Remember that the NRA was for expanded background checks before they were against them. Flip-floppers that turn whichever way the money flows. Cheap thugs who deserve lots of enemies.<\/p>\n
The Strangest NRA Story Yet – The Daily Beast<\/a> by Michael Tomasky<\/a><\/p>\n It virtually goes without saying that the keepers of such lists are always the bullies<\/strong> who survive by fomenting hatred and making sure that their constituents stay in a state of constant agitation. And so it was no surprise to learn over the weekend, via Josh Marshall<\/a>, that the National Rifle Association has a little list of 497 people and organizations<\/a> who are in some way, shape, or form anti-gun. It makes for hilarious reading, although it\u2019s sort of frightening to think about the demented minds of the people who assembled it. \u2026<\/p>\n It\u2019s funny, isn\u2019t it, how it\u2019s always people on the right who keep these lists. \u2026 [T]he swamps in which these fevers have arisen in our history have been almost entirely right wing. \u2026<\/p>\n The good news is that paranoid psychotics usually do themselves in. McCarthy and Nixon certainly did. I know everyone keeps talking about how powerful the NRA is, and that\u2019s true. But the more they\u2019re in the spotlight, the worse they look. \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Strangest NRA Story Yet – The Daily Beast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remember that the NRA was for expanded background checks before they were against them. Flip-floppers that turn whichever way the money flows. Cheap thugs who deserve lots of enemies. The Strangest NRA Story Yet – The Daily Beast by Michael Tomasky It virtually goes without saying that the keepers of such lists are always the … Continue reading The NRA: armed and paranoid<\/span> \n