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mgc1961 (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:17 PM Original message |
NRA: It's good to live like a king |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They also fought the election of Obama tooth and nail. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Which is ?- and how many of your guns has Obama grabbed |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Well, there are the m-1 rifles... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. If Congress passed new, restrictive gun laws... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. and barely a one trick pony. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The only time Americans have been forcibly disarmed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The NO police chief hired by the Democratic mayor, at that. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Back up there peaches |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. It depends on what you consider to constitute "forcibly" |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. John Kasich's record made Obama's look |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The NRA politician ratings are falling from use |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Now that IS a right wing |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Nope |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. The NRA did endorse Strickland, you might remember |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. But they endorsed Democrats in the last election. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. And they gave ~$530,000 to Democratic candidates in 2010.. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yes. This room's undying love for Blue Dogs is well known. And they're... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Like our minority leader? *snort* n/t |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. You mean MAJORITY Leader Reid? They didn't endorse him when teabaggers started complaining. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yet they sent him $4,950, unlike his (R) competitor. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. When Democrats run on right wing issues like guns, they LOSE |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. I ALWAYS , and I mean ALWAYS say.... " I hunt " right before I say " but" |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
70. Was it the "friend" part ? |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
57. Typical distortion. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Would a 'right wing' organization spend $530k on the competition? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. You may have noticed that President Obama.... |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Just like Pharma and Insurance "helped" write new Medicare. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Good for you but I donate to the NRA, what are you going to do about that? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. That .38 special that the NRA stopped from being banned ... |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. If more gun owners today were like you -- .38 Special -- there really wouldn't be a problem. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. How does it hurt you that I have a .45 as well as a .38? N/T |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. How is my AR-15 a problem? |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Uh, mostly because it's not MINE! |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Ha! Good answer! You're welcome to borrow it if you're ever in the area. n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Cheap low capacity "saturday night specials" account for a good portion of gun crime. |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
52. Quit trying to ban those items, and they will be coveted less |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. I might also carry a firearm with a hi-cap magazine ... |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. I carry full sized |
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TPaine7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. Minor quibble: Glock 26 = 9mm, Glock 27 = .40 caliber. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
62. What about gun owners with so-called 'deer rifles'? They're actually sniper rifles. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. What a load. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They do a good job of training and safety |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. All the NRA members that I know join to protect gun rights. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. From a pro NRA web site |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. That 93% don't vote does NOT mean that they only joined for the |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. It could indicate that all of those |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Calling the Knox Update "pro-NRA" requires clarification |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Great point. Knox took on NRA leadersip several times |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. The NRA does represent its members. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Don't expect Cliff Schecter to get anything right re guns.. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Looks like teabaggers are the biggest voters |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. In preserving the RKBA one takes one's allies where one can find them. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Prostitutes will take money |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. Birch Bayh and "Saturday Night Specials" |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Hehe, look up one post :) n/t |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Sour grapes. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. The gun manufacturers are in cahoot with the military industrial complex just |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. No, that would be the NSSF and SAAMI |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I read that book. It is very informative. N/T |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Wow! Nice consipracy theory. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. And it would be impossible for populist organizations to be taken over by the agenda of big business |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. In this case, the NRA *is* the business in question |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Geez, buy a new roll of tinfoil - OK? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. The conservatives figured out at the time of disrali that if they got the little people |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I'm sure there's a point in there somewhere - but at least spell Disraeli correctly |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. I love such threads. It attracts posts with such incredible ignorance bordering on pure stupidity. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
64. "Gun Guys [...] found that LaPierre's [salary] was the equivalent of 35,000 NRA membership renewals" |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. BTW. Gun Guys are kaput- they quit updating their site last year. |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Well, there's a surprise - another "reasonable" challenger to the NRA in the crapper |
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