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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (40250)	9/28/2000 12:01:12 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Flim-Flam-Flip-Flop Al used to love the NRA. Then "voila", he had to win N.Y in order to get elected. So like a pancake he flipped over and changed his mind.... Why anyone would believe WhopperAl is committed to any position at all is beyond my comprehension. Article... NRA Says Members' Support May Help Elect Bush By Jim Burns cnsnews.com CNS Senior Staff Writer September 27, 2000 Washington (CNSNews.com) - NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre Wednesday called Al Gore "deceitful" on the gun issue, and said the upcoming presidential election is "probably the most important election we've ever had for the Second Amendment." LaPierre indicated the support of NRA members could be critical in electing Bush, especially given the NRA's popularity in battleground states such as Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, to name a few. LaPierre said the NRA has gained 4 million new members in the past 11 months and claimed the organization has never been in better shape. "We are telling people all over the country, the message for this election -- when you walk into that polling booth, and when you put that lever in your hand -- despite all the other issues, wouldn't you want to pull that lever for freedom, and walk out of that voting booth when the door shuts behind you with a smile on your face and say, 'I made a difference?' And that's what this issue's about and that's what this election's about." LaPierre spoke at a Capitol Hill conference on gun ownership, sponsored by the group "Frontiers of Freedom," which is headed by former Wyoming Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop. Frontiers of Freedom insists that the reduction in crime in this country is the result of more guns being available to average Americans, not fewer guns. LaPierre said when Gore was in Congress, he actually agreed with the NRA on many firearms issues. "For 16 years, he voted with the NRA because he was from Tennessee... He voted against licensing. He voted against registration. He voted to open up gun shows to private sales. Every single vote Al Gore cast for 16 years, he voted with us," LaPierre said. That changed, however, according to LaPierre, once Gore ran for president in 1988 and approached the crucial New York state Democratic primary. "Peter Knight, his administrative assistant, calls up the NRA and NRA had a meeting scheduled with Al Gore and he (Knight) said, 'hey, guess what, he's going to change his position. He wants to get through the New York Primary and he going to change his position in order to do that.' And just like that, that 16 years of what the folks in Tennessee thought was conviction and belief, disappeared overnight. Suddenly Al Gore the defender of firearms freedom became Al Gore the senator that was out to restrict firearms freedom," LaPierre said. "We are going to let all of America know over the next month, exactly where Al Gore stands on this issue," LaPierre warned. The Gore campaign had no reaction when contacted Wednesday by CNSNews.com.