Obama Goes After Gun Owners In New Ad
Ben Smith points us to a new spot from the Obama campaign, "Life," that was not sent out to the press. It features a lifetime National Rifle Association member who supports the Democratic nominee. The spot has been seen in Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
"I'm a life member of the NRA," Greg West says in the spot. "I hunt, I fish, I love the outdoors. I love this country, and I support Barack Obama."
An announcer then seeks to reassure skeptics.
"Barack Obama supports gun rights," he says. "Our right to defend ourselves. The second amendment. That's the truth."
The NRA has been highly critical of Obama in its advertising and rhetoric, suggesting he would be ""the most anti-gun president in American history." The Democratic nominee has repeatedly said that would not be the case, stating that any claim that he would take away peoples' guns is "just not true."
“Barack Obama is running TV ads about guns without telling the national media because he knows they would never pass a credible fact check," RNC spokesman Alex Conant said in a statement. "Obama is the most anti-gun candidate for President in American history. He consistently worked to undermine Second Amendment rights, which is why respected pro-gun groups are harshly critical of him.”
UPDATE: The NRA today announced that it is expanding its multi-million dollar anti-Obama ad campaign. National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund ads began airing today Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Michigan. They were already airing in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Colorado.
"The media spots feature a variety of people from all walks of life, including war veterans, hunters, families and former law enforcement officers criticizing the many anti-gun and anti-hunter votes cast by Obama as a state and as a U.S. Senator," the organization said in a press release.
Watch one spot below.
"I'm a life member of the NRA," Greg West says in the spot. "I hunt, I fish, I love the outdoors. I love this country, and I support Barack Obama."
An announcer then seeks to reassure skeptics.
"Barack Obama supports gun rights," he says. "Our right to defend ourselves. The second amendment. That's the truth."
The NRA has been highly critical of Obama in its advertising and rhetoric, suggesting he would be ""the most anti-gun president in American history." The Democratic nominee has repeatedly said that would not be the case, stating that any claim that he would take away peoples' guns is "just not true."
“Barack Obama is running TV ads about guns without telling the national media because he knows they would never pass a credible fact check," RNC spokesman Alex Conant said in a statement. "Obama is the most anti-gun candidate for President in American history. He consistently worked to undermine Second Amendment rights, which is why respected pro-gun groups are harshly critical of him.”
UPDATE: The NRA today announced that it is expanding its multi-million dollar anti-Obama ad campaign. National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund ads began airing today Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Michigan. They were already airing in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Colorado.
"The media spots feature a variety of people from all walks of life, including war veterans, hunters, families and former law enforcement officers criticizing the many anti-gun and anti-hunter votes cast by Obama as a state and as a U.S. Senator," the organization said in a press release.
Watch one spot below.
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http://www.volokh.com/posts/1222201928.shtml
No, people want to blame the current administration for the economic problems this country has, when in fact JUST A LITTLE connecting the dots shows clearly that the financial institutions were pressed by the CLINTON administration to lend to people who were not credit worthy. Remember a time no too long ago when it was termed "the substandard mortgage crisis"? Just how much evidence does a thinking human being need? Or am I addressing the wrong crowd here? Is it enough that someone can read a script from a teleprompter and suddenly he is capable to serve as the chief executive? For the love of GOD wake up America. Our country is in peril, and the last thing we need is a terrorist-apologist in the white house.
"I got a message for ya but because this is a family TV show...You have to figure it out. Its in there. Its camouflaged, can you see it? Pick one!"
Pry it from my hand!
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-and-the-attempt-to-destroy-the-second-amendment/
The McCain/Palin lies continue.
There''s two kinds of folks who ain''t NRA members ... those who lie about gun-control, and how they don''t want to take anyone''s guns away ... and those who believe them.
The Supreme Court D.C. vs. Heller decision was 5-4. One vote away from millions of Americans losing their right to own guns. As it is, the decision hasn''t really done anything to give BACK those rights to the folks who have already lost them.
For 10yr from 1994 - 2004, any law-abiding U.S. citizen couldn''t purchase a pistol-magazine which held more than 10rd ... signed into law by Bill Clinton ... allowed to terminate, under Bush.
On the campaign trail, Obama has ridiculed rural America''s devotion to "religion and guns".
After the NRA gave control over the Senate, Congress, and the White House back to the Republicans, there''s almost no Democrat with an IQ over 65 willing to admit he wants to FURTHER regulate firearms.
And now the field has changed ... they don''t have to. All they have to do is appoint a couple Supreme Court justices.
The NRA supports Democrats as well as Republicans ... anyone, who''s a friend of the 2nd Amendment. If they''re saying Obama is the worst enemy of the 2nd Amendment, ever ... he''s certainly no friend.
These are facts.
Anyone who chooses to believe otherwise, deserves to lose their Constitutional rights. Unfortunately, at the cost of everyone else''s.
Now we''ll see if CBS at least supports the 1st Amendment.
I''m a LOT more concerned about the Republicans who want to:
- eliminate my right to privacy
- eliminate my right to due process
- eliminate my right to demand a warrant before the government can intrude into my life
- reduce my right to speak freely without being labeled a "terrorist"
- restrict my right to assemble, protest, and petition the government without the Secret Service having me arrested,
I''m concerned about the precarious medical insurance I have, that could be taken away by a greedy insurance company at any moment- leaving me and my family bankrupt from medical bills.
I''m concerned about the militarism that has taken over the Republican party- a policy of placing our troops in harms way around the world for a "policy" of spreading democracy at the point of a gun while ignoring the real terrorist threats in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I''m concerned about a "HANDS OFF" economic ideology that is enriching the already rich and leaving average folks behind.
I do not believe Obama can or would "take away my guns". The NRA is a narrow one-issue group that would throw away everything else in the altar of some kind of "PURITY". f''em.
Remember you''re talking about Republicans here. They''re not limited by a reality-based view of the world. In their world "belief" is all that matters.
- by oldguy4truth October 6, 2008 4:32 PM EDT
- NRA.... My definition of total paranoia. Wow, what a crazy bunch. I love to hunt ,and do so religiously with a bow... not an AK47, though I have many guns, I feel I am responcible for them. That is wher you guys lost me.
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