I can't believe my eyes as I read how everybody is so upset that the NRA has decided to scale back the activities at the Denver convention! Everybody is crying in their beer that we won't have a chance to show our good side and our solutions for these shootings to the public.
If the NRA were to have the convention, just who do you think besides the attendees would see or hear our message? Do you really think that the news media would help us clear the air? If you do, I have a bridge I would like to sell you. I remember a couple of years a go when the media crucified the NRA for having it's convention the same day as the Waco incident and the Oklahoma bombing. Then I think it was a year later, the NRA was crucified again for a convention after one of the other school shootings. The media had a field day showing small children at the convention aiming and holding big guns.
This kind of propaganda when used against us, scares the heck out of the moderates and the women voters. So who cares about the moderates and the soccer moms? We should!
Our future battles will be won or lost fighting for the undecided middle. Extremism is not the answer. Take George Bush Jr. for example, he is known as compassionate conservative. He reaches out to the middle while still holding to his conservative foundation. A lot of us would rather have Pat Buchannon as president, but he doesn't have a snowballs chance, and neither do we if we don't reach out to the middle.
I'm not saying we should compromise away our freedoms. We should just not give the media a free shot at us at a time like this. Do we really trust them to give us a chance to air our views when they have through out the years done just the opposite? We can regroup and fight a better fight later on our terms.
So, come on guys. Let's give the NRA the benefit of the doubt on this one for now. We can and must win the hearts and minds of the undecided middle of the roaders. Talking about "jack booted thugs" will not help us win converts where we need them. If Rosie O'Donnel hates the NRA so much, it must be doing something right. Right?
Joe
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[This message has been edited by nralife (edited April 23, 1999).]
If the NRA were to have the convention, just who do you think besides the attendees would see or hear our message? Do you really think that the news media would help us clear the air? If you do, I have a bridge I would like to sell you. I remember a couple of years a go when the media crucified the NRA for having it's convention the same day as the Waco incident and the Oklahoma bombing. Then I think it was a year later, the NRA was crucified again for a convention after one of the other school shootings. The media had a field day showing small children at the convention aiming and holding big guns.
This kind of propaganda when used against us, scares the heck out of the moderates and the women voters. So who cares about the moderates and the soccer moms? We should!
Our future battles will be won or lost fighting for the undecided middle. Extremism is not the answer. Take George Bush Jr. for example, he is known as compassionate conservative. He reaches out to the middle while still holding to his conservative foundation. A lot of us would rather have Pat Buchannon as president, but he doesn't have a snowballs chance, and neither do we if we don't reach out to the middle.
I'm not saying we should compromise away our freedoms. We should just not give the media a free shot at us at a time like this. Do we really trust them to give us a chance to air our views when they have through out the years done just the opposite? We can regroup and fight a better fight later on our terms.
So, come on guys. Let's give the NRA the benefit of the doubt on this one for now. We can and must win the hearts and minds of the undecided middle of the roaders. Talking about "jack booted thugs" will not help us win converts where we need them. If Rosie O'Donnel hates the NRA so much, it must be doing something right. Right?
Joe
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and message board. Have some fun while learning how to effectively
battle the foes of the Second Amendment. Feel free to speak you mind
on a variety of subjects ranging from firearms, politics, the great
outdoors, to self sufficiency measures.
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[This message has been edited by nralife (edited April 23, 1999).]