NRA endorses Democrat for Virginia AG


The National Rifle Association is actually supporting a Democrat, reports the Washington Times with amazement.

The National Rifle Association of America yesterday endorsed state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds for Virginia attorney general, its first Democratic endorsement in Virginia in many years.

Mr. Deeds received the nod over Republican candidate Robert F. McDonnell. The election is Nov. 8.

The NRA said its endorsements are not decided by party affiliation, but the group has endorsed just one Democrat in the past four statewide elections.

"Creigh Deeds has had a history of being supportive of the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment," said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam.

Mr. Deeds, a state senator from Bath County, sponsored a state constitutional amendment that guaranteed the right to hunt, fish and trap game. Voters approved the amendment in 2000.

Of course this is not astonishing in the sense that the NRA is some Republican political hack. No, it's astonishing because the Democrats so rarely come down on the side of the Second Amendment.


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For the record, I have never referred to the NRA as the "National Republican Association".

Never.

Honest.

Really.

Posted by: Tam at October 3, 2005 10:06 AM

Interestingly, VCDL isn't endorsing anyone in the race cause they said either candidate will do a fabulous job protecting our rights.

Gosh, its good to live in Virginia. Of course, VCDL isn't endorsing anyone for Governator either because while Tim Kaine at least had the balls to respond to their survey Kilgore refused to and now has his staffers going to the press and slandering VCDL's reputation.

Posted by: countertop at October 3, 2005 11:23 AM

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