Tuesday, January 15, 2013

NRA Ad: Lousy Argument By Any Measure

Update Jan. 16: WH spokesman Jay Carney calls the ad repugnant and cowardly.

This new NRA ad makes my blood boil. It's not even a reasonable argument to make. It's plain stupid. It insinuates that Obama isn't important (he's arguably the most powerful man in the world), that the security of his daughters isn't important. It equates Secret Service for his daughters to armed guards at schools. Obama's daughters have protection because, as the First Daughters, they face a larger threat by lunatics. The ad is just wrong by all measures. The American people need protection from people with a gun fetish. They all behave as if they're being castrated. The NRA is sounding more and more dangerous everyday.

The stinkin' ad: