NRA vs Obama

The fund-raising letter I received today from Chris Cox, Executive Director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, hammers Barack Obama's record on firearm issues and his ill-advised, poorly worded statement to the effect that small-town Americans are bitter and, for solace, turn to guns and religion.

The letter does not mention any other candidate as being preferable, perhaps because the alternative may be closer to correct on guns, but he will be a disaster for the country on almost everything else.

Although I am a life member of the NRA, and although I realize Obama has no idea of the origins of the Second Amendment--what it meant to those who wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and what it means today--he is on the right side of almost everything else, from health care and troop care to international relations and the economy.

So, I'm sorry, Chris, no money from me for the NRA-ILA on this one. All the money I can spare for causes these days goes directly to Barack Obama's campaign.