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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Sat May 7, 2016, 06:03 AM May 2016

The NRA Board Is Embroiled in Another Uproar, This One Co-Starring Glenn Beck

The National Rifle Association can behave like a religious order: Its internal squabbles rarely spill out into public view. But on Friday, Glenn Beck, a Tea Party icon, aired his ongoing rift with one of the organization’s officials. During his radio show, Beck said many of his listeners would soon be receiving a ballot in the mail, which would ask them whether they wanted to recall Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform, from the NRA’s board. It was the culmination of a quixotic crusade begun by Beck three years ago, when he alleged the advocate had unseemly ties to radical Muslims. He implored the NRA members in his audience to vote for Norquist’s removal.

“His connections to really, really dangerous people in the Islamist side is frightening and it needs to end and his influence needs to be dramatically reduced, at least in conservative circles,” Beck said.

For the NRA, the timing of Beck’s announcement could be considered less than ideal. Since early last week, the group has been dealing with a different public relations problem involving a prominent associate. On February 8, its most outspoken board member, Ted Nugent, took to social media to blame a dozen prominent American Jews for gun control. The comments were so indisputably hateful that even gun enthusiasts who revere the aging rock star called for his removal. And now the Norquist controversy has the prerogatives of the NRA in the spotlight again.

https://www.thetrace.org/2016/02/glenn-beck-grover-norquist-nra-uproar/
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The NRA Board Is Embroiled in Another Uproar, This One Co-Starring Glenn Beck (Original Post) SecularMotion May 2016 OP
About as relevant as the elders in a church synod arguing about where the candles should be DonP May 2016 #1
This is a February 16th article. Hangingon May 2016 #2
So which side are you on? The NRA's or Glenn's? ileus May 2016 #3
Based on previous posts, I'm guessing he favors Beck's side DonP May 2016 #5
Not relevant to the Second Amendment. Eleanors38 May 2016 #4
 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
1. About as relevant as the elders in a church synod arguing about where the candles should be
Sat May 7, 2016, 09:27 AM
May 2016

Why would anyone give a s*** what they do with their board?

Do you think this is going to make millions of dues paying members cut up their cards and sell off their guns?

Or in anyway impact their membership or the political effectiveness of the ILA?

Must be thin gruel out there in "Cut and Paste" land these days.

Can't find any stories of NRA members gunning down orphans lately?

How about stories of gun control getting big wins in courts, the ballot box or legislatures?

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
5. Based on previous posts, I'm guessing he favors Beck's side
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:38 AM
May 2016

Since he made no comment, we just have to guess based on his previous posts about how evil the NRA board and membership is.

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