Even though the Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr has great connections to the NRA, the American National Rifle Association, the organization decided to come out in support for John McCain, the Republican nominee, nonetheless.
The endorsement was somewhat halfhearted. The NRA’s NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre announced the endorsement Thursday. In his announcement LaPierre said that they disagreed with McCain on a variety of issues, and reminded members that they had clashed with McCain several times in the past, but that they agreed more with McCain than disagreed, and therefore decided to support him.
In other words, the NRA endorses McCain despite their differences.
The NRA already published a video highly critical of Barack Obama. Many gunholders in the United States worry that Obama may try to limit their right to own and carry arms. The NRA clearly agrees with that sentiment.
Although the NRA is quite powerful and has a lot of money to spend (also on candidates they favor), the endorsement is not very surprising. It made more than sense, the Republican nominee is usually the one the NRA endorses. Nonetheless, this organization has proven to be quite a valuable ally for Republican candidates in past years. As such, McCain will probably be quite happy with the endorsement, especially considering the fact that they might have gone with Barr this time around.
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