{"id":14590,"date":"2017-05-31T15:27:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14590"},"modified":"2017-05-31T15:27:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:27:57","slug":"why-does-shannon-watts-still-have-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14590","title":{"rendered":"Why does Shannon Watts still have a job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagunblog.com\/2017\/05\/30\/more-on-suppressors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastian notes<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonrwatts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shannon Watts <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/business-a-lobbying\/335348-gun-lobby-seeks-to-calm-fears-about-silencers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spewed some idiocy to The Hill<\/a> on suppressors and that has got me wondering why on earth does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Bloomberg<\/a> keep her on the payroll?<\/p>\n<p>With a background in public relations I understand why Bloomberg hired her in the first place, but she is so hilariously bad at presenting her case that I cannot believe even the most ardent gun control proponents see her as an asset to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bloomberg is not a stupid man.\u00a0 He is a self-made billionaire with keen business sense who did not make all that money by making bad decisions.\u00a0 Even if he&#8217;s porking her, I cannot figure out what positive aspects he believes she brings to the table.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D14590&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14590\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14590\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=14590\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian notes that Shannon Watts spewed some idiocy to The Hill on suppressors and that has got me wondering why on earth does Mike Bloomberg keep her on the payroll? 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