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Why the NRA Clings to Religion
Partisan polarization is a gift from above.
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Perhaps the best thing to happen to the National Rifle Association, outside of the presence of a black man with an alien-sounding name in the White House, is intense partisan polarization. A new video promoted by the organization underscores just how thoroughly the group understands its value.
The video is similar in tone to the rhetoric associated with NRA leader Wayne LaPierre. It features Dana Loesch, of Glenn Beck's TheBlaze, offering a five-minute fusillade of invective and paranoia, the first delivered with contemptuous sneers, the latter with dramatic squints of her you-can't-fool-me eyes. What Loesch offers very little of, however, is talk about firearms per se.