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70. What The NRA's Wayne Lapierre Gets Paid To Defend Guns aka don't puke on your shoes

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 09:36 PM

Dec 2012

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/danbigman/2012/12/21/what-the-nras-wayne-lapierre-gets-paid-to-defend-guns/

Where did all the money go? About $33 million went to salaries and wages (not including the top brass), $28 million went to advertising and promotions. By far the biggest items were membership outreach: $57 million for membership communications, $24 million for printing and shipping, $16 million for educational programs. Just about $10 million went to the NRA’s lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action.
More than $12.7 million went to Akron-Ohio based InfoCision, a huge telemarketing company that lists a broad spectrum of blue chip non-profits as clients– including Smile Train, the American Diabetes Association, Easter Seals and Unicef—as well as the College Republican National Committee and companies like Time Warner and AT&T.

ha! double ha!

is that what they call it?

wtf? membership communications my ass. "got enuf guns? nope. well get more" costs 57 million?

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Wayne LaPierre Speech Was A Total Public Relations Disaster, Say PR Experts [View all] hlthe2b Dec 2012 OP

It's the best he's got. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #1

Actually I don't think so Major Nikon Dec 2012 #37

Need that extra slash to see the actual desktop (not mobile) site: alp227 Dec 2012 #42

paranoia to our ears.... paleotn Dec 2012 #59

He was speaking from his cold, dead heart. nt JBoy Dec 2012 #2

It was a pitiful performance for sure. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #3

i couldn't be happier. spanone Dec 2012 #4

Of course it was.. getting Wayne out there before the cameras to do his Cha Dec 2012 #5

That is EXACTLY what I said!! I should be a PR expert! renie408 Dec 2012 #6

Bullshit it doesn't make sense now and it won't make sense ten years from now. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #7

Good. Crunchy Frog Dec 2012 #8

Lawrence O'Donnell buried him tonight. EmeraldCityGrl Dec 2012 #9

I Saw That... It Was AWESOME !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #10

Because if they had served at all Cobalt-60 Dec 2012 #17

Absolutely. n/t TDale313 Dec 2012 #30

yike mhilburn Dec 2012 #18

BINGO!!! +1000 Marie Marie Dec 2012 #21

He belongs on the registry HE would subject innocent people to. Care Acutely Dec 2012 #27

What you said. senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #53

Welcome to DU, mhilburn! calimary Dec 2012 #66

Like Cheney, LaPierre had 'other priorities'. Typical upper-middle-class coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #36

Exactly! paleotn Dec 2012 #60

If he had a nervious disorder LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #40

If that piece of shit had a "nervous disorder" during Vietnam, Zoeisright Dec 2012 #43

That title line wins the "No Shit, Sherlock!" award for the current month Bozita Dec 2012 #11

That Face should be made into a Halloween Mask AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #12

I don't think he was talking to us (the public) agentS Dec 2012 #13

+1 ellisonz Dec 2012 #29

+1! uponit7771 Dec 2012 #33

Worse yet... he was lobbying on behalf of gun manufacturers salin Dec 2012 #46

Unfortunately, these a**holes are reaching tblue37 Dec 2012 #47

Shades of Romney at the NAACP and Ryan at the AARP... NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #56

BRAVO to Wayne LaPierre RomneyLies Dec 2012 #14

Sorry pal AgingAmerican Dec 2012 #15

He's just a front man for the gun industry. He's their hired gun. alfredo Dec 2012 #16

To think of the last minutes of those kids' lives, then to see Wayne LaPierre mountain grammy Dec 2012 #19

Ditto. He makes me want to vomit. Sick fuck. nt laundry_queen Dec 2012 #62

spot on review, LaPierre is a sick bastard dionysus Dec 2012 #20

"The same message about the culture in another time and place might have made sense...." Liberalagogo Dec 2012 #22

ONG - He was just awful. Marie Marie Dec 2012 #23

Guardian UK nailed it: So defensive it was downright offensive. yewberry Dec 2012 #24

The answer agent46 Dec 2012 #25

As an NRA Life Member, I shake my head and wonder if he's actually pushing for new gun control laws. Kennah Dec 2012 #26

We don't need 4 cops at every school raquel69 Dec 2012 #28

We have a choice in the U.S. on gun control--Canada or Israel Kennah Dec 2012 #31

We are in a state of war? Really? Leopolds Ghost Dec 2012 #34

I noticed that also. Israel is in a state of war. Canada isn't. The U.S. isn't. Therefore we yellowcanine Dec 2012 #35

Or we continue the war analogy exboyfil Dec 2012 #38

Israel also requires you to have a reason to own a gun Hippo_Tron Dec 2012 #45

With whom are we in a state of war? JDPriestly Dec 2012 #49

Ourselves Kennah Dec 2012 #54

We have always been at war with ourselves Leopolds Ghost Dec 2012 #55

Specifically, war on drugs, poverty, and the 99% in general Kennah Dec 2012 #61

Welcome to DU, raquel69! calimary Dec 2012 #67

All I could see was the blood on his hands and $$$$ falling out of his pockets.... Dems to Win Dec 2012 #32

Article from Forbes exboyfil Dec 2012 #39

Food for thought.. Thank you.. Very enlightening article! DianaForRussFeingold Dec 2012 #44

COMPLETE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM is the only answer. Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #41

" mean-spirited, cold and misguided." JDPriestly Dec 2012 #48

It sums up the whole Republican party DFW Dec 2012 #64

He might as well have given free Bushmasters with the NRA logo to the families of the victims Kaleva Dec 2012 #50

If all they are worried about is public relations no wonder there was a disaster. n/t Cleita Dec 2012 #51

Yup he's fucked. That was a truly epic fail. Initech Dec 2012 #52

K & R Care Acutely Dec 2012 #57

the man is DESPICABLE! napkinz Dec 2012 #58

...mean-spirited, cold... love_katz Dec 2012 #63

Welcome to DU, love_katz (btw, I do, too!)! calimary Dec 2012 #68

Gee, good thing the experts weighed in; it's not like any idiot could have told you that. dorkulon Dec 2012 #65

Ya think? nt NoGOPZone Dec 2012 #69

What The NRA's Wayne Lapierre Gets Paid To Defend Guns aka don't puke on your shoes farminator3000 Dec 2012 #70

also, there is something missing from this thread. where are all the gun lubbers? farminator3000 Dec 2012 #71