Guys, I need you do do something...
New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has posted on her website some inflated numbers about the recent mall shooting in Salt Lake City, hoping to gain support for her new version of an Assault Weapons Ban. She's saying that 10 people were killed, when only five were - I guess that five wasn't a big enough number for her.
Essentially she's using the victims of this killer to further her political agenda. In fact, she's probably disappointed that there weren't actually more victims.
http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/in...&SectionID=32&SectionTree=32&lnk=b&ItemID=675
Over at THR, we've started a bit of an e-mail campaign, so that hopefully her strategy may be exposed in national media to see the light of day.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=255404
Basically, here's what we're looking for from you - E-mail or otherwise contact national (or SLC) news media tiplines, etc., and let them know that you're outraged over her using the innocent victims to further her political agenda.
This is NOT for your congressmen, or for traditional "right wing" media. This story will be FAR more effective if it "breaks" from an outfit like the SLC Tribune or CNN.
We've got a sizable list of media outlets being compiled in that thread - take a look, and take a minute, and contact at least one of 'em. More if you've got a little more time. Let them know your outrage over the congresswoman using the victims to further her political agenda.
That's it. DO NOT get into the gun thing. In fact, you don't even have to mention guns. Keep it simple, and to the point, and if we get enough people bothering the "gatekeepers" for the media, we'll maybe have some news. If enough people do this, we'll have a perfect example of grass-roots activism at work.
If a few hundred people do this, they'll probably notice.
If a few thousand do it, it's news.
New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has posted on her website some inflated numbers about the recent mall shooting in Salt Lake City, hoping to gain support for her new version of an Assault Weapons Ban. She's saying that 10 people were killed, when only five were - I guess that five wasn't a big enough number for her.
Essentially she's using the victims of this killer to further her political agenda. In fact, she's probably disappointed that there weren't actually more victims.
http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/in...&SectionID=32&SectionTree=32&lnk=b&ItemID=675
Over at THR, we've started a bit of an e-mail campaign, so that hopefully her strategy may be exposed in national media to see the light of day.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=255404
Basically, here's what we're looking for from you - E-mail or otherwise contact national (or SLC) news media tiplines, etc., and let them know that you're outraged over her using the innocent victims to further her political agenda.
This is NOT for your congressmen, or for traditional "right wing" media. This story will be FAR more effective if it "breaks" from an outfit like the SLC Tribune or CNN.
We've got a sizable list of media outlets being compiled in that thread - take a look, and take a minute, and contact at least one of 'em. More if you've got a little more time. Let them know your outrage over the congresswoman using the victims to further her political agenda.
That's it. DO NOT get into the gun thing. In fact, you don't even have to mention guns. Keep it simple, and to the point, and if we get enough people bothering the "gatekeepers" for the media, we'll maybe have some news. If enough people do this, we'll have a perfect example of grass-roots activism at work.
If a few hundred people do this, they'll probably notice.
If a few thousand do it, it's news.