are proud of how much they lie

And like Republicans, you have no shame about it.

Did I say "like" Republicans? Well strike the "like" part.

[jmg257]

18. "Bernie’s history on guns is hardly the model of progressive purity."

Good. Being from up-state NY, an NRA rating of D- isn't exactly gonna go over too well.

[merrily]

22. Goes over great in rural Vermont!

[Armstead]

20. Comparisons are odious

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-nra-lobbyist_us_56d5e214e4b03260bf784001

Hillary Clinton’s campaign will hold a fundraiser in Washington on March 21 that will feature as one of its hosts Jeff Forbes, who until the end of last year worked as a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.

Forbes, a former chief of staff to former Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), was registered as a lobbyist for the NRA Institute from 2009 until the end of 2015 on issues such as protecting Second Amendment rights, and regulation and gun control, according to lobbying disclosures. He donated $2,700 to the Clinton campaign in April when he was still registered to lobby against gun control. In addition, a colleague at his Forbes-Tate lobbying shop, Elizabeth Greer, also donated $2,700 while registered to lobby for the NRA.

The donation, and Forbes’ hosting of the upcoming fundraiser, may complicate a central part of Clinton’s current broadside against her opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

[merrily]

24. Thanks! See also the link at Reply 23 and sources cited there.

The thread opening post is such dishonest crap, it's disgraceful

[Vinca]

25. That's why they rate him D-. These posts are so pathetic.

Anyone with a passing knowledge of law knows you won't get anywhere suing a legal manufacturer for a legal product that was legally sold. It doesn't really matter whether that law was passed or not.

[imagine2015]

28. If I choke on a chicken bone can I sue the chicken farmer?

This is silly land with supporters of Hillary Clinton, the former Senator from Wall Street.

[Eleanors38]

29. More Gunneria from Bluenitions.

[Hiraeth]

31. lol

*groan*

[Live and Learn]

32. The Military & Prison Industrial Complexes spent thousands to get Clinton elected - Money well spent

[Orsino]

33. Was about time this bullshit showed up again. n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

34. How many thousands? Link or slink. n/t

[chascarrillo]

35. Is this slander or libel? I always gets those two words confused. -nt-

[riversedge]

38. You must confuse easily. Besides the truth of the OP is neither.

[Ken Burch]

39. A "D-minus" rating isn't "voting for them".

It's simple...if he had been totally anti-gun he would never have been elected to the House or the Senate from Vermont. And nobody else would ever have been elected on a totally anti-gun platform in that state, either.

He voted against the NRA on every issue other than corporate liability. That one issue is not more important than everything else.
And it would never have prevented Sandy Hook.