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The Blog for Wednesday, December 29, 2004

I Wouldn't Call her a "Pioneer"

    The Miami Herald reports:
    Three Florida women, including nationally renowned gun rights advocate Marion Hammer of Tallahassee, were named Tuesday by Gov. Jeb Bush to the state Women's Hall of Fame.
    "State plans to honor 3 women pioneers". Hammer, a "pioneer", I don't think so. Rather, she is an embarassing GOoPer wingnut; examples of her blow hard ramblings follow:

    Here she is     attacking the editor of the Texas Catholic: "You should be ashamed! Your blatant attack on the NRA is not born of knowledge but of ignorance and politics. It is immoral, sir, for you to use your position to attack 3.5 million men and women of all faiths, in a shameless attempt to defend a President with despicable morals." (You know who that President was?)

    Her typical rhetoric: "The conduct of CNN and Ken Jenne, a Florida Sheriff, was so egregious that it could not go unanswered. There is no doubt in my mind that CNN and Sheriff Jenne and his staff, plotted, lied, faked and willfully perpetrated a fraud with that story."

    And Hammer is a GOoPer first, second and last. Read here about how she back stabbed conservative Dem Sen. George Kirkpatrick (who always did precisely what the NRA told him to do).

    In 2002, Hammer did "Jeb!"'s dirty work, attacking Sen. Tom Rossin when he was McBride's running mate. She mendaciously published to NRA members that Rossin's record on gun issues graded out as an "F" and that Rossin was a "liberal" on matters of concern to gun owners. In fact, "In 1994, she labeled him "pro-gun" [and] Rossin is one of only four Democrats to receive a campaign contribution from the NRA since 1996. Hammer's group gave Rossin the maximum amount, $500, in 1996."

    Hammer is, to put it politely, less than honorable, and her insertion into to Florida's Women's Hall of Fame is a disservice.

    As an aside check out Chain Gang Charlie's I love Marion sycophantyic rant. You think he might be running for something? And what's this about Rod Smith and the NRA?

6:27 AM

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