Gubernatorial Stuff
In Tennessee, we’re gonna get a new one soon. Gun rights were made an issue in the race because some cracker pointed out that a man who would eventually run for governor (Bill Haslam) had joined the anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns group. At first he ignored the issue then, in an attempt to score some points, joined the NRA and commented on how he just bought his son a shotgun. And he sent around some flyers telling us how pro-gun he is.
One of his opponents isn’t too happy. Ramsey called Haslam out on the issue of guns:
Ramsey’s release says Haslam helped lead one of the country’s most radical gun control groups, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Guns”.
And the press says that is false. Because Mayors Against Guns isn’t about banning guns. And the local news knows this because they asked the group. You know, instead of looking the group’s record on guns. But, no, Haslam did not help lead the group. I don’t even think he went to a meeting.
More from Tom Humphrey.
And the local news rag endorses Bill Haslam. That’s the most not-shocking thing ever.
July 12th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
It’s too bad, just as in the 2006 Tennessee Senate primary, we had two conservatives (Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary) dividing up the votes and one wealthy moderate (Corker) getting the nomination. It may happen now in the Gov race with Haslam, the new “conservative” convert, benefitting fromtwo conservative, a nd reliably pro-gun right candidates.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:00 am
The apathy is off the charts in this Governor’s race. $7.5 million just doesn’t buy as much as it used to.