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But Where's Rosie?
Jeffrey Wigand |
Missing from the Marie Claire campaign, strangely enough, is
America's most strident anti-gun celebrity,
Rosie O'Donnell, who
once implied that all gun owners should be thrown in jail.
Perhaps Rosie has her hands full deflecting criticism, which
seems to be a full-time task for the talk-show host. The New York
Post reports that the latest conflict with Rosie and her anti-gun
views involves Jeffrey Wigand, who the paper says was praised by
O'Donnell for his involvement with lawsuits against the tobacco
industry. Wigand was the basis for the character in the movie
"The Insider," which also received Rosie's endorsement. Wigand,
however, turns out to own quite a number of firearms. Of course,
this is not Rosie's first bout with criticism because of her
extremist anti-gun views.
She was widely criticized last year for verbally assaulting actor
Tom Selleck on her show for his pro- Second Amendment and pro-NRA
views (FAX Alert Vol. 6, No. 19) even as she continued to receive
paychecks for her roll as a spokesman for Kmart, one of the
nation's largest retailers of firearms.
She eventually parted
ways with Kmart (FAX Alert Vol. 6, No. 46), but her attacks on
NRA and our Right to Keep and Bear Arms continued. She joined the
MMM this year on Mother's Day (FAX Alert Vol. 7, No. 20), spewing
her usual anti-NRA venom ("The NRA is buying votes with blood
money."), then faced a hailstorm of criticism when it was
revealed that the bodyguard for one of her children was seeking
to get a permit to carry a concealed firearm (FAX Alert Vol. 7,
No. 21), and she had also used armed guards on occasion to guard
her home (FAX Alert Vol. 7, No. 22).
It remains to be seen
whether Rosie will now reverse herself, and condemn Wigand in
order to remain consistent with her anti-gun views.
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