After suffering two stinging defeats last year for representation in the House of Representatives and taking a thorough beating in their own state legislature, Republicans are trying hard to boost their sagging egos. What would one do when you are beaten down for your failed ideas and unconscionable support of the war in Iraq? Get out your M-16s and Uzi and find out!
From The Union Leader:
Tired of the usual chicken dinners, the Manchester Republican Committee is planning to arm supporters next month with Uzis, M-16 rifles and other automatic weapons for a day of target practice at a Pelham firing range.
"The thought just struck me one day: a machine gun shoot. What the heck?" said Jerry Thibodeau, the committee chairman.
Thibodeau, who is himself a hunter and skeet shooter, pitched the Aug. 5 event as a fun social gathering, as well as a demonstration of the party's support for Second Amendment rights.
The concept prompted shudders across the political aisle. Chris Pappas, the city Democratic party chairman, called the event "not just in poor taste; it is downright offensive."
"The citizens of Manchester have lived through a deadly spike in violent crime the past year-and-a-half, despite the campaign promises of (Mayor) Frank Guinta to lower crime rates," Pappas said. "That the mayor's political party would seek to glorify the use of machine guns for political gain is unconscionable."
There is no power in their ideas, those have already been shot to hell by common sense. No amount of ammunition or firepower is going to save these guys.
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