(NRA Social Media Ad)
Organizing For America is the most formidable electoral machine ever assembled in American political history. Their use of behavioral scientists allows them to manipulate target groups. They run circles around Republicans and Conservatives through the use of social media and micro-targeting. OFA is on the verge of creating permanent one party rule in America. But for once, they met their match.
After the Newtown massacres, the fake god-king was out demonizing guns. OFA did its usual propaganda based attacks using emotional imagery. But unlike the Republican Party, The National Rifle Association is disciplined and well organized. Unlike the GOP, it is very popular with Americans and is viewed as fighting for people’s rights. They also have hired their own team of behavioral scientists and data-miners. They were able to destroy OFA’s emotional appeal with cold hard facts. The result was that as of this writing, the NRA has gotten the better of OFA.
Obama for America’s post-election transformation into the grassroots lobbying group Organizing for Action (OFA) was supposed to provide the political heft (and supersized bank account) President Obama would need to implement his sweeping second-term agenda. So far, however, efforts to translate OFA’s success in turning out support for its candidate into generating support for his actual policies have thoroughly failed to impress.
Take gun control. In the months since the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., the president has waged an aggressive campaign to implement stricter gun-control policies. He concluded his State of the Union address with a rousing appeal for congressional action — “The families of Newtown deserve a vote” — and continues to implore the American people: “Shame on us if we forget.” OFA, though legally prohibited from coordinating with the White House, has thrown its full weight behind the effort.
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NRA president David Keene concurs. “They’re learning that when you put together something like they did for Obama, it’s hard to translate that into other activities,” he tells National Review Online. “They believed they had put together this machinery that they could use for darn near anything, and that just wasn’t true.”
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The specific nature of the gun-control debate makes Obama’s and OFA’s challenge all the more difficult. Gun-control advocates will likely never be able to match the natural enthusiasm that exists in the pro-gun segment of the population, particularly when the latter finds itself on the defensive. “The difference between OFA and the NRA is that the NRA has millions of members who are passionately focused on the issue of Second Amendment rights, whereas Obama supporters are a much broader and much shallower pool of support for a specific person,” says Collegio.
This is just like the Nazis biting off more than they can chew by attacking Soviet, Russia. OFA thought it was invincible because it runs circles around the paraplegic like Republican Party. But when confronted by a well disciplined opponent with the resources to match it, OFA failed.
The NRA proved OFA can be beaten. Whether the Republican Party of Conservatives in general will study this defeat is another matter. In that regards to the latter, I am not hopeful. I salute the NRA for defeating this evil organization.
Tags: gun control, NRA, OFA
