POLITICO – McGlowan gun comments backfire … quotes YallPolitics and Majority in MS
In the interview, McGlowan insisted that she was a supporter of gun rights and spent several minutes arguing with callers about the registration proposal. One listener told McGlowan that if she decided to run for Congress her candidacy would be “dead on arrival.”
The former television commentator is running in the district currently occupied by Democratic Rep. Travis Childers, where Republicans already have a strong candidate in state Sen. Alan Nunnelee.
McGlowan’s comments first surfaced on the Mississippi blog Y’All Politics, where commenters said she “sounded like a Democrat” and an “ally of Pelosi.” Another state blog, Majority in Mississippi, pointed out that McGlowan advertised her support for gun ownership in both her campaign kickoff at tea party appearances, with one contributor concluding that McGlowan is “left with either continuing to hold the unpopular position or be a flip-flopper. Neither are positions any candidate would want to be associated with.”
The comments made their way to national conservative blogs, too, with the activist hub RedState questioning whether McGlowan had been effectively vetted her before her speech last week at the National Tea Party Convention.
McGlowan’s campaign has not responded to a request for comment.
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2/11/10
Magnolia Tribune
