Friday, May 10, 2013

DEFINING WINGNUTTERY DOWN

This sort of thing has almost become a cliche:
... Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman is showing off his Second Amendment fervor by doing what some consider unthinkable: giving away a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle....

His campaign - not his government office, spokesman Donny Ferguson told MailOnline - is offering the unusual prize to entrants who join his online mailing list.

Twitter erupted late Wednesday after the congressman announced the prize giveaway by tweeting: 'Want to win a FREE AR-15? Congressman Steve Stockman is giving one away! ... Grab this gun before Obama does!' ...
Everybody's giving away AR-15s these days: Joe the Plumber, Townhall columnist Doug Giles, the Tennessee Firearms Association, the National Association for Gun Rights. The Daily Caller had a weekly gun giveaway before the election. Gun giveaways are all the rage. (Here's a list of a couple dozen recent giveaways.)

Among politicians, Stockman's a trendsetter now -- but I bet he won't be for long. I bet there'll be at least half a dozen Republican congressional candidates giving away guns in the 2014 election cycle.

And by 2016, I bet at least one GOP presidential candidate will do this. If Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Allen West all run, I suspect all three will give away guns. We'll barely regard it as unusual.

And Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush or whoever wins the nomination will be described by the press as a moderate conservative just for not giving a gun away during the campaign.

7 comments:

John Taylor said...

Don't have a job? Here, have a gun instead.

James said...

Can't wait until the first gun fail involving a gun given away by a politician.

John Taylor said...

Am I the only person who thinks that Stockman is a despicable human being?

BillyWitchDoctor said...

Uh...aren't these some of the same clowns pooping their Pampers over "Fast and Furious"--the government distributing guns into the "wrong" hands?

Or do they have some kind of "whites-only" rule for their little contests?

Ten Bears said...

They have a whites only rule.

White Christian Nationalist (NAZI).

No fear.

Examinator said...

I can wait but dread the first time one of these Massacre masters is used in either one or 'Stand your ground' crap.

I wonder how Pox News will cover the first...no prizes for guessing the second.

Anonymous said...

I'm assuming there's no background check on this.