Very disturbing news from the Martinsville Bulletin:

Both incumbent Congressman Tom Perriello and challenger state Sen. Robert Hurt say they are supported by the National Rifle Association, but both also expect Perriello to get the NRA’s endorsement in the 5th District congressional race….

The NRA will make congressional race endorsements Oct. 1 or the following week, according to an association spokesman. She added that the association’s “friendly incumbent rule” means that elected officials who support the NRA and have a good voting record on issues of importance to it will continue to receive its support….

The NRA has contributed $1,000 to Perriello’s re-election campaign, according to Barba and federal election records.

Not too much to add to this other than my mounting disgust with the NRA. Given the fact that they will take hard earned member funds and use it to support a man who does everything in his power to increase the role and reach of our national government into every aspect of our lives, I am feeling gratified that I let my membership lapse. At least <i>my</i> money will not support a candidate that I will crawl over broken glass to vote against on November 2.

The NRA has lost the ability to differentiate between a 2A supporter and a political weasel who uses the 2A to better his electoral chances.

Maybe they will surprise us on October 1, but don’t hold your breath.

As a side note, the reference article mirrors the talking points from Perriello’s radio ad blitz now running on local stations touting his ‘conservative’ record of supporting gun rights, budget cuts and opposing Pelosi.

All departments at MiniTrue are working overtime…

I just received my first call from a polster. It was for an AP poll in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
They asked all of the expected questions as to my demographic background, ideological affiliations, income, right direction/wrong direction etc. But what was very strange to me were the number of ethnic/racial type questions.
They asked me if I considered ‘Blacks’ (note – not the PC African-American) in a series of questions to be lazy, violent, unmotivated, untrustworthy and another disparaging term I don’t recall (rated from ‘very’ to ‘not at all’). I don’t think they liked how my answers were not giving them what they were looking for, judging by the pollsters tones.

I was honestly shocked at the line of questioning.

They also asked whether I thought ‘Whites’ had too much influence (just right or too little were the 3 responses I was allowed). That was followed by how I rated the influence (too much, too little , just right) of the elderly, hispanics, blacks, and ‘the rich’.
Just a little class warfare to go along with race baiting. All in a day’s work for our pre-emininent ‘news’ service.

At the end they asked if I considered myself White, Hispanic, Black or other.

My take on the whole episode is that aside from trying to ascertain how much Obama was going to win by, they were looking for traces of bigotry to tie to right leaning voters in case the ‘unthinkable’ happens and Obama loses.

Just my opinion.

When asked who I thought would win the (after asking me whom I intended to vote for), I said McCain and you could almost hear the ‘Yeah, right’ tone coming through.

Perhaps I read too much into the pollsters attitude, but the questions themselves told me all I need to know about where the next few years are going regardless of who wins in November.