From today's NYT:
"Senator John McCain and a clutch of camera crews dropped by a gun shop here on Friday, but the presumptive Republican nominee completely avoided the guns.
Instead, Mr. McCain and his wife, Cindy, looked for a scale to weigh catfish – the St. Albans Gun & Archery shop didn’t have one – and bought a $40 fishing rod, plus bobbers, hooks, sinkers and bait.
The trip was an aperitif to Mr. McCain’s appearance before the annual convention of the National Rifle Association in Louisville, Ky., later today. Mr. McCain, who favors background checks for firearm sales at gun shows and pushed through campaign finance regulations that restricted political advertising by groups like the N.R.A., was once branded by the gun lobby as “one of the premier flag-carriers for enemies of the Second Amendment.’’
Meanwhile, at the NRA convention, the Reverend Mike Huckabee thought it would be a laugh-riot to joke about NRA members pointing a gun at Barack Obama. Don't believe it? Check out the video tape ... and listen to the laughter. Sorry, but the audience did not "fall silent," as some right-wing Fox News apologists have reported.
Here's a heads up: If anything happens to Obama, this is guaranteed to be the most-seen video in the history of television, and it will come with the NRA-branded logo in the back and Christian minister and former GOP Presidential candidate giving the soundbite. Nice.
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