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White House slams NRA ad using Obama daughters to criticize new gun laws
yahoo ^ | 1/16/2013 | By Olivier Knox

Posted on 01/16/2013 3:50:33 PM PST by tobyhill

The White House on Wednesday blasted a web ad released by the National Rifle Association using President Barack Obama’s daughters to criticize the president on gun control as “repugnant and cowardly."

The NRA released the ad Tuesday, a day before Obama announced a package of proposals aimed at curbing gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., last month.

In strikingly personal terms, the ad calls Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for allowing Secret Service protection for daughters even as he calls for tighter gun laws.

"Why is [Obama] skeptical about putting armed security in schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?" the ad asks.

As the president's children, Malia and Sasha Obama are entitled to Secret Service protection. Obama has never said he opposes more armed security guards at school, which the NRA recommended in the wake of the Newtown massacre. But the president has said such a step is not sufficient in curbing gun danger.

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KEYWORDS: ads; bho44; guncontrol; nra; obamafamily; secondamendment
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To: dandiegirl

Up Chuckie Schumer has himself covered.

http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=10104


41 posted on 01/16/2013 5:00:42 PM PST by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: tobyhill

I am sure Sidwell has always had armed security around the school, even when a POTUS child is not enrolled. There are a lot of very wealthy elite future liberals getting their education. Additionally, most private schools allow personal armed body guards paid for by parents who feel their children could be ransom targets etc.


42 posted on 01/16/2013 5:01:34 PM PST by Toespi
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To: tobyhill

Has anyone ever actually heard the White House talk?


43 posted on 01/16/2013 5:06:26 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (HealthCare IS NOT a right. The RIGHT to keep and bear arms is.)
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To: KittenClaws

“Is it just my age (56), or is that red dress inappropriate for the age of the child and the occasion?”

It’s your age. At least it’s not thigh-high, not slit, and no cleavage is showing (also longing for times and people that were better /sarc).


44 posted on 01/16/2013 5:12:38 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: TexasCajun

Nice diversity photo-op; do the honkies’ parents know what Obama thinks of their kids?


45 posted on 01/16/2013 5:43:28 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: TurboZamboni

They should use this and any other they can find!

http://pithocrates.com/2013/01/13/a-15-year-old-boy-saves-his-12-year-old-sister-with-an-ar-15-assault-rifle/


46 posted on 01/16/2013 5:55:34 PM PST by GreatMan
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To: tobyhill

Chris Stevens and his people were not armed, remember? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/10/Benghazi-Source-Unarmed

Unarmed. In Benghazi. Well, not Smith and Doherty.

Oh, and arming narcoterrorists in Mexico with who knows what....forcing US gun shopowners to sell weapons to their runners. Worked for Brian Terry, no? Wasn’t the actual bullet supply fake/plugs, not bullets?

Going on 2,000,000,000 HOLLOW POINT bullets bought up by the feds. Those are only for killing—people.

Talk about pawns.

Spose they’ll be called gulags here?


47 posted on 01/16/2013 6:09:56 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots
Our own personal Pol Pot
48 posted on 01/16/2013 6:13:48 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: dandiegirl

A “second day” ad from NRA including promenent people with children under armed guard would knock the issue outta the park.

Who are these “special class” of people ?
Name the families who have children guarded (unlike the average kids in Newtown.) Why didn’t Newtown kids get the same protection as kids in the “beltway” ?

NRA should see this and pounce.


49 posted on 01/16/2013 6:27:06 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Remember. Not everyone is NRA...


50 posted on 01/16/2013 6:28:59 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

So? I’m not and I am 110% pro gun. I am also 110% against repeating the same soft pedaling crap that leads to PC compromise.

Lots of us unaffiliated types are not wilting blossoms. And when the NRA stops endorsing libs, I may one day sign up. Once they prove they are worth the money.


51 posted on 01/16/2013 6:32:30 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Sorry, I am not wearing long pants and dressing up on an airplane to sweat my ass off. Not that I dress like the beach or anything. But short pants shoes and a nice shirt are appropriate in my opinion.

This is South Florida. I hate sweating.


52 posted on 01/16/2013 7:30:52 PM PST by bicyclerepair ( >-> Zombies eat brains. >-> 50% of FL is safe.)
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To: TexasCajun; LucyT
“Most Americans agree that a president's children should not be used as pawns in a political fight,” Carney said in a statement emailed to reporters. “But to go so far as to make the safety of the president's children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly.”



So who's the real coward?


53 posted on 01/16/2013 8:35:08 PM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: BenLurkin

It was too close to the truth and this administration thrives on illusions.


54 posted on 01/16/2013 9:18:25 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: tobyhill

The NRA didn’t even name or show picture of Obama’s daughters - Obama had actual live kids on the stage as part of his dog and pony show - who’s doing the exploiting.....


55 posted on 01/16/2013 9:56:43 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: dandiegirl
People look horrible all the time now on airplanes just everywhere.

Even funerals.

56 posted on 01/16/2013 10:12:51 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: TurboZamboni

Exactly! Perfect points.


57 posted on 01/16/2013 10:15:19 PM PST by Jane Long (Philippians 2:11)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Turn their own class warfare game around on them. Like it!


58 posted on 01/16/2013 10:18:12 PM PST by Jane Long (Philippians 2:11)
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To: tobyhill

The NRA hit a nerve. More straight talk is called for - trying to be polite gets us nothing but disdain from them.


59 posted on 01/17/2013 4:39:48 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: tobyhill

60 posted on 01/17/2013 4:49:15 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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