Someone at the Paul campaign fouled up regarding the NRA - read this.

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So Dr. Paul was left out of a MAJOR media event and corresponding article by the NRA.

Conspiracy, right?

Nope. They contacted him, and THE PAUL CAMPAIGN IGNORED THEM!

http://www.nrapublications.org/celebration/default.asp

Here's the letter I got when I asked them about this:

Here is their response.

Thank you for contacting the NRA-ILA. Regarding your comments, Congressman Ron Paul was invited to the National Rifle Association's Celebration of American Values. The NRA did not receive a response from him. As a result, there is no mention of your candidate in the article. If Congressman Paul had accepted the invitation, or contacted the NRA prior to the event, every effort would have been made to accommodate his appearance. In fact, NRA did work with a number of candidates who did not RSVP and we facilitated their appearance in person or via videotaped message. The same courtesy would have been given to the Ron Paul campaign had they contacted us. If and when the NRA has another candidate forum, we would hope that Congressman Paul would participate - either in person, or via videotaped message.

Best Regards,

Ryan Irsik

NRA-ILA

They even invited third tier people like Huckabee, Hunter, McCain, and Thompson - but Paul just ignored them. WTF?!?
 
Yes, several people got the same response. They weren't even answering e-mails at the time.
 
How convienient that he didn't respond. You know, I'm very skeptical of people and I wouldn't put it past them to try and say he didn't respond to make him look bad.
 
How convienient that he didn't respond. You know, I'm very skeptical of people and I wouldn't put it past them to try and say he didn't respond to make him look bad.
We know for a fact that they were weeks behind on e-mail in September, when this happened. Its entirely believable.
 
We know for a fact that they were weeks behind on e-mail in September, when this happened. Its entirely believable.

I think this says something, lets only send high quality emails to the campaign, no more spamming 100,000 emails every time they do something small we don't like.
 
People, don't sweat the NRA. Dr. Paul knows what he's doing. Check this out:


NRA Endorses Gun Control Democrat, Lies About Ron Paul's Record


Kevin Smith/ Jones Report | November 1, 2006

Any doubt the NRA isn’t a shill organization, have now been removed for all to see. The recent B rating given to Dr. Ron Paul (R) TX -14th District, is an outrage.* According to the NRA’s website as well as his challenger, Rep. Ron Paul's "B" rating indicates past votes for restrictive legislation.* This is a blatant lie!* When asked for the rating criteria, the NRA said they didn’t publish one.* According to Penny Langford Freeman, an aide to Congressman Paul, the lowered rating appears to be payback for Congressman Paul’s opposition to the NRA’s compromise gun locks legislation, which was added to a clean firearms manufacturer’s protection bill.*

On the other hand, Gun Owners of America, as well as other leading gun rights groups, rate Rep. Paul with an A+.* When executive director of GOA, Larry Pratt was informed of what the NRA was doing, he was quick to come to the aide of the Texas congressman.

Larry Pratt went on to relate that from the time Ron Paul got to Congress in 1976 he has been the staunchest of defenders of the 2nd Amendment.* From his first days in Congress trying to use a constitutional remedy, the ‘One House Veto’ to return residents of Washington D.C. their gun rights, to the continual moans of his own Republican party, “Oh here we go again” every time he try’s to strike down existing gun laws.* Pratt continued “This is a guy who’s the real deal”, “let’s get behind Ron Paul! He’s been behind us”. **When asked how GOA rated the challenger Shane Sklar, Mr. Pratt said “he didn’t return the form, which is a very bad sign”.

Young Mr. Sklar, whose main battle cry is that the incumbent doesn’t bring home enough pork, is out of step, a relic that can’t work the system for his constituents.* Ignored and irrelevant, is the claim directed at the most principled person in Washington.* Congressman Paul’s bills are now being recognized by many around the country as necessary to saving this country.*

A new wrinkle has been added with the fake ratings by the NRA, now Mr. Sklar has launched a new campaign site emphasizing the fact that he’s an avid hunter and fisherman.* We all know this line “I support the gun rights of sportsman and hunters”, says Mr. Sklar.* Versus something that the Statesman, Ron Paul would say, “the Second Amendment is not about hunting or your right to shoot skeet”.

We need all men and women who believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, regardless of political affiliations to come to the aid of the last great statesman of the United States of America, veteran, doctor, and scholar; Congressman Ron Paul.

We are in the midst of a detailed investigation into Shane Sklar, he’s a registered lobbyist here in Texas.* With ethics violations swirling around, his ties to Big Agra and organizations pushing the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) are very troubling; he has all the earmarks of being the corrupt establishment’s boy.

Here are a few facts from sources here in Texas:

-Shane Sklar is: He is a registered lobbyist with ethics violations recorded with the TEC

-He has about $150k in personal debt according to his FEC report and he just turned 30 this year.

-Pelosi had a fundraiser for him in DC in July

-He had never been in the military though he says that he is pro military.(he’s still young enough to enlist)

-He says that he is a farmer/rancher though he just borrowed money from his mother to invest in his family farm this year.

-His family has ties to oil.

-He is for amnesty(though he says that the illegals need to pay a fine and go to the back of the line, not be deported or prosecuted for breaking the law.)

-He says that he wants more money for farmers, roads, military, but yet wants to balance the budget.

http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/021106_nra_endorses.html
 
Forget about the NRA, their power is thin and corrupted, they are no longer an traditional American organization.
 
I think distance between Dr. Paul and the NRA is a good thing. The NRA is not for individual liberty. Meanwhile, real gun rights groups like Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership and Gun Owners of America know who the friend of the Second Amendment in Congress is and has been - Dr. Paul. If the NRA goes and soaks its head in a barrel of sh..aving cream, I could care less.

The fact is, the NRA supporters who care about freedom already know about Dr. Paul. And the NRA has already shown itself, time, and time again, to be ready to sell our gun rights for a little appeasement.
 
Anyone catch this???

I particularly like this part of their response in the letter...

"If Congressman Paul had accepted the invitation, or contacted the NRA prior to the event, every effort would have been made to accommodate his appearance. In fact, NRA did work with a number of candidates who did not RSVP and we facilitated their appearance in person or via videotaped message. The same courtesy would have been given to the Ron Paul campaign had they contacted us.

Interesting, They really didn't want to work with Dr. Paul. 2nd amendment is no longer their agenda, but gun control is.
 
To repeat myself from that thread (which still no one has responded to):

"First of all, a lot of you guys are acting like this happened this week. The event this article is about was on the 21st of September. Being the end of the quarter it was an extremely busy time for the campaign and it was before our 1.2 million fundraising blitz that last week so they were still on a relatively shoestring budget.

In any case, many here got in the NRA's face this morning without knowing any real information and without asking for their side of the story. And here you guys are doing the same thing regarding the campaign.

We really don't know who is at fault here but I'm leaning towards the NRA. Since they said the campaign didn't respond, I'm assuming they sent the invitation via an email or letter. Volunteers deal with both (since there are a lot of each). Any organization that wanted a reply would have followed up and surely if they had done so they would have mentioned it in their email."
 
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