Endorse Fred: An Open Letter to the National Rifle Assocation

Posted by: Jason | November 25th, 2007 · 4:50 PM

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Attn: Wayne LaPierre, CEO, National Rifle Association.

Dear Mr. LaPierre,

I have been a proud member of the National Rifle Association since 1999. Since that year, which was the inception of my interest in politics, I have followed closely the issue of protecting the second amendment for our children and for this nation’s future.

I know your organization to be the gold standard with regard to political action. No other in my opinion, has protected the interests of all Americans so successfully, advanced its cause in the face of more opposition further, or influenced political figures harder with respect to their votes on upholding constitutional rights.

I believe that this election year alone, more than any other in recent history, the National Rifle Association can make a strong difference in the outcome of the Republican Party’s primary process.

In my opinion, there is one candidate alone who embodies the values of the NRA, who has tireously championed those values, and who stands the biggest chance at being THE conservative alternative to anti-gun candidate Rudy Giuliani in the long stretches of this upcoming race. That man is Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson.

Senator Thompson needs you, and I implore you to help his campaign by making your early endorsement of his candidacy for President of the United States.

By doing so, you will not only be endorsing the most electable pro-second amendment candidate in the race, but you will also help bring a stop to the ambitions of gun-controlling Rudy Giuliani who seeks the same nomination.

Mr. Giuliani has proven, through his record, in being a traditional enemy to your organization, certainly seen through his outright rejection of second amendment rights during his time as New York City mayor, as well as his personally suing gun manufacturers and endorsing the gun-control policies of President Bill Clinton during the 1990’s.

During a year where Republicans may be at a disadvantage, and multiple candidates are now splintering conservative votes within the primary process, I believe without your early endorsement of Fred Thompson, the former New York Mayor may succeed in his quest to not only winning the nomination, but bringing a permanent change to that time-honored coalition between Republicans and pro-second amendment advocacy groups such as the NRA.

I realize that such an early endorsement may not be typical of your organization, and by making it so soon, the prospects of a Giuliani candidacy may serve as a gamble to lobby against too early, but I ask that you consider the greater harm that could come out of this election, and that is the Republican Party abandoning its pro-second amendment platform because we didn’t rally behind a single conservative early enough.

I believe that Fred Thompson is such a conservative. I believe his consistent, long-held views, on issues of second amendment rights, as well as social, economic, and foreign policy, are the types of views our party could rally behind in November 2008. I believe also in the man, as someone who is truthful in his willingness to serve his country alone, not reveling in aspirations of personal power.

I hope that the National Rifle Association shares my view of Fred Thompson. I hope that this letter reaches you and that you will consider endorsing him for President of the United States. As we have finally struck a blow in this country to those who would take away our right to bear arms, we cannot allow our political enemies to turn the tide in this battle we’re beginning to win, and without Fred Thompson as our nominee, I believe that is indeed at stake.

I thank you for your consideration of this letter. God bless the National Rifle Association, freedom, and the United States of America.

Cordially,

Jason M. McBride

Co-Founder, PostPolitical.com

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6 comments to “Endorse Fred: An Open Letter to the National Rifle Assocation”

dhruv37 » Endorse Fred: An Open Letter to the National Rifle Assocation, November 25th, 2007 at 5:22 pm:

• […] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG] (image: yourperfectknife) Attn: Wayne LaPierre, CEO, National Rifle Association. Dear Mr. LaPierre, I have been a proud member of the National Rifle Association since 1999. Since that year, which was the inception of my interest in politics, I have followed closely the issue of protecting the second amendment for our children and for this nation’s future. I know your organization to be the gold standard with regard to political action. No other in my opinion, has protected the intere […]

kientifikoloko » Endorse Fred: An Open Letter to the National Rifle Assocation, November 25th, 2007 at 5:23 pm:

• […] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG] (image: yourperfectknife) Attn: Wayne LaPierre, CEO, National Rifle Association. Dear Mr. LaPierre, I have been a proud member of the National Rifle Association since 1999. Since that year, which was the inception of my interest in politics, I have followed closely the issue of protecting the second amendment for our children and for this nation’s future. I know your organization to be the gold standard with regard to political action. No other in my opinion, has protected the intere […]

Endorse Fred: An Open Letter to the National Rifle Assocation, November 25th, 2007 at 8:11 pm:

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Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » List of Fred Thompson Supporters, Update, January 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pm:

• […] Bill at 10ksnooker, Absolute Moral Authority, Darrell of Alpha Patriot, Mike at AmeriCAN-DO Attitude, Kristopher at An Idiot’s Blog, Kate at An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings, Misha of Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiller, ArtcTrish’s Musings, Val Prieto at Babalu Blog, Toni at Bear Creek Ledger, Beejiggity, Beers With Demo, William Dyer of Beldar Blog, Ala from Blonde Sagacity, Heidi Ann Jackson at Big Girl Pants, Bob’s Blog, Bob Krumm, Patrick at Born Again Redneck, bRight & Early, Rick at Brutally Honest, Cao at Cao’s Blog, Casey at Casey’s Critical Thinking, Mike Hendrix of Cold Fury, Bob Owens from Confederate Yankee, Josh Painter at Conscience of a Conservatarian, Vivian at Conservative Belle, Martin at Conservative Blog Therapy, Brandon at Conservative Superiority, Bill Quick of Daily Pundit, Daniel, ConcreteBob at DCProtestWarrior, John Ray at Dissecting Leftism, Gayle at Dragon Lady’s Den, DoublePlusUndead, Daniel Owen at DOwen, Dumb Ox at Dumb Ox Daily News, ilja at Elusively Yours, Curt at  Flopping Aces, Paul at Gazizza, Goodboys Nation, Gribbit at Gribbit’s Word, Jennifer at Hard Starboard, Bill Hennessy at Hennessy’s View, Lemuel Calhoon at Hillbilly White Trash, Frank J. at IMAO, Mred at Invincible Armor, Nate of Irate-Nation, Quilly Mammoth and Marcus Atrocious from Justbarkingmad, Kender at Kender’s Musings,Kim du Toit, Aaron at LifeLike Pundits, MacRanger of Macsmind, Marie at Marie’s Two Cents, Marvin at Marvin’s World, Kathy at Michigan Redneck, Mike O at Musings of a Political Wonk, Morgan at My Two Cents Worth, Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Doug at My View On Politics, Nice Deb, No Runny Eggs, Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at NoisyRoom.net, Chris at One Man’s View, S. Sunder at Ox’s Take on the World, TraderRob of Opinipundit, PawPaw’s House, Steve at Pencil Nub, Pete Fanning at PeteRepublic, William Teach of Pirate’s Cove, Chad at Pirates! Man Your Women, PTG at Plains Feeder, Paul Tevis at Political Inversion, Polipundit of Polipundit, Jason McBride at Post Political, Denis Ambrose at Provoking the Muse, Ryan at Pro Patria, Tommy Oliver from Race 4 2008, Rat Chat, Ray Robison, Reality Hammer, Erick Erickson and Pejman of RedState, Michele at Reformed Chicks Babbling, John Hawkins of Rightwing News, Rick Moran of RightWing Nuthouse, Justin Higgins of Right on the Right, Right Thinking Brothers, Debbie Hamilton at Right Truth, Joe at Right Wing Rebel, jroosh at Roosh Five, RovinsWorld, Rob Port of Say Anything, Seeker Jar, Slantright, Melissa at Simple Country Girl, Noel at Sharp Knife, Kevin D. Korenthal at SoCalPundit, Society for Independent Thinking, Stephen Bainbridge at  stephenbainbridge.com, Stix of Stix Blog, Matt K Cassens at St. Blogustine, Jay at Stop the ACLU, Strait Talk, Jimmie of the Sundries Shack, Target Rich Environment, Texas Fred at Texas’s Fred, Scott Miller at The Conservative Post, Babu Ranganathan at The Conservative Voice, Cookie and The Cookshack–Gab & Grub, The Discerning Texan, The Four Questions, John Benton & Ken Taylor at The Liberal Lie/The Conservative Truth, D. Martyn Lloyd-Morgan at The Liberty Sphere, Kevin at The Smallest Minority, Stlpatriot at The St. Louis Patriot, K T Cat at The Scratching Post, Eric Spotsylvania at The Pool Bar, David Hinz at The Report, Eugene Volokh of The Volokh’s Conspiracy, Jonathan Adler at The Volokh’s Conspiracy, David at Third World Country, Colin at To get rich is glorious, Try To Focus, Stephen Green at VodkaPundit, Rob Huddleston at VOLuntarilyConservative, Susan Clos at Wake up America, Jay Tea at Wizbang. […]

Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » List of Fred Thompson Supporters, Update II, January 7th, 2008 at 7:22 pm:

• […] Bill at 10ksnooker, A Newt One, Absolute Moral Authority, Darrell of Alpha Patriot, Mike at AmeriCAN-DO Attitude, Kristopher at An Idiot’s Blog, Kate at An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings, Misha of Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiller, ArtcTrish’s Musings, Val Prieto at Babalu Blog, Toni at Bear Creek Ledger, Beejiggity, Beers With Demo, William Dyer of Beldar Blog, Larry from Blog From The Jungle, Ala from Blonde Sagacity, Heidi Ann Jackson at Big Girl Pants, Bob’s Blog, Bob Krumm, Patrick at Born Again Redneck, bRight & Early, Rick at Brutally Honest, Cao at Cao’s Blog, Ben from Carnaby Fudge, Casey at Casey’s Critical Thinking, Mike Hendrix of Cold Fury, Bob Owens from Confederate Yankee, Josh Painter at Conscience of a Conservatarian, Vivian at Conservative Belle, Martin at Conservative Blog Therapy, Brandon at Conservative Superiority, Bill Quick of Daily Pundit, Daniel, ConcreteBob at CProtestWarrior, John Ray at Dissecting Leftism, Gayle at Dragon Lady’s Den, DoublePlusUndead, Daniel Owen at DOwen, Dumb Ox at Dumb Ox Daily News, ilja at Elusively Yours, Curt at Flopping Aces, Paul at Gazizza, Goodboys Nation, Gribbit at Gribbit’s Word, Jennifer at Hard Starboard, Bill Hennessy at Hennessy’s View, Lemuel Calhoon at Hillbilly White Trash, Frank J. at IMAO, Mred at Invincible Armor, Nate of Irate-Nation, Quilly Mammoth and Marcus Atrocious from Justbarkingmad, Kender at Kender’s Musings,Kim du Toit, Aaron at LifeLike Pundits, MacRanger of Macsmind, Marie at Marie’s Two Cents, Marvin at Marvin’s World, Kathy at Michigan Redneck, Mike O at Musings of a Political Wonk, Morgan at My Two Cents Worth, Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Doug at My View On Politics, Nice Deb, No Runny Eggs, Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at NoisyRoom.net, Chris at One Man’s View, S. Sunder at Ox’s Take on the World, TraderRob of Opinipundit, PawPaw’s House, Steve at Pencil Nub, Pete Fanning at PeteRepublic, William Teach of Pirate’s Cove, Chad at Pirates! Man Your Women, PTG at Plains Feeder, Paul Tevis at Political Inversion, Polipundit of Polipundit, Jason McBride at Post Political, Denis Ambrose at Provoking the Muse, Ryan at Pro Patria, Tommy Oliver from Race 4 2008, Rat Chat, Ray Robison, Reality Hammer, Erick Erickson and Pejman of RedState, Michele at Reformed Chicks Babbling, John Hawkins of Rightwing News, Rick Moran of RightWing Nuthouse, Justin Higgins of Right on the Right, Right Thinking Brothers, Debbie Hamilton at Right Truth, Joe at Right Wing Rebel, jroosh at Roosh Five, RovinsWorld, Bob Port of Say Anything, Seeker Jar, Slantright, Melissa at Simple Country Girl, Noel at Sharp Knife, Kevin D. Korenthal at SoCalPundit, Society for Independent Thinking, Stephen Bainbridge at stephenbainbridge.com, Stix of Stix Blog, Matt K Cassens at St. Blogustine, Jay at Stop the ACLU, Strait Talk, Jimmie of the Sundries Shack, Target Rich Environment, Texas Fred at Texas’s Fred, Scott Miller at The Conservative Post, Babu Ranganathan at The Conservative Voice, Cookie and The Cookshack–Gab & Grub, The Discerning Texan, The Four Questions, John Benton & Ken Taylor at The Liberal Lie/The Conservative Truth, D. Martyn Lloyd-Morgan at The Liberty Sphere, Kevin at The Smallest Minority, Stlpatriot at The St. Louis Patriot, K T Cat at The Scratching Post, Eric Spotsylvania at The Pool Bar, David Hinz at The Report, The Sniper, Eugene Volokh of The Volokh’s Conspiracy, Jonathan Adler at The Volokh’s Conspiracy, David at Third World Country, John at This Ain’t Hell, Colin at To get rich is glorious, Try To Focus, Tam from View From The Porch, Stephen Green at VodkaPundit, Rob Huddleston at VOLuntarilyConservative, Susan Clos at Wake up America, Jay Tea at Wizbang. […]

Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » List Of Fred Thompson Supporters, Update IV, January 16th, 2008 at 7:15 pm:

• […] Instapundit linked to the latest Pajama Media poll on the candidates and it’s no big shocker to see that most bloggers and/or blog readers support Fred: Just look at the updated list of bloggers and politico’s endorsing Fred Thompson for President:Bill at 10ksnooker, A Newt One, Absolute Moral Authority, Darrell of Alpha Patriot, Mike at AmeriCAN-DO Attitude, Kristopher at An Idiot’s Blog, Kate at An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings, Misha of Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiller, ArtcTrish’s Musings, Val Prieto at Babalu Blog, Toni at Bear Creek Ledger, Beejiggity, Beers With Demo, William Dyer of Beldar Blog, Larry from Blog From The Jungle, Ala from Blonde Sagacity, Heidi Ann Jackson at Big Girl Pants, Bob’s Blog, Bob Krumm, Patrick at Born Again Redneck, bRight & Early, Rick at Brutally Honest, Cao at Cao’s Blog, Ben from Carnaby Fudge, Casey at Casey’s Critical Thinking, Mike Hendrix of Cold Fury, Bob Owens from Confederate Yankee, Josh Painter at Conscience of a Conservatarian, Vivian at Conservative Belle, Martin at Conservative Blog Therapy, Brandon at Conservative Superiority, Bill Quick of Daily Pundit, Daniel, ConcreteBob at CProtestWarrior, John Ray at Dissecting Leftism, Gayle at Dragon Lady’s Den, DoublePlusUndead, Daniel Owen at DOwen, Dumb Ox at Dumb Ox Daily News, ilja at Elusively Yours, Curt at Flopping Aces, Jim Robinson, founder of Free Republic, Paul at Gazizza, Goodboys Nation, Gribbit at Gribbit’s Word, Jennifer at Hard Starboard, Bill Hennessy at Hennessy’s View, Lemuel Calhoon at Hillbilly White Trash, Frank J. at IMAO, Mred at Invincible Armor, Nate of Irate-Nation, Just A Grunt from JammieWearingFool, Joe Gringo, Quilly Mammoth and Marcus Atrocious from Justbarkingmad, Kender at Kender’s Musings,Kim du Toit, Kim Sharp, Aaron at LifeLike Pundits, MacRanger of Macsmind, Manly Men dot Org, Marie at Marie’s Two Cents, Marvin at Marvin’s World, Kathy at Michigan Redneck, Mike O at Musings of a Political Wonk, Morgan at My Two Cents Worth, Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Doug at My View On Politics, Nice Deb, Vince at No Hillary Clinton!, No Runny Eggs, Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at NoisyRoom.net, CalTechGirl at Not Exactly Rocket Science, Chris at One Man’s View, S. Sunder at Ox’s Take on the World, TraderRob of Opinipundit, PawPaw’s House, Steve at Pencil Nub, Pete Fanning at PeteRepublic, William Teach of Pirate’s Cove, Chad at Pirates! Man Your Women, PTG at Plains Feeder, Paul Tevis at Political Inversion, Polipundit of Polipundit, Jason McBride at Post Political, Denis Ambrose at Provoking the Muse, Ryan at Pro Patria, Tommy Oliver from Race 4 2008, Rat Chat, Ray Robison, Reality Hammer, Erick Erickson and Pejman of RedState, Michele at Reformed Chicks Babbling, John Hawkins of Rightwing News, Rick Moran of RightWing Nuthouse, Justin Higgins of Right on the Right, Right Thinking Brothers, Debbie Hamilton at Right Truth, Joe at Right Wing Rebel, jroosh at Roosh Five, RovinsWorld, Bob Port of Say Anything, Seeker Jar, Slantright, Melissa at Simple Country Girl, Noel at Sharp Knife, Bill from Small Town Veteran, Kevin D. Korenthal at SoCalPundit, Society for Independent Thinking, Stephen Bainbridge at stephenbainbridge.com, Stix of Stix Blog, Matt K Cassens at St. Blogustine, Jay at Stop the ACLU, Strait Talk, Jimmie of the Sundries Shack, Target Rich Environment, Texas Fred at Texas’s Fred, Scott Miller at The Conservative Post, Babu Ranganathan at The Conservative Voice, Cookie and The Cookshack–Gab & Grub, The Discerning Texan, The Four Questions, John Benton & Ken Taylor at The Liberal Lie/The Conservative Truth, D. Martyn Lloyd-Morgan at The Liberty Sphere, The Maritime Sentry, Kevin at The Smallest Minority, Stlpatriot at The St. Louis Patriot, K T Cat at The Scratching Post, Eric Spotsylvania at The Pool Bar, David Hinz at The Report, The Sniper, Eugene Volokh of The Volokh’s Conspiracy, Jonathan Adler at The Volokh’s Conspiracy, David at Third World County, John at This Ain’t Hell, Colin at To get rich is glorious, Try To Focus, Tam from View From The Porch, Phoenix from Villains Vanquished, Stephen Green at VodkaPundit, Rob Huddleston at VOLuntarilyConservative, Susan Clos at Wake up America, apackof2 at World According To Me, Jay Tea at Wizbang. […]

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