The Republican Party has nothing to do with this.
My first reply to you was Until they learn that endorsing ANY Democrat at ANY level is wrong, they will not get another dime from me.
I didn’t write that I expected the NRA to endorse all Republicans, but that they should never endorse a Democrat. There are plenty of bad Republicans, but there are no good Democrats. When push comes to shove, they will follow Nancy and Harry.
When I started to write this reply, I intended to try to explain to you why electing any Democrat is dangerous. Then I read your Free Republic homepage, and decided to quote you. The italics below are your own words:
The Democratic party has secured absolute power in America now. They will use their new power to entrench themselves in their seats of power. Their policies will ensure that their committee chairs and majority positions are safe forever...
This is the party that sees baby killing and sodomy as constitutional rights but does not consider the right to keep and bear arms as such…
This is the party that extols the virtues of marxists likes Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and Che Guevara yet openly calls men like Ariel Sharon and George Bush criminals and worse...
…the longer these ticks have to dig in, the harder they will be to dig out...
And yet, you have no problem with the NRA endorsing some of these “ticks”, as long as they’re “pro-gun ticks”.
I’m not an infiltrator trying to undermine the second amendment by driving some BS wedge issue into the minds of conservatives.The infiltrators are those willing to elect Democrats, the mortal enemies of conservatives, on the basis of a pro-gun claim or record. The Rat can be elected as a “pro-gun moderate”, but in reality that might just mean he is a little to the right of Stalin.
I don’t know who you are… I’m a Life Member of the NRA, and in the last 30+ years have contributed a fair amount to NRA-ILA, NRA-PVF, Second Amendment Task Force, Golden Eagles and others. But that was then, and this is now. I will contribute to no organization, no matter what they stand for, if in any way they help elect a Democrat. My money, my rules.
As for Republicans, to get back to where we started this, I see them as little more than “Democrat Light”. The country is in deep trouble.
The NRA endorsed Ted Strickland (D) over John Kasich (R) in the 2010 Ohio election because Kasich supported the AWB and Strickland didn’t. Strickland had an A+ rating and Kasich had a B-. Everyone knew that Strickland was going to lose anyways so ikt didn’t matter in the least that the NRA endorsed the candidate with the better rating (as they should). I wasn’t even a little bit upset that the NRA endorsed Strickland because I knew it didn’t matter. At the same time, I would be highly skeptical of any organization that purports to represent the second amendment and then endorses political candidates based on their political affiliation as opposed to their second amendment voting record. that just doesn’t make sense.
What really sucked in that Ohio election is that Mike Dewine (Rino) got elected as Ohio AG thanks to the wave. I didn’t vote for him because he has an NRA F rating. I didn’t vote for Strickland either though despite his A+ so I supported both the second amendment and the conservative movement by being aware of who stood where on the issues thanks, in large part, to the integrity of the NRA.
Elections are complicated especially when you’re voting on the issues instead of the party.