Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:18 AM
Subject: FOP Supports Bush Presidency
> Friends of the Second Amendment:
>
> The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has taken quite a bit of heat in recent
> years from pro-gun cops for their short-sighted political positions. Now it
> appears they've listened to their membership and are setting a straight
> course. Hats off to Jim Pasco and Gill Gallegos for doing the right thing.
>
> <A HREF="http://www.lepsa.org/Founder_Profiles/Founder%20Profiles.htm">Thomas
> J. Aveni</A>
> Executive Vice President
> <A HREF="http://www.lepsa.org">Law Enforcement for the Preservation of the
> Second Amendment</A> (LEPSA)
> www.lepsa.org
> (603) 363-4809
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Dateline: Oklahoma City, OK - 9/9/00
>
> AP
> By RON JENKINS
>
> The National Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Republican George W. Bush
> (news - web sites) for president Friday, with officers rejecting an earlier
> recommendation for Al Gore (news - web sites) by a union steering committee.
>
> ``Real officers facing real problems understand that George W. Bush is a
> leader who shares their values and shares an unyielding commitment to support
> law enforcement with action,'' Gilbert Gallegos, the national FOP president,
> said in a statement at the union's national board meeting.
>
> The board's endorsement apparently came after a tug-of-war.
>
> Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a former FBI agent, took an opportunity Friday
> morning to try to change FOP members' minds after the unanimous
> recommendation for Democratic Vice President Gore in June by a five-member
> union screening committee.
>
> Keating said law enforcement issues demand a conservative like Bush and told
> members they would ``rue the day'' they endorsed Gore.
>
> Jim Pasco, executive director, said the Bush campaign ``did a good job of
> articulating their positions on issues that were important to the membership.
> We saw them as being very responsive to our questions.''
>
> Keating said in an interview with The Associated Press, ``I told them that if
> you like the Supreme Court opinions on school prayer, partial-birth abortions
> and the gay Boy Scout case, then you will love an ultraliberal succession of
> judges in a Gore White House.''
>
> He interrupted the interview to receive a telephone call from Bush.
>
> Gore spokesman Douglas Hattaway would not comment on Keating's role, but he
> defended the vice president's record and program to fight crime.
>
> ``Al Gore supports tough measures to keep families safe from crime including
> hiring new police officers and prosecutors and passing a victims' rights
> amendment,'' Hattaway said.
>
> Pasco said the screening committee's report was given serious consideration,
> but ``the membership showed that there were certain elements that were more
> important to them than others.''
>
> He said Bush was supported Friday by a substantial margin.
>
> Lou Cannon, president of the Washington, D.C., FOP chapter, said members felt
> Bush would appoint judges who would put ``backbone'' behind law enforcement.
> He also said Gore had failed to push for bargaining rights for the uniformed
> division of the Secret Service that protects the president and vice president.
>
> Another factor, said Gallegos, was the Clinton administration's offer of
> clemency for 16 Puerto Rican separatists affiliated with the FALN, or Armed
> Forces of National Liberation, a group held responsible for a wave of
> bombings in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Fourteen accepted the offer,
> which was conditioned on the prisoners renouncing violence.
>
> The FOP also cited lawsuits the Justice Department has filed against police
> departments.
>
> The union endorsed Bill Clinton over President Bush in 1992, a year after the
> elder Bush's administration began a federal civil rights investigation of the
> Los Angeles police after the Rodney King beating.
>
Subject: FOP Supports Bush Presidency
> Friends of the Second Amendment:
>
> The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has taken quite a bit of heat in recent
> years from pro-gun cops for their short-sighted political positions. Now it
> appears they've listened to their membership and are setting a straight
> course. Hats off to Jim Pasco and Gill Gallegos for doing the right thing.
>
> <A HREF="http://www.lepsa.org/Founder_Profiles/Founder%20Profiles.htm">Thomas
> J. Aveni</A>
> Executive Vice President
> <A HREF="http://www.lepsa.org">Law Enforcement for the Preservation of the
> Second Amendment</A> (LEPSA)
> www.lepsa.org
> (603) 363-4809
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Dateline: Oklahoma City, OK - 9/9/00
>
> AP
> By RON JENKINS
>
> The National Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Republican George W. Bush
> (news - web sites) for president Friday, with officers rejecting an earlier
> recommendation for Al Gore (news - web sites) by a union steering committee.
>
> ``Real officers facing real problems understand that George W. Bush is a
> leader who shares their values and shares an unyielding commitment to support
> law enforcement with action,'' Gilbert Gallegos, the national FOP president,
> said in a statement at the union's national board meeting.
>
> The board's endorsement apparently came after a tug-of-war.
>
> Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a former FBI agent, took an opportunity Friday
> morning to try to change FOP members' minds after the unanimous
> recommendation for Democratic Vice President Gore in June by a five-member
> union screening committee.
>
> Keating said law enforcement issues demand a conservative like Bush and told
> members they would ``rue the day'' they endorsed Gore.
>
> Jim Pasco, executive director, said the Bush campaign ``did a good job of
> articulating their positions on issues that were important to the membership.
> We saw them as being very responsive to our questions.''
>
> Keating said in an interview with The Associated Press, ``I told them that if
> you like the Supreme Court opinions on school prayer, partial-birth abortions
> and the gay Boy Scout case, then you will love an ultraliberal succession of
> judges in a Gore White House.''
>
> He interrupted the interview to receive a telephone call from Bush.
>
> Gore spokesman Douglas Hattaway would not comment on Keating's role, but he
> defended the vice president's record and program to fight crime.
>
> ``Al Gore supports tough measures to keep families safe from crime including
> hiring new police officers and prosecutors and passing a victims' rights
> amendment,'' Hattaway said.
>
> Pasco said the screening committee's report was given serious consideration,
> but ``the membership showed that there were certain elements that were more
> important to them than others.''
>
> He said Bush was supported Friday by a substantial margin.
>
> Lou Cannon, president of the Washington, D.C., FOP chapter, said members felt
> Bush would appoint judges who would put ``backbone'' behind law enforcement.
> He also said Gore had failed to push for bargaining rights for the uniformed
> division of the Secret Service that protects the president and vice president.
>
> Another factor, said Gallegos, was the Clinton administration's offer of
> clemency for 16 Puerto Rican separatists affiliated with the FALN, or Armed
> Forces of National Liberation, a group held responsible for a wave of
> bombings in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Fourteen accepted the offer,
> which was conditioned on the prisoners renouncing violence.
>
> The FOP also cited lawsuits the Justice Department has filed against police
> departments.
>
> The union endorsed Bill Clinton over President Bush in 1992, a year after the
> elder Bush's administration began a federal civil rights investigation of the
> Los Angeles police after the Rodney King beating.
>