NRA TAPS BOOP

Rifle, CO   Cartoons For Peace   Nov 2, 2015

The National Rifle Association has recruited 1930s cartoon bombshell Betty Boop as its spokesman for 2016. Boop is best remembered for her curious “OOP Boop EE Doop” and her rosy-cheeked way with male cartoon characters on the set and in private life.

The NRA, like most massive corporations, no longer represents individual gun owners but rather its own self-interest. Yet it affirms that Boop was drafted due to her positive attitude and because she might appeal to older Americans. Most people in this country under 40 have never heard of Betty.

“We’re talking to several other unnamed prospects to reach out to the younger set,” said Wrenille Banger. “We want to be in the trenches will full pack and ammo come election season.”

Insiders suggest that leading candidates are Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and several well-armed Barbies. Noe of these are dangerous says the NRA and will be instructed only to shoot over the heads of adversaries.

As Americans become more distracted and less aware of the real issues, corporations continue to aim at the lowest common denominator in an attempt to take over the reigns of government. In the case of the Boop icon it is a clear case of distraction.

“Watch my hand, not my mouth,” laughs Dr. Elsappe Flashing of Cal Amari Institute, where Betty was first unveiled. She’s a good one and will do fine surrounded by coyotes. There is nothing to worry about.”

Although the final details are still on the table Boop and her entourage will relocate to Los Angeles before the end of the year. She will be one of six featured speakers at the John Wayne-Ronald Reagan War Film Festival in January.

Readers may recall that neither Wayne nor Reagan served in combat rolls, yet impersonate real warriors in some destructive, clean-sheet masquerade that is fed to the public as real war. Boop, as it turns out is their peer, having seen the Great Depression and World War II from the safety of stage and screen.

The NRA is playing down the development until after hunting season. Sources at Boop Camp did not return our hone calls Thursday.

– Kashmir Horseshoe