Exiled And Addicted
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If you know, please share any and all info on the views regarding gun control, RKBA, etc., of any Repub. candidates for Pres. in 2000.
As you know, New Hampshire and Iowa primaries can end up being for all the marbles for the nomination (and ANYONE would be better than Algore). So, we need to be fully informed well before the primaries in those states, so we can inform gun owners there, and also support the right candidate there among non-gunowners. I like Liddy Dole, but as a woman (her, not me), I am very concerned about her RKBA position (women can be oh-so-ridicously-squeemish about guns). I liked Lamar last time (thought he was the only one who could have beat Klinkton), though I never got a full picture of his GC views. Luckily this time there are many "winnable" options. Praise God, Allah, etc. for that.
Incidentally, did you catch Jesse "The Mind" this weekend on "Meet the Press"? This guy won on a Reform Party ticket, and speaks my language! He would support a Reform Party candidate in 2000 (Preferably NOT Perot), and so would I, provided s/he protects Bill of Rights freedoms. Jesse got drilled by Tim Russert about applying for a CCW permit. He wasn't exactly pro-CCW; he basically hedged; he said basically "Look, it only makes sense. I'm the chief LEO in Minnesota; I'm the head of the state police; there are times that my protection is not with me; I just got a death threat last week. But it's just a piece of paper. It doesn't mean I actually carry a firearm regularly". Then Russert asked jokingly "So you're not 'packing heat' right now?" Jesse: "No." Tim: "O.K., Thank goodness." (to paraphrase).
So what's up with these candidates? Thanks. And you never now when Pat Buchanan might throw his hat in....
[This message has been edited by Exiled And Addicted (edited February 22, 1999).]
As you know, New Hampshire and Iowa primaries can end up being for all the marbles for the nomination (and ANYONE would be better than Algore). So, we need to be fully informed well before the primaries in those states, so we can inform gun owners there, and also support the right candidate there among non-gunowners. I like Liddy Dole, but as a woman (her, not me), I am very concerned about her RKBA position (women can be oh-so-ridicously-squeemish about guns). I liked Lamar last time (thought he was the only one who could have beat Klinkton), though I never got a full picture of his GC views. Luckily this time there are many "winnable" options. Praise God, Allah, etc. for that.
Incidentally, did you catch Jesse "The Mind" this weekend on "Meet the Press"? This guy won on a Reform Party ticket, and speaks my language! He would support a Reform Party candidate in 2000 (Preferably NOT Perot), and so would I, provided s/he protects Bill of Rights freedoms. Jesse got drilled by Tim Russert about applying for a CCW permit. He wasn't exactly pro-CCW; he basically hedged; he said basically "Look, it only makes sense. I'm the chief LEO in Minnesota; I'm the head of the state police; there are times that my protection is not with me; I just got a death threat last week. But it's just a piece of paper. It doesn't mean I actually carry a firearm regularly". Then Russert asked jokingly "So you're not 'packing heat' right now?" Jesse: "No." Tim: "O.K., Thank goodness." (to paraphrase).
So what's up with these candidates? Thanks. And you never now when Pat Buchanan might throw his hat in....
[This message has been edited by Exiled And Addicted (edited February 22, 1999).]