Ah, election season. Today’s obnoxious mail comes from our friends at the National Association for Gun Rights.
I think they meant Phil Gingrey. The guy doesn’t even have red hair, so it’s not accurate to refer to him as “gingery.”
Or it could be they’re too busy slandering real 2nd Amendment advocates to be bothered with trivialities like spell check.
Probably the latter. I really don’t expect much competency from an organization whose sole purpose seems to be nipping at the heels of the NRA. Frankly, Dudley Brown has his hands full making a fool of himself in Colorado. I’d appreciate him not splashing around in our pool.
That said, the primary race to replace Senator Chambliss is already as wretched as can be. While Gingrey has been an unwavering friend to the 2nd Amendment, I’m not fond of his support for CISPA or for FISA expansions. As far as I’m concerned, those are both huge fails on the civil liberties front.
Jack Kingston is also running for the seat. He’s a hard-right partisan who voted for last year’s government shutdown. He also voted to make the PATRIOT Act permanent, and he supports the usual time-wasting drivel like amending the Constitution to punish flag burning and being gay. No thanks.
Then there’s Karen Handel, who ran an infamously vicious and negative campaign against Nathan Deal in her run for governor. She was eager enough to court favor with the Log Cabin Republicans when it helped her earlier in her career, but when it became apparent being nice to gays was bad for Tea Party politics, she tried to deny her membership with them. She’s an opportunist who sells out her allies when it suits her. Think carefully before allowing her to represent you.
And what of Paul Broun, for whom the NAGR are so fond? I couldn’t come up with a better caricature of the Sean Hannity fan club if I tried. Note to Republicans: if you want any hope of attracting moderates, drop the family-values and anti-science stuff.
That pretty much leaves Derrick Grayson and Michelle Nunn. I really like Grayson’s platform, but I don’t know if he stands a chance. If Michelle Nunn’s name sounds familiar, it’s because her father was a long-serving, old-school Georgia Democrat who followed his conscience and knew how to build consensus. She seems to be cut from similar cloth, but I’m leery of her stance on the 2nd Amendment.
So, the issue arises: vote for a terrible candidate who might fight for the right to keep and bear arms, or vote for a good candidate who might not? Sometimes single-issue voting isn’t a clear course.