The fact remains that today many more Democratic candidates have high ratings from the NRA than was true in the mid-1990s. Fox News is often biased in its news reporting, but that only makes it more interesting that they decided to publish this article. The article points out the fact that the NRA is not a wing of the Republican Party, but instead is a single issue organization. That issues is, of course, RKBA.
The NRA has taken a lot of heat from conservatives as they showed more support for Democrats.
NRA takes flak for ties with left The National Rifle Association has taken heat for not officially opposing Eric Holder’s nomination; for considering an endorsement of Sen. Harry Reid; and for failing to vigorously oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. AP photo composite by POLITICO
The National Rifle Association, the powerful lobbying group that has been a longtime nemesis of liberals, is facing mounting criticism from influential allies on the right and even from its own board over a series of recent moves they say are selfish, short-sighted and ultimately harmful to the conservative movement.
Critics cite a list of transgressions, from considering an endorsement of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), to endorsing moderate Republicans — and even Democrats — rather than their more-conservative challengers, to taking a cautious approach to Second Amendment court cases and President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees.
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Republican congressional leaders have privately conveyed their unhappiness to NRA officials, but online conservative activists linked to the tea party movement have been vociferous in their criticism.“The NRA is all about the NRA — helping their organization and not necessarily the cause,” said influential conservative blogger Erick Erickson, who has repeatedly taken to his blog RedState in recent weeks to urge conservatives to turn their backs on the NRA.
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Chris Cox, the NRA’s chief lobbyist, said the criticism ignores the reason the NRA is such a powerful brand: that it focuses on its core mission of advancing gun owners’ rights, rather than on trying to advance the goals of the conservative movement, writ large.
“We are part of the conservative movement, but the Second Amendment is unique because it transcends politics; it transcends race, gender, socioeconomic and certainly partisan lines,” he said. “I may have strong personal views on a lot of things — whether it’s health care, immigration, the bank bailouts, taking over car companies, all those things — but that’s not my job. My job and my fiduciary responsibility is to get up every day and protect the Second Amendment.”Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39591.html#ixzz0uvBiYicjemphasis added It may drive people who support draconian gun law crazy, but the NRA might be able to make a difference in close elections and elect pro-RKBA candidates from the Democratic Party to office. That would be good for gun owners and for our nation.