Posted on 10/16/2004 4:07:05 PM PDT by freedom44
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today Chuck Canterbury, the President of the nation's largest police labor organization, called on John Kerry to stop making misleading statements regarding his support from the law enforcement community. Both on the campaign trail and in Wednesday night's debate in Tempe, AZ, Senator Kerry has alluded that he has the support of the majority of these brave men and women.
"As the elected leader of the largest organization representing America's Federal, State and local law enforcement officers, I believe it's important to point out yet again that we do not support his candidacy for President," Canterbury said. "And to be perfectly frank, the groups which do support him actually share the same membership rolls and, taken together, probably comprise less than one-quarter of our nation's police officers."
Canterbury further noted that unlike the organizations which Senator Kerry touts, F.O.P. members as a whole decided that the Fraternal Order of Police would endorse the reelection of President George W. Bush. They based their decision, he said, on the record of the Bush Administration in supporting America's first responders-including helping to secure passage earlier this year of H.R. 218, the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, the organization's top legislative priority. Bush also successfully fought to greatly enhance the benefits for the families of officers killed in the line of duty.
"While Kerry was flying around the country campaigning and leaving the actual work of the nation to his colleagues in the Senate, the President was out there working on our behalf," Canterbury said. "Senators Kerry and Edwards have missed so many crucial votes this Congress that I was beginning to believe there were only 98 members of the U.S. Senate."
Canterbury also said it was the height of irony that Kerry would use his position on the reauthorization of the assault weapons ban as a reflection of his support from police.
"First, if a police officer is killed by an AK-47, Kerry would oppose the death penalty for the killer," Canterbury said. "In addition, where was he when this issue was being discussed in the 108th Congress? Where was he when we were working to pass H.R. 218? When it came time to help push for final passage of legislation important to law enforcement, Senator Kerry was regrettably A.W.O.L."
"Given the facts, I would greatly appreciate it if Senator Kerry would refrain from making similar whimsical assertions regarding his support from the law enforcement community," Canterbury said. "The real majority of my fellow officers are standing behind President Bush, because he has been there for us."
The Fraternal Order of Police is the nation's largest law enforcement labor organization, with more than 318,000 members.
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Bet we never see that on the MSM....
At least Sean and Rush and perhaps Joe Scarborough may talk about it.
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Yesterday I drove 60 miles To Phoenix to attend the Republican Debate viewing party at Bank One Ballpark. I arrived two hours before the debate. During the two hours of waiting I got to know the people sitting around me. They ranged from a two families headed by a Vietnam era veteran to to two younger families with their young children and a group of four young working age young ladies. I was impressed by the spirit of the crowd. These are people that I, a cold war veteran who served in France in 1960, have much in common.
I was excited that 44,000 people of that ilk joined us to become part of the political backbone of our party.
On the way to my car I saw a big disturbance in the street. I saw a group of seven or eight scraggy youths carrying signs blasting Bush and the United States. There were approximately 15 police on horseback and 30 or 40 police on foot in the area. The police were handling it well with a touch of humor. I quietly asked one police on foot if he could guess what percentage of the policemen there were Republicans. He told me that it was something that he couldn't talk about than he smiled at said about 99.5%. I walked near one of the protesters and yelled at him to ask the police that were protecting them were Democrats. He got a funny look on his face. He and the others near him in the group stopped their chanting for while. As I walked off I noticed a smile on the face of the policemen in the area.
They know as 44,000 at BOB know who protect us.
I'm proud to say that my hubby is one of these guys. The only person he hates more than John Kerry is Hillary Clinton.
This is great news!
I doubt the MSM will ever call Flipper on this issue.
thanks for posting it.
This may be worth a log in (and subsequent banning) over at DU! It probably wouldn't last 10 seconds.
ping for truth
Interesting, I've read a few articles and have gotten pissed at the cops for endorsing Kerry. Hmmm, looks like Kerry isn't the cops' choice after all. This is good stuff.
Kerry has no honor, and will stop at nothing to get elected.
LOL, you beat me to it.
they seem to have my IP watchdogged - I guess they're still pissed at me about some of the mean things I said back when they were waxing ecstatic over Dean.
Kerry and his campaign pissants can distort, fabricate and lie, but they can't hide from the truth!
I sent that article out to the MSM yesterday along with the added phrase" "prove that you're not biased and print the truth for once"
As a Firefighter I wish my Union the IAFF, would stop misrepresenting me.
The Union officials took it upon themselves without sanction or permission to back John Kerry I am for Schaitbergers impeachment.
Why should the FOP not be misrepresented?
Kerry has misrepresented every one else.
At least now he has a complete set.
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