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NewsWatch [image] Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke On FOX News, Defends Sen. Obama Against False NRA Attacks
» by NewsWatch on October 24th, 2008 Permalink

Brady President Paul Helmke appeared on FOX News yesterday morning to rebut the latest NRA smear tactics against Sen. Obama.

Paul went on immediately before NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, and frankly pushed LaPierre off the field before he had a chance to say a word.

Paul made it clear that after the Heller decision, nobody’s going to “take anybody’s guns away,” and the NRA is scrambling for a scare tactic to keep the donations rolling in.

But with at least four national fact checking organizations calling NRA’s anti-Obama smear campaign everything from “misleading” to “a huge stretch” to “intentionally dishonest” and “pants on fire wrong,” it was all Mr. LaPierre could do to convince viewers that he and the NRA leadership weren’t lying through their teeth.

For Heaven’s sake, NRA called Sen. John McCain “one of the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment” just a few years ago. Then they endorsed him for President.

And if that isn’t enough, Paul also reminded the audience about the still-unresolved NRA spy scandal, calling into question the last shred of credibility NRA has left with the electorate.

FOX News America’s Newsroom Anchor Megyn Kelly was actually the first journalist in the country to pose a question about the NRA spy directly to an NRA official on the air.

Characteristically, Wayne LaPierre ducked.

Watch the two main segments here (the third and final segment with Wayne LaPierre has yet to be posted):

Posted in Elections 2008, NRA Spygate, Parker v. District of Columbia

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