The National Rifle Association (NRA) released a video calling President Obama an “elitist” for not wanting armed guards in schools when his daughters receive armed Secret Service protection every day. Yes, they went there, here’s the ad, it appears withing the first minute of the video.
The NRA should have a voice in this gun debate, however they just went to a low level with this ad. This is a ridiculous ad in so many ways. When you become president of the United States, your family is subjected to a ton of death threats per day, unfortunately there are sick people with guns that threaten the President’s family. That’s the reality. Such as a city council candidate once did, via NY Daily,
The failed city council candidate who urged the assassination of President Obama and his “monkey children” got a visit from the Secret Service at his southern California trailer, he claimed.
Jules Manson, 48, described the alleged encounter in a Facebook post late Monday night after news of his racist rant grabbed headlines.
Why are they criticizing the need to keep Sasha and Malia safe? It’s not their fault, their father became President. This ad is unreal and shows how much the NRA is out of step with the mainstream. No one should want to live in a society where we want 11 armed guards at every school. I feel bad for people that need security around them all the time, what a sheltered life.
Honestly, the NRA shouldn’t even be at the table when it comes to deciding policy until they decide to take an adult and reasonable approach. The White House released a statement today about the ad, via ABC News,
White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement that the ad was “repugnant and cowardly.”
“Most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as pawns in a political fight,” said Carney. “But to go so far as to make the safety of the President’s children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly.”
Unfortunately, this ad will probably cause republican lawmakers without a spine to do nothing on this gun issue…which was likely the NRA’s goal with releasing this idiotic ad. Lets not let the NRA gun nuts win this time, please…
Sensico, the most idiotic part is if you freeze your video at 39 seconds you’ll see there is a picture of Obama, Biden, Diane Feinstein, David Bloomberg and …. David Gregory???? I can only assume they were taking a slap at Gregory for his aggressive interview of Wayne LaPierre of the NRA on “Meet the Press” a few weeks ago.
They’re beyond hateful and disgusting. They’re stupid.
Yea I noticed that…I don’t even understand the controversy there, all David Gregory was trying to do was get him to answer the questions! I also see it as subliminal ‘anti-media’ message as well by including David Gregory.
I’d agree with you if I believed the NRA leadership could even spell subliminal.
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This really is just about the worst thing I’ve seen in discourse. The unhinged name-calling (“elitist hypocrite”) and the attack on the kids (who, as the children of the President are, in fact, in more danger than my kids) are well beyond the pale.
Someone posted a video from “Morning Joe” in which even Republicans couldn’t stomach that stuff. The NRA has really staked out its position for the rightest of the right-wing crazies.
And let’s be honest about it … we all know that by “elitist hypocrite” they meant “uppity ….”
Is that you Wickle???? If so, how have you been? I see it’s been some time since you updated your blog “Ken Reads”.
In any case, I hope you are well. Things are a bit more civilized over at my blog since the election when some of our more offensive commenters left in a huff when Obama got reelected.
Apologies to Sensico for using your blog for socializing but I haven’t “seen” Wickle in ages!
Lol it’s okay, I welcome all kinds of socializing
happy to see you’re still around Wickle!
Yes, it’s me.
I haven’t been blogging much at all, you’re right. I’ve more or less reduced my presence to a mere commenter, and even that not so much lately. Family life is keeping me busy, and I just can’t take a lot of the rhetoric. I’m also an admin for a progressive Christian group called Unfundamentalist Christians. Now and then it boils over, though, and I have to come see what’s happening.
This NRA bit is one of those examples. I even consider myself a supporter of the Second Amendment and reasonable gun ownership (reasonable meaning: no one needs a 30-round Glock or an AR-15). But this stuff is beyond the pale. Not as bad as some stuff I’ve seen friends of mine put on Facebook, though. The guy who said that anyone who supports gun control deserves to be shot — and he’d be one of the ones doing it — was right up there. And, yes, that’s a guy I know from church. He must have missed the “he who lives by the sword” memo.
Anyway … yes, I should stop by your blog and Alfie’s again. Sorry I’ve been so scarce. I like your work, and hate not being able to comment, but some of the crazies just make it unpleasant to get caught up in comments.
At this point, I’d say we only have one bona fide crazy left in the RL community, if you don’t count our resident conspiracy theorist — but at least he’s bipartisan crazy.
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