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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: SecularBull who wrote (195193)10/23/2001 8:28:21 PM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
NRA Mocks 'Ludicrous' Lauer, Gephardt, Donahue

In an article headlined "When Brains Go on Vacation," the
National Rifle Association ridicules "ludicrous" statements made
after the terrorist attacks.

The November issue of the NRA magazine America's 1st Freedom
offers these gems, among others:

NBC "News" morning gabfest host and tabloid cover boy Matt
Lauer saying "pilots are human beings; they get depressed; they
get suicidal; they get angry. If they're armed, isn't that a
formula for disaster?"

The magazine's response: "Earth to Matt! We already trust our
lives to pilots every single time we fly. Doesn't it make sense
to better equip them in order to help make us all safer?"

House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.: "I don't think we
need pilots to be trying to be security officers."

Response: "And we don't think we need career politicians telling
airline captains how they're allowed to control and secure their
ships."

Former gab host Phil Donahue argued that "the memory" of the
terror victims would not be "honored by going out and killing
other civilians."

Response: "To our knowledge, nobody in the Bush Administration
had advocated 'going out and killing other civilians.'
Incidentally, what would be your response to the attacks, Phil?
Maybe a nice thank-you note to Osama Bin Laden and an invitation
to dinner?"
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