Wayne LaPierre Cleaned Nanny Bloomberg’s Clock on Meet The Press, Yesterday (Video)

Yesterday, both NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre were guests on NBC’s Meet the Press.

Asked about his efforts to ban Big Gulps in NYC, Nanny Bloomberg said:

“We’re not banning anything.  All we’re saying is, we want to show you just how big the cup is. If you want 32 ounces, take two cups to your seat. If you want 64, carry four. But our hope is, if you only take one, you won’t go back.”

When Gregory asked, “Where’s the line? Where is too far for government to go?” he answered:

“I do not think we should ban most things.”

Seriously.

Nanny Bloomberg says he wants to spend his money to “educate the public” about the dangers of Big Gulps, cigarettes and  guns. Because people need to know that cigarettes, fatty foods, sugary drinks, and getting shot with assault rifles are bad for them.

Here’s part of that interview.

At PJ Media, Michael Walsh called Bloomberg a Liberal Fascist:

Note how piously the unctuous Nanny Bloomberg claims he’s not “banning anything,” when in fact that’s exactly what he tried to do until a New York state judge drop-kicked his assertion of unfettered government authority and bureaucratic oversight through the goal posts of personal freedom — a concept that is itself under direct attack by fascists like Bloomberg, who has married his $27 billion personal fortune to his power as NYC mayor in an attempt to impose his will on the residents of the five boroughs and beyond.

Our job is to educate .., all we’re trying to do is educate.

 No, yer honor, your job is to manage the city government, to make sure the snow gets shoveled and the trash gets picked up, not to lecture the rest of us and use the power of City Hall to impose your particular life-style choices on everybody else. But that’s what happens when conservatives let the Left seize the narrative and promote governmental mission creep. Once government “addresses” a problem by throwing taxpayer money at it, it’s only a short hop to government claiming — as Bloomberg does in the clip — that because government spends money on a “problem,” it now has the right to dictate personal behavior. Sheer genius, really.

Wayne LaPierre was more than ready to take Bloomy on:

You just heard Mayor Bloomberg, but he’s going to find out this is a country of the people, by the people, and for the people. And he can’t spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the American public. They don’t want him in their restaurants, they don’t want him in their homes. They don’t want him telling them what food to eat: and they sure don’t want him telling them what self-defense firearms to own.

Added LaPierre: “He can’t buy America.”

To this, Gregory asked if the NRA isn’t at least a little concerned with Bloomberg. After all, “he wants to be the counterweight to [the NRA].”

And this is where LaPierre shined:

[The NRA has] millions of people, sending us $5, $10, $15, $20 checks saying, “Stand up to this guy who says we can only have three bullets,” which is what he said. “Stand up to this guy who says ridiculous things like, ‘The NRA wants firearms with nukes on them.’” I mean, it’s insane the stuff he says.

As AWR Hawkins said at Big Journalism, advantage LaPierre.