Comments on: No Palin http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: N.U.G.U.N. http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42680 N.U.G.U.N. Sun, 10 May 2009 03:49:56 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42680 Totally bummed... Ted Nugent really doesn't interest me much. But I would have liked seeing Sarah Palin. That said, I am not going to criticize her. I don't know what or why she's not coming. But I'm not going to knock her support of the 2nd Amendment or the NRA. She just tried appointing a former NRA executive as Attorney General. While the Democrats may have prevented that. Governor Palin didn't shirk the criticisms in trying to appoint him. Totally bummed…

Ted Nugent really doesn’t interest me much. But I would have liked seeing Sarah Palin.

That said, I am not going to criticize her. I don’t know what or why she’s not coming. But I’m not going to knock her support of the 2nd Amendment or the NRA. She just tried appointing a former NRA executive as Attorney General. While the Democrats may have prevented that. Governor Palin didn’t shirk the criticisms in trying to appoint him.

]]> By: Matthew Carberry http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42614 Matthew Carberry Fri, 08 May 2009 22:02:40 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42614 You're right. Please forgive me for misreading "the NRA convention is bigger than Cpac and all of the other "conservative" events" as applying the "conservative" label to the NRA convention. The whole "only conservatives/GOP-ers/right-wingers support gun rights" idiocy is a pet peeve of mine so I undoubtedly see it where it isn't being said. You’re right. Please forgive me for misreading “the NRA convention is bigger than Cpac and all of the other “conservative” events” as applying the “conservative” label to the NRA convention.

The whole “only conservatives/GOP-ers/right-wingers support gun rights” idiocy is a pet peeve of mine so I undoubtedly see it where it isn’t being said.

]]> By: Bitter http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42612 Bitter Fri, 08 May 2009 21:50:08 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42612 How am I the one calling gun rights a GOP issue when you're the one who referred to the NRA meeting as a "conservative" event? That's why I used quotes. You made the assumption, not me. How am I the one calling gun rights a GOP issue when you’re the one who referred to the NRA meeting as a “conservative” event? That’s why I used quotes. You made the assumption, not me.

]]> By: Matthew Carberry http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42611 Matthew Carberry Fri, 08 May 2009 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42611 "You can’t put 50,000 NRA members in the same category as “some outside group.” If she wants a future in national politics, this is one group she should play to. The NRA convention is bigger than CPAC and all of the other “conservative” events. Canceling this gig was not brilliant." "Invitation from an outside group" in this sense, means "invitation to an EVENT outside of the state not directly involving Alaska". Her going to the NRA banquet might be good for a future national campaign but it has nothing to do with her job as Governor of Alaska. That is the job she was elected to do; remember we didn't put her in office to begin a run for President or anything else. She is an ardent and proven supporter of gun rights, she has nothing to prove to anyone on that regard. Better that she stay in Alaska, whatever her reasons, and avoid stirring up unnecessary trouble. There will be more NRA conventions. Furthermore, you are falling into the false dichotomy that "conservative" and "liberal" labels have anything to do with gun rights. The NRA is not a wing of the Republican party last I checked, it is a single issue advocacy group with members of every political persuasion. “You can’t put 50,000 NRA members in the same category as “some outside group.” If she wants a future in national politics, this is one group she should play to. The NRA convention is bigger than CPAC and all of the other “conservative” events.

Canceling this gig was not brilliant.”

“Invitation from an outside group” in this sense, means “invitation to an EVENT outside of the state not directly involving Alaska”.

Her going to the NRA banquet might be good for a future national campaign but it has nothing to do with her job as Governor of Alaska. That is the job she was elected to do; remember we didn’t put her in office to begin a run for President or anything else.

She is an ardent and proven supporter of gun rights, she has nothing to prove to anyone on that regard. Better that she stay in Alaska, whatever her reasons, and avoid stirring up unnecessary trouble.

There will be more NRA conventions.

Furthermore, you are falling into the false dichotomy that “conservative” and “liberal” labels have anything to do with gun rights. The NRA is not a wing of the Republican party last I checked, it is a single issue advocacy group with members of every political persuasion.

]]> By: SayUncle » What do me and Sarah Palin have in common? http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42583 SayUncle » What do me and Sarah Palin have in common? Fri, 08 May 2009 12:56:51 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42583 [...] of us will be at the NRA annual meeting. [...] [...] of us will be at the NRA annual meeting. [...]

]]> By: Bitter http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42582 Bitter Fri, 08 May 2009 12:25:12 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42582 The convention isn't about her pro-gun creds. It's about reminding 50,000, plus the hundreds of thousands who would read it in the news, that you're aligned with them and willing to show it. Yes, we know we have her support based on her statements, but political theater is important in a campaign. And if she stays low over every little thing, then the left wins. As for legal expenses, well, that's why she started a legal defense fund. The convention isn’t about her pro-gun creds. It’s about reminding 50,000, plus the hundreds of thousands who would read it in the news, that you’re aligned with them and willing to show it. Yes, we know we have her support based on her statements, but political theater is important in a campaign. And if she stays low over every little thing, then the left wins.

As for legal expenses, well, that’s why she started a legal defense fund.

]]> By: RAH http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42577 RAH Fri, 08 May 2009 11:35:48 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42577 Regrettably her legal expenses are over 500K due to these ethics complaints . She can't afford to travel for our pleasure. She has to stay low. She is constantly lt targeted by the left. The one thing Palin does not have to brush up is her bonafides as 2A supporter. So she already has this support and does not need to go to the conventiom. She never has before and it is 3 years before competing for the next election. Regrettably her legal expenses are over 500K due to these ethics complaints . She can’t afford to travel for our pleasure. She has to stay low. She is constantly lt targeted by the left.

The one thing Palin does not have to brush up is her bonafides as 2A supporter. So she already has this support and does not need to go to the conventiom. She never has before and it is 3 years before competing for the next election.

]]> By: FatWhiteMan http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42576 FatWhiteMan Fri, 08 May 2009 11:17:10 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42576 Maybe she was ticked because they were not giving her the flint-lock. Maybe she feels she has enough EBRs. Maybe she was ticked because they were not giving her the flint-lock. Maybe she feels she has enough EBRs.

]]> By: Dan M. http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42574 Dan M. Fri, 08 May 2009 06:40:32 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42574 I'm sure she would have gotten an ethics complaint filed against her for accepting a rifle at an NRA banquet. I’m sure she would have gotten an ethics complaint filed against her for accepting a rifle at an NRA banquet.

]]> By: JD http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/05/07/no-palin/#comment-42571 JD Fri, 08 May 2009 04:02:42 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=10241#comment-42571 I'd take a custom AR over a fuddlock....er, flintlock rifle any day of the year. IMHO the AR is the most beautiful rifle ever produced. I’d take a custom AR over a fuddlock….er, flintlock rifle any day of the year.
IMHO the AR is the most beautiful rifle ever produced.

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