NRA plans $40M fall blitz targeting Obama

The NRA one of the most powerful political groups in the country has set its sight on obama.

Its no secret obama is a thorough supporter of gun control. And its an obvious bet there will be action on the federal level if he gets elected.

Article:

The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.

“Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, [the District of Columbia v. Heller decision] could be taken away from us in the future,” Chris Cox, head of the NRA’s political arm, told Politico.

The politically powerful gun rights group will split its message efforts between communicating with its 4 million members and the tens of millions more firearms owners across the country.

This fall, NRA members will get automated phone calls, mail pieces and pre-election editions of the group’s three magazines making the case against Obama. More broadly, the group will use an independent expenditure effort to hammer the Democratic nominee via TV, radio and newspaper ads in some of about 15 battleground states in the Midwest and Mountain West.

“We look forward to showing him ‘bitter,’” Cox said, referring to Obama’s statement this spring that some in rural America “cling” to guns and religion out of bitterness.



http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11452.html

Have fun obama

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Now why is the NRA wasting its money preaching to the choir? How dense can you get!

There not just targetting there own members there pushing ads in 15 swing states. My bet is there members will recieve the least of the cash.

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Why is the NRA wasting money on the United States. You already have an entrenched right, Obama hands are pretty much tied. Send 5 million of that 40 million to Canada we could probably elect the Conservatives to a majority, and reverse some of the gun control.

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