Manchin Defends 'Dead Aim' Ad

Sen. Manchin Wouldn't Run Gun Ad Again
Back in October, we highlighted then-Gov. Joe Manchin's NRA-sponsored campaign ad, in which he took his gun and shot a hole through piece of paper labeled "Cap and Trade Bill." The Charleston Gazette reports that, asked if he would put out a similar ad in light of the tragedy in Tucson, Manchin replied, "I can't say that we would, I really can't." The shot was a metaphor, Manchin said Monday, symbolizing his opposition to cap-and-trade and his determination to work hard to make the changes in Wa...

Sen. Joe Manchin Defends Dead Aim Campaign Ads Gun Imagery
Sen. Joe Manchin tells ABC News he has no regrets about his use of gun imagery in his widely-viewed “Dead Aim” campaign ad. The West Virginia Democrat’s ad featured a graphic for the National Rifle Association and showed the then-governor shooting a copy of the Cap and Trade bill. Asked by ABC’s Huma Khan about any reservations of the gun theme in light of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords , Manchin stressed that his ad targeted a piece of Legislation, not a person...

Should everyone cool off the coalfield rhetoric?
Regular readers of Coal Tattoo know that one of the things I’ve tried to do with this blog is encourage folks with various views Coal Industry issues to talk more respectfully with each other — and to tone down the political Rhetoric, whether it’s about a “war on coal” or comparisons between mountaintop removal and Genocide. As the debate continues to heat up, I’ve had more than one long-time Activist comment privately that they’re surprised no one has...

Manchin: Gun Imagery in Politics Doesn't Cause Madmen to Kill
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. There's as much evidence that Sarah Palin's map of "targeted" House districts inspired the Arizona shooter as there is that the killer was inspired by Joe Manchin's "shoot the cap-and-trade bill" ad. That is to say: None. Manchin shouldn't need to explain his ad any more than Palin needs to explain her map, but for what it's worth, here's the West Virginia senator's defense: In a statement to RealClearPolitics, Manchin, who served a...

In Wake of Tucson Shooting, Joe Manchin Says He'd Reconsider Gun Ad
(Credit: CBS/AP) In the wake of Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson, many have been quick to lay blame on Sarah Palin for using the image of crosshairs during Midterm Elections to "target" lawmakers. Plenty of other politicians, however, used gun imagery during the 2010 midterms, including West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D). The new senator said Monday that, in light of the Tucson shooting, he doubts his future campaigns would use such imagery again. "I can't say that we would, I really ca...

Manchin wouldn't run rifle campaign ad now
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) wouldn't run a campaign ad in which he cocked, loaded and fired a rifle at a copy of cap-and-trade Legislation, if the Senate campaign were going on today, the Charleston Gazette reports. Manchin's "Dead Aim" ad assured voters of his pro-Second Amendment beliefs, and anti-cap-and-trade stances during a Special Election race. Manchin appears in the ad, carrying a gun and firing at a bill. Manchin said he'd be more sensitive about airing such an ad in the wake...

Manchin Would Not Have Run Ad
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told the West Virginia Gazette that in the wake of the Arizona shootings he probably would not have aired his advertisement last year in which he shot a stack of cap-and-trade Legislation. Said Manchin: "I can't say that we would, I really can't. Because it's a much more sensitive thing we're dealing with right now." ...

Post-Tucson Tragedy, Sen. Joe Manchin Defends Use of Gun Imagery in Campaign Ad
ABC News' Huma Khan reports: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., one of a number of 2010 Candidates who used gun imagery in their campaigns, today staunchly defended his ad, explicitly separating himself from others who targeted specific candidates. “I've spent my whole career bringing people together, avoiding the rancor of partisan politics, and that will continue to be the focus of my work as U.S. Senator going forward,” Manchin said in a statement today. “The act of a deranged madman who com

Joe Manchin Says He Doesnt Hunt People With Gun, Just Stacks of Paper
Sen. Joe Manchin saw some Republican Candidates in the midterms using heated Rhetoric about using their guns on people, so he decided he had to do it too. So he went hunting for a wild cap-and-trade bill on some coon trail and shot it in slow motion with his sexy shotgun. Did he field dress it? Did he eat it raw, or did he cook it or make it into jerky? Did he “use the whole animal,” Indian-style? We don’t know, because the commercial is only 30 seconds. But Joe Manchin needs u...

Manchin says he would not air ad in wake of shooting
The senator who defended airing a Controversial ad involving a gun said on Monday that he probably would not have released the ad in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting. When then-Gov. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was campaigning in October for the U.S. Senate last year he aired a 30-second ad in which he shot a copy of the Obama Administration's Healthcare Reform Legislation. A day after the Arizona shooting that claimed the lives of six and Rep. Giffords barely survived, A day after the Arizona ...

Flashback: Bachmann Called for "Armed and Dangerous" Citzenry on Climate Bill
In the wake of the tragic shootings in Tucson on Saturday, there has been a lot of talk about the influence of heated—and at times, violent—political Rhetoric, which has seemingly escalated in recent years. Sarah Palin has gotten plenty of attention for her midterms target map (replete with bulls-eyes) of Congressional Districts, Arizona's Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was critically injured in the shooting. But it's worth noting some of the other examples of extreme rhetoric&m...;

Flashback: Bachmann called for armed and dangerous citzenry on climate bill
In the wake of the tragic shootings in Tucson on Saturday, there has been a lot of talk about the influence of heated -- and at times, violent -- political Rhetoric, which has seemingly escalated in recent years. Sarah Palin has gotten plenty of attention for her midterms target map (replete with bulls-eyes) of Congressional Districts, including Arizona's Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), who was critically injured in the shooting. But it's worth noting some of the other examples of extreme rhetoric ...

McDonnell's take on the AZ shooting and political discourse
Governor Bob McDonnell was in Salem Sunday, campaigning for House of Delegates Candidate Greg Habeeb. I talked with the Governor about the shooting in Arizona and the state of political discourse in America. McDONNELL: "It's just gutwrenching that in this great land of liberty and freedom where we value the First Amendment, in fact the congresswoman that was shot actually read the first amendment on the floor of the house two days before at the request of Congressman Goodlatte, to have those peo...

Dem who called for Fla. governor to be shot now pleads for civility
Stumble This! Republicans do not hold a monopoly on violent political Rhetoric. A former Democratic congressman, who recently called for Florida's new Republican Governor Rick Scott to be "shot," now wants to restore "civility" in public discourse. "We all lose an element of freedom when security considerations distance public officials from the people," former Pennsylvania Rep. Paul Kanjorski wrote in Tuesday's New York Times. "Therefore, it is Incumbent on all Americans to create an atmospher...

Video: Thousands of Right Wing Christians Celebrate Jared Loughner's Murders
Wait, what I meant to say is that this video shows thousands of Muslims in Saudi Arabia celebrating Mumtaz Qadri who assassinated the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, for opposing Pakistan's Blasphemy laws. You cannot judge a society by the fact that it has murderers. All societies have murderers. But a society that celebrates its murderers says a lot about that society. Thanks to The Sanity Inspector And the reaction in Pakistan? WaPo:The assassin has been showered with rose petals, his ho...

Manchin comments on gun ad
Joe Manchin finds himself explaining that memorable ad in which he took a literal shot at the Health Care cap-and-trade Legislation: I've spent my whole career bringing people together, avoiding the rancor of partisan politics, and that will continue to be the focus of my work as U.S. Senator going forward. The act of a deranged madman who commits a horrific act should not an...

Manchin: 'I have never targeted an individual'
In the aftermath of the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, freshman Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday defended his Controversial campaign ad involving a gun. In a 30-second ad that aired at the height of the campaign in October, Manchin (D-W.Va.) was shown shooting a hole through what is supposed to be a copy of the cap-and-trade Energy Bill.  Manchin said people should not confuse his actions with those of Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of shooting Giffords (D) on Saturday. “I've...

Candidate Raises Gun, Shoots Opponent Out of Midair in Ad!
Looks like some other folks remember Joe Manchin’s shooting ad. Sen. Joe Manchin said his infamous “Dead Aim” political ad should not be connected to the tragedy that occurred over the weekend in Tucson, Ariz., but he doubts he would use it again now that the horrific event has occurred… During a Monday afternoon Conference Call with reporters, he pointed to the fact that he wasn’t targeting a person, but rather a piece of paper in an ad that should be taken sym...

The Dismissal of Sarah Palin
I am neither shocked nor surprised that this nation's most prominent liberals see fit to blame Sarah Palin for causing the shooting in Tucson that severely injured Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and claimed six lives. But it does sadden me. Before the shooter was identified much less his Victims were identified we witnessed the spectacle of a Nobel Laureate and an Academy Award-winning actress amongst many others falling all over themselves to excoriate the former Alaska Governor. Y...

Sarah Palin Targets on Map Considered a Death Threat, Joe Manchin Taking Dead Aim and Shooting Bill with Real Gun Perfectly OK
Can this nonsense get any more ridiculous … The Democrats and the loony LEFT have yet another Paul Wellstone Memorial moment. Fake targets, cross-hairs or bulls-eyes on a map to show politically targeted states or districts are evil, bad and make “registered Independents” go crazy, however, using a rifle complete with scope and real cross-hairs to “take dead aim” at a piece of Legislation is perfectly ok. I think we can see the hypocrisy of the LEFT once again on...

The costs of protecting our elected officials against an assassins bullet
In light of last Saturday’s tragedy, the U.S. Congress is working an abbreviated schedule this week. Legislative action has been suspended through Wednesday of next week so that our elected leaders can join the rest of the nation in mourning a senseless tragedy. Once work resumes, the House is expected to entertain a proposal to extend armed security protection to all 535 members of Congress at all times. The idea, which is understandable in the light of recent events, has its roots in the...

Top Republican Rep. Pete King to Introduce Gun-Control Legislation
ABC News’ John R. Parkinson reports:  The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Peter King, R-New York, announced today that he will introduce a bill that would ban knowingly carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of certain high-profile government officials.  [Mayor Michael Bloomberg] and I have discussed that we are introducing in the next several weeks Legislation which would make it a federal crime to carry a weapon within 1,000 feet of any event which is attend...

Our Raucous Democracy, The Blame Game and the Arizona Shooting
What a relief! President Obama can pull FBI Director Mueller back from Arizona and call off the investigation into the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords. The smoking gun has been found. It is obvious after listening to the Sunday morning news shows that the shooter had been listening to conservative Talk Radio, was heavily influences by the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, loose Gun Laws in Arizona, and the hate discourse that is created by Right Wing organizations and politicians. Sherlock Holmes has...

The Arizona Shooting and the Blame Game
Posted by Mike Finch on Jan 10th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. What a relief!  President Obama can pull FBI Director Mueller back from Arizona and call off the investigation into the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords.  The smoking gun has been found. It is obvious after listening to the Sunday morning news shows that the shoot...

Oops! Harry Reid Unexpectedly Questioned on His Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory and they talked about the Debt ceiling. In case you weren’t aware, the National Debt of the United States has topped $14 Trillion and soon we will hit what they call the “debt ceiling.” That’s the total amount of Debt allowed by law. So if they want to incur more debt, our legislators must vote to raise the Debt ceiling. Some Republicans are calling for Spending Cuts, but the ...