Republican Texas Representative Steve Stockman is running against fellow GOPer John Cornyn for a Senate seat and is attempting to sway potential voters to his side through a rather odd method - claiming endorsements which were never made.
One such "endorsement" comes courtesy of the NRA (National Rifle Association). While Representative Stockman claimed the NRA had endorsed him, the NRA has another take on the matter, as NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said the following to the Huffington Post in December:
"NRA is not endorsing Rep. Stockman, or supporting him. Any claims to the contrary by him are totally false."
The strangest such Stockman "endorsement" came courtesy of conservative activist Howard Phillips, who died seven months ago, which was prior to the Texas Representative deciding to enter the race. Of the 12 groups listed under "past and present endorsements" on Stockman's website, at least seven of them have not endorsed him for the U.S. Senate.
That's quite the interesting strategy by Representative Stockman if I do say so myself. While he's at it, he may as well make the following claims:
- "So, I just received an endorsement from Elvis Presley today. The King supports me. Now allow me to be one of your Kings of Texas. Let me shake up the great state of Texas like Elvis shook, I mean, still shakes the world of music."
- "I received a telegraph from Jesus today and guess what? He's endorsed me to become your Senator! Can you believe that? Our Lord and Savior! May he rest in peace. I mean, he shall always live after resting in peace one time, or something! Yeah! Can I get an amen?"
- "While the Christmas holiday may be officially over, the season is still as alive for me now as it was on December 25th of last year. You see, I just received Santa Claus' endorsement. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty tickled by that. It's the greatest gift he's ever given me and the greatest gift any of you could ever receive is through electing me as your new Senator! Not only will it feel like Christmas on December 25th, it'll feel like Christmas all year long!"
- "Who here knows that the Northern Mockingbird is the Texas state bird? I see a few of you with your hands raised. That's very good. Well, of all the things you know about our state bird, did you know that just this morning, it endorsed me to become your Senator? It flew over to me, spoke to me in a language I couldn't completely understand, appeared to smile, and then we watched the film To Kill a Mockingbird together while each drinking a beer. I tell you what, just the title of the film infuriated me! To kill a mockingbird? Never! Guns don't kill birds; birds kill birds! I've since adopted this bird as my pet and call him Peckerwood."
- "This old buddy of mine from high school, who kind of resembled a young Chuck Norris, told me one time while we were passing around a bong, "If you ever do anything, I'll be there to support you." I haven't seen or heard from him since graduation day, but it still sounds to me like he endorsed me to become Senator of this fine state! He may not be here today and I may never see him again, but dangit, when a stoned high school Chuck Norris lookalike sees good in a person, he sure as heck knows what he's talking about, and that good person is me - your future Senator!"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/steve-stockman-endorsements_n_4545219.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/steve-stockman-endorsements_n_4545219.html
One such "endorsement" comes courtesy of the NRA (National Rifle Association). While Representative Stockman claimed the NRA had endorsed him, the NRA has another take on the matter, as NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said the following to the Huffington Post in December:
"NRA is not endorsing Rep. Stockman, or supporting him. Any claims to the contrary by him are totally false."
The strangest such Stockman "endorsement" came courtesy of conservative activist Howard Phillips, who died seven months ago, which was prior to the Texas Representative deciding to enter the race. Of the 12 groups listed under "past and present endorsements" on Stockman's website, at least seven of them have not endorsed him for the U.S. Senate.
That's quite the interesting strategy by Representative Stockman if I do say so myself. While he's at it, he may as well make the following claims:
- "So, I just received an endorsement from Elvis Presley today. The King supports me. Now allow me to be one of your Kings of Texas. Let me shake up the great state of Texas like Elvis shook, I mean, still shakes the world of music."
- "I received a telegraph from Jesus today and guess what? He's endorsed me to become your Senator! Can you believe that? Our Lord and Savior! May he rest in peace. I mean, he shall always live after resting in peace one time, or something! Yeah! Can I get an amen?"
- "While the Christmas holiday may be officially over, the season is still as alive for me now as it was on December 25th of last year. You see, I just received Santa Claus' endorsement. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty tickled by that. It's the greatest gift he's ever given me and the greatest gift any of you could ever receive is through electing me as your new Senator! Not only will it feel like Christmas on December 25th, it'll feel like Christmas all year long!"
- "Who here knows that the Northern Mockingbird is the Texas state bird? I see a few of you with your hands raised. That's very good. Well, of all the things you know about our state bird, did you know that just this morning, it endorsed me to become your Senator? It flew over to me, spoke to me in a language I couldn't completely understand, appeared to smile, and then we watched the film To Kill a Mockingbird together while each drinking a beer. I tell you what, just the title of the film infuriated me! To kill a mockingbird? Never! Guns don't kill birds; birds kill birds! I've since adopted this bird as my pet and call him Peckerwood."
- "This old buddy of mine from high school, who kind of resembled a young Chuck Norris, told me one time while we were passing around a bong, "If you ever do anything, I'll be there to support you." I haven't seen or heard from him since graduation day, but it still sounds to me like he endorsed me to become Senator of this fine state! He may not be here today and I may never see him again, but dangit, when a stoned high school Chuck Norris lookalike sees good in a person, he sure as heck knows what he's talking about, and that good person is me - your future Senator!"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/steve-stockman-endorsements_n_4545219.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/steve-stockman-endorsements_n_4545219.html
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