Bitter is learning why they call Pennsylvania a Battleground State. I say that jokingly, though. I don’t remember any election being this bad. Union thuggery is a staple of Philadelphia, but it’s traditionally been limited to the city. This election is particularly, nasty, and the Democratic Party is bringing the nastiness out to the suburbs. We were told MoveOn.org were the ones out canvasing the neighborhoods on behalf of Hope/Change/Vandalism on Saturday. Pennsylvania needs change, but it’s not the kind of change these pieces of garbage are selling. You don’t see our people out vandalizing Obama signs.
Category: Politics
Is There Anything Wrong With “Sportsmen?”
I think some people take exception to being lumped in under the “Sportsmen” moniker. I don’t really think there’s anything sinister at work here, so much as it’s a reasonable moniker under which to put the coalition of hunters and shooters. You’re not going to have “Shooters for Blandidate,” because, quite honestly, there are a lot of people out there that have no idea what a shooter is, and some people who think it’s a guy on a street corner fighting over drug turf. You could try “Sport Shooters for Blandidate,” and leave out hunters, or you could do “Hunters for Blandidate,” and leave out shooters.
So what’s your blandidate for office to do? I mean, you could get really ridiculous with coalitions, and do “Concealed Carry Permit Holders for Blandidate,” which could work, if people knew what that was, and there were actually votes there. Or even more niche with “AR-15 Enthusiasts for Blandidate,” which is an even smaller subset.
So we’re stuck with the “Sportsmen” moniker. You might not like it, but that’s your coalition. If you want a different one, you’ll have to get a lot of people to vote under it, and work hard for it. If you want to try that path… may you have better luck than me. As it is, it’s difficult ot even get people motivated under the Sportsmen moniker. Further subdivision just dilutes our political power. And I say this as someone who’s never hunted, and has to listen to more than a few hunting stories as a “Sportsmen for McCain” volunteer.
Hate of the Day
Better than quote of the day, I now bring you hate of the day:
Having known Cooper personally for many years, its funny reading the cr*p on this site. All you homos can sit in the closet with your $99 winchester and stroke it thinking about how great it would be if Sarah Palin was president. Having been a life-long republican, you idiots don’t have enough higher brain function to see that you’ve been sold-out by your own party. It’s not Coopers fault that you choose not to see it… you’re as retarded as Palins youngest child.
Stay classy! I would note the IP address resolves to a location in Westchester County, which is right outside of New York City. It would be interesting to know how he knows Dan Cooper. It would be interesting to know where I can find a $99 dollar Winchester these days. I doubt this guy knows Dan Cooper. I would hope that anyone in Montana would find using Palin’s Down Syndrome afflicted son as a tool to insult gun owners reprehensible. I’ve been to Montana, and I think folks there, on the whole, are better than that.
Obama Says He’ll Bankrupt Coal Industry
This should go over well with Pennsylvania coal miners:
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.
Of course, now that Obama needs to win Pennsylvania, he’s in favor of Clean Coal you can believe in.
Election Message from Wayne & Chris
To summarize, make sure to get out and vote. Barack Obama is bad on guns.
About Those Obama Supporting Sportsmen
I honestly wonder how many of the folks like Dan Cooper, and some of the people on here who have come on claiming to be hunters and gun owners, have really been paying attention to the issue, his record, and who’s been endorsing him. I mean, when a supposed hunters groups like American Hunters and Shooters Association comes out and says he’s their guy, and then the radical anti-hunting group like Humane Society of the United States comes out and says the same thing, alarm bells should be going off if you’re a hunter. If you’re a gun owner or shooter, the Brady Campaign endorsement should tell you something.
I have to conclude it’s just willful ignorance.  I understand people not being a single issue voter. There are a lot of gun owners out there who don’t self-identify as such — they vote primarily on other issues. That’s something I understand, even if I would emplore them to rank the Bill of Rights higher on their priority list. But Obama is awful on guns. His record makes that abundantly clear. If you care about the Second Amendment, how can you possibly claim that you support Obama? Don’t tell me what he’s saying now, in order to get elected: Tell me when in his career he’s supported the right to keep and bear arms. You can’t. Because it’s not there. It’s not only not there, Obama has spent most of his career trying to destroy the Second Amendment.
So, Obama supporting visitors, I challenge you to convince me what Barack Obama has done for the Second Amendment to support and preserve it. Don’t recite his campaign trail talking points. Find me one thing in his record that indicates he supports the Second Amendment. Then tell me why Dan Cooper, as a guy who makes his living manufacturing firearms, isn’t of his rocker for getting behind Obama. It might be his right to vote against his self-interest, but voting against the self-interest of his employees and customers? That’s not forgivable.
I’m the Monster
So according to various visitors to this blog over the past few days, I am a horrible monster for exercising my free speech rights to tell other gun owners not to buy Dan Cooper’s product (resulting in the board and employees asking him to step down), but I wonder what they have to say about what these people are doing.
It’s Vandalism You Can Believe In
Came back from the McCain/Manion rally to find our McCain/Palin sign had been ripped off the holder, and the holder bent beyond recognition. Fortunatly, we have dozens of holders since a lot of people we hand out signs to just want the sign without the holder. A little duct tape, and the sign is fixed and back out. I’m tempted to pepper spray the sign now! I will be compiling video of the rally later.
Off To the Rally
We’re off to the rally. If anyone wants to join, scroll down for details. We’ll be working outside the security checkpoint to recruit people for Sportsmen for McCain. Recruit as in get them all together so we can be one big, happy, cousin humping family inside the rally.
The Hate Mail Rolls In
Here’s a sample of my Inbox from Obama supporters:
I read about what you did to Dan Cooper, you neo-nazi right wing bitch. You’re going to find out soon that you are in the minority, and we are not going to stand for people like you. Trying to ruin a good man’s life! You are scum.
John McCain will never win another election as long as he lives. Way to back the losing horse, and then get your name plastered all over USAToday for it.
From one american to another– FUCK YOU.
Stay Classy
You are a sick and a scary nutcase. Thank God we have options in the U.S. and have the right to bear arms without you as our spokesman. Please shoot you toe off instead of your mouth!!!
Who’s silencing who now?
I am an avid hunter from Michigan and our state will probably carry Obama. My gun rights will not change because of this. You Sir, are an ignorant PA. asshole. Regards.
Have you looked at Obama’s record on guns? I’m not the one that’s ignorant here. Finally:
You can be traced, and someone can do this to you. Maybe I will show up outside your job, and picket them over you. Maybe I will write your local newspaper. Maybe I will just start my own blog, and rail against you until everything in your life is stripped away.
Like you did to Mr. Cooper.
I hope he does start his own blog. The entertainment value would be high. “What you did was wrong and despicable, so I’m going to do the same thing to you!” Apparently he’s not heard about what happens if you add two wrongs together, even assuming that asking my fellow gun owners to tell a company you were unhappy about what their CEO was doing to them by supporting a man who’s tried to destroy the second amendment his entire political career.
Stay classy, Obama supporters. Stay classy!