NRA and Ellsworth

[photoshooter]

NRA backs Democrat in Indiana's US Senate race - chicagotribune.com

REALLY?

 

[Expat]

He has an A rating. Coats voted for the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban. You seem surprised. We Republicans really screwed the pooch in the primary. I didn't vote for him. There were too many alternative candidates that split up the vote.

 

[jesse485]

What's surprising about that? Considering his opponent, and the fact that the NRA doesn't normally back third parties, an Ellsworth endorsement isn't surprising.

 

[photoshooter]

Gotta look beyond the 2nd Amendment. He also voted to extend the Patriot act, violating the 4th and 5th amendments. He voted for the TARP bills, for the so-called stimulus, the Wall-Street Take-over bill, and the biggie - the WE OWN ALL OF YOU Health Care Confiscation bill.

 

[photoshooter]

What's surprising about that? Considering his opponent, and the fact that the NRA doesn't normally back third parties, an Ellsworth endorsement isn't surprising.

They could have stayed out - like they are in Harry Reid's race

 

[Expat]

Gotta look beyond the 2nd Amendment. He also voted to extend the Patriot act, violating the 4th and 5th amendments. He voted for the TARP bills, for the so-called stimulus, the Wall-Street Take-over bill, and the biggie - the WE OWN ALL OF YOU Health Care Confiscation bill.

We do, but the NRA ratings are based just on selected gun votes.

 

[E5RANGER375]

What's surprising about that? Considering his opponent, and the fact that the NRA doesn't normally back third parties, an Ellsworth endorsement isn't surprising.

yeah the NRA is in bed with the republicans and democrats. the NRA is as dirty as both the parties are. screw the NRA. I will wipe my butt with my lifetime membership. thats what it means to me.

coats is a dirty traitor to the United States. He broke his oath the first time. why would anyone in half their right mind give him a second chance to do it again. which im sure he will do. vote for coats and your a dummy. vote for ellsworth and your a dummy too.

 

[Expat]

yeah the NRA is in bed with the republicans and democrats. the NRA is as dirty as both the parties are. screw the NRA. I will wipe my butt with my lifetime membership. thats what it means to me.

coats is a dirty traitor to the United States. He broke his oath the first time. why would anyone in half their right mind give him a second chance to do it again. which im sure he will do. vote for coats and your a dummy. vote for ellsworth and your a dummy too.

I actually agree with you. But it leaves me where I don't know what to do. Vote for the Libertarian or some other party that will be happy to get 5%?

 

[CombatVet]

I actually agree with you. But it leaves me where I don't know what to do. Vote for the Libertarian or some other party that will be happy to get 5%?

Gotta start some where. I we don't change now, then we're going to keep going the same way we've been going for years now. It takes one person at a time.

 

[littletommy]

yeah the NRA is in bed with the republicans and democrats. the NRA is as dirty as both the parties are. screw the NRA. I will wipe my butt with my lifetime membership. thats what it means to me.

coats is a dirty traitor to the United States. He broke his oath the first time. why would anyone in half their right mind give him a second chance to do it again. which im sure he will do. vote for coats and your a dummy. vote for ellsworth and your a dummy too.

Okay, are you happy now, I gotta spread some rep around before I can get you again. Stop it! Just stop it!

 

[rambone]

The NRA might be a "one-issue" organization, and Ellsworth may not have done anything blatantly anti-2A. But an "A" rating? What has he done to help the cause??

Gun rights are not safe when we are electing collectivists like Brad Ellsworth.

This is shameful.

 

[mrjarrell]

NRA Endorsing Brad Elsworth For Senate

This makes me want to vomit. Rather than endorse a pro-2A Libertarian they decide they'd rather have a democrat. WTH?

NRA Endorses Ellsworth: NRA endorses Ellsworth for Senate - fox59.com

 

[Expat]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/the_2nd_amendment/111756-nra_and_ellsworth.html

 

[melensdad]

NRA is pragmatic. While I personally am supporting Rebecca Sink-Burris there is a reality and that is that she cannot win. NRA may see a race where there is a clearly pro-gun candidate and that candidate has very little chance of even getting 10% of the vote so they will endorse a candidate who actually can win.

Its odd that the NRA endorsed anyone in this race.

GOA ranks Dan Coats a "C" while giving Brad Ellsworth a "D" rating and Burris an "A" rating. GOA does not endorse, they simply grade candidates.

 

[infidel]

IBTL

 

[photoshooter]

They didn't endorse anyone in the Nevada US Senate race... how come we get to be the lucky ones?

 

[mrjarrell]

They didn't endorse anyone in the Nevada US Senate race... how come we get to be the lucky ones?

Nope, they sure didn't, but they did give Harry Reid almost $5000. In my mind that's an endorsement.

 

[Joe Williams]

Between him and Coats? Heck yes.

 

[Garb]

yeah the NRA is in bed with the republicans and democrats. the NRA is as dirty as both the parties are. screw the NRA. I will wipe my butt with my lifetime membership. thats what it means to me.

coats is a dirty traitor to the United States. He broke his oath the first time. why would anyone in half their right mind give him a second chance to do it again. which im sure he will do. vote for coats and your a dummy. vote for ellsworth and your a dummy too.

I'll have to give you a rep when I get some more. Well said.

 

[Joe Williams]

Gotta look beyond the 2nd Amendment. He also voted to extend the Patriot act, violating the 4th and 5th amendments. He voted for the TARP bills, for the so-called stimulus, the Wall-Street Take-over bill, and the biggie - the WE OWN ALL OF YOU Health Care Confiscation bill.

And none of those are the concern of the NRA. Only gun rights are. Surely we are educated enough to study the other issues, and make our choices, without needing a special interest group to do so for us? The NRA's endorsement is only one part of the information I'll be processing as I choose who to vote for. In this case, given the other issues, I'm not overly excited by the concept of voting for Ellsworth, but I may. The Republicans chose to put up a liberal, and I've decided that I will actively work to defeat any Republican candidate that is not a conservative until the party gets the hint that by turning their back on their base, and chasing moderate voters, they will not get their candidates elected. I'm unlikely to vote Libertarian, I find them no better than the far left, so that limits my field of choices.