PACKING: Beth Anne Rankin

  • PACKING: Beth Anne Rankin might be.

It’s early, but I’d nominate this for the stupidest news release of the season so far. Republican Beth Anne Rankin, a Republican candidate for 4th District Congress, used Dave Elswick’s platform on Radio K-NUT to announce she has a concealed carry permit. But don’t ask her if she’s packing. She’s not going to divulge sensitive info like that.

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Rankin, to date, has had to compete with opponent Tom Cotton’s flogging of his Army experience in the Middle East, so I guess she had to do something to prove her somethinghood.

Jeez. Surprised she hasn’t already updated her Facebook page with several photos of her fondling large shooting irons.

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Last time I got a copy of the concealed carry list, Cotton wasn’t on it, but it’s been a while. I suspect he knows how to handle a weapon. Can’t conceal what he’s gripping in one of his Facebook photos. Perhaps a target shoot is the way to decide this race.

MINES BIGGER THAN YOURS: An armed Tom Cotton on his Facebook page.

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  • MINE’S BIGGER THAN YOURS: An armed Tom Cotton on his Facebook page.

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