Posted on 03/07/2013 1:55:45 PM PST by matt04
A U.S. Senator for Connecticut is asked NASCAR to "reverse its decision to name" one of its races after the National Rifle Association.
Earlier this week, the NRA signed a one-year agreement to be the title sponsor for the April 13 race at the Texas Motor Speedway.
"The NRA has been involved in the sport for several years and a partner of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. for many years in various aspects, and this race entitlement is just another extension of that business relationship," said Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage. "We look forward to another successful partnership with the NRA for our April race week of activities."
The decision to sign the contract is the Texas Motor Speedway's and not NASCAR's.
"As you may or may not know, race sponsor entitlement partnerships are agreements directly between the track and the sponsor," NASCAR told Eyewitness News Thursday.
The race, which will be called the NRA 500, is part of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The NRA 500 is first prime-time Saturday evening race of the 2013 season, according to Texas Motor Speedway officials.
"The NRA 500 is the latest announcement in the long history of a growing partnership between the NRA, Speedway Motorsports and the NASCAR community," said NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre. "NRA members and NASCAR fans love their country and everything that is good and right about America."
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, who has been outspoken on gun control and against the NRA, urged NASCAR to change its decision.
"They should stay out of political debate about gun violence," the senator tweeted Thursday.
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During an interview with Eyewitness News, Murphy called the decision to rename the race "irresponsible during the most important debate over gun control in a generation."
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There's that pesky first amendment thingie again.
Anybody who disagrees with the crook should stay out of the debate.
f***king typical lib. I think i can speak for both TX and NASCAR when I tell Murphy to go **** ******* *** *** ***** ** **** ** **!
Chris Murphy should stay out of the political debate and listen to his constituents.
Hey Yankee! Don’t mess with Texas!
Refresh my memory but didn’t NASCAR finally bend to a lot of political pressure to drop the name Winston Cup? This certainly isn’t the first time that liberals have had NASCAR in their sights (deliberate gun analogy).
the rat’s a moron...Bells will ring
Ting-a-ling-a-ling
Ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you’ll sing “Vita bella”
Vita bell-vitabella
Hearts will play
Tippi-tippi-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
Lucky fella
Maybe this Rat should have his own race.
Call it the Commie Blast 100.
Only allow Government Motors Chevy Volts to run.
It would be great, Instead of taking wages on who would win, wagering would be on who explodes first.
My memory of this tells me NASCAR dropped the Winston Cup name because the Feds banned most cigarette advertising.
Let’s find out where he lives...both in CT *and* DC...and publish those addresses with the announcement that he doesn’t own any firearms,being philosophically opposed to guns.Let’s see how long it takes for one Or both) of his places being broken into.
If the alternate selection is the “Connecticut Sucks 500” then I’m all for the name change.
All he has to do is find out what the NRA is paying NASCAR, and offer more.
But that’ll never happen because Democrats only know how the spend other people’s money, not their own.
Jerk.
sent him a note...
Happy to see you find the 1st amendment as interrupted by the US Supreme court in(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama
“Immunity from state scrutiny of petitioner’s membership lists is here so related to the right of petitioner’s members to pursue their lawful private interests privately and to associate freely with others in doing so as to come within the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment” and, further, that freedom to associate with organizations dedicated to the “advancement of beliefs and ideas” is an inseparable part of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment”
as out of date and useless as the 2nd Amendment. Good job. Keep up the good work!
The should rename it, “The U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is an A-hole 500”
How about the “Eric Holder traffics guns to Mexican cartels 500.” Practically rolls off the tongue. Well it is better than the “Pork, the Other White Meat 500.”
If the alternate selection is the “Connecticut Sucks 500” then I’m all for the name change.
Maybe they’d be happier with the Fast and Furious Gun Runner 500. Eric Holder can start the race.
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