[VasilyZaitsev]

Good thinking! That’s using the old noggin!

Thank you. And seeing as American voters have traditionally favored a "divided government" (Congress vs. the White House) MAYBE the NRA should do what the so-called "business community" has done historically...that is, hedge their bets between the two parties rather than be merely seen as a knee-jerk arm of the GOP.

[j_k_l]

What did NRA members gain by working so hard to elect Dubya in 2000?

• Taxes have been lowered (they should be lowered more but I will take what I can get).
• We now control two countries in the Middle East that were a great threat to us. I might add that we did this with great precision and minimal casualties. (It is pretty amazing what our troops have done in a very short time).
• We have a president who has appointed judges to rule according to the constitution as opposed to writing laws from the bench (unfortunately some have been held hostage by the Dems but hopefully we will rectify that situation in ’04).
• Bush is far from perfect. His spending is ill advised to say the least but he is a dramatic improvement over Al Gore.
• Our country is headed in the right direction (it might be in first gear but at least it beats full speed in reverse as it was 4 years ago)

I honestly do not mean to come off as snide. I am simply stating things the way I see it. I respect your views even though I do not agree with them. 2004 is a critical election for all of us. There are issues that I hold near and dear that will not be addressed but I am going to fight hard to see this president get elected because I know that at the very least, the issues that I want in the forefront have a chance with him.

[j_k_l]

MAYBE the NRA should...hedge their bets between the two parties rather than be merely seen as a knee-jerk arm of the GOP.

The dems want nothing to do with the NRA. That is like saying...

MAYBE the Blacks should join the KKK