[Diddle E. Squat]

Yeah, I'll step up, in a way. I don't agree with this decision, IF it is ACTUALLY the administration's position. However, IF true it is not the worst thing to happen. Anyone who pulls their vote and let the far more anti-gun Democrats have a better chance of winning is a short-sighted moron.

Its like always yelling that you are going to commit suicide if you don't get your way on each single issue.

[Diddle E. Squat]

My post #221 was incomplete. I should add that it does however make perfect sense to express outrage by means other than withholding one's vote. For example, sending the RNC a photo of a check made out to them torn in two next to a check for the same amount made out to the NRA, and a note explaining how your donation intended for the RNC will now be going to the NRA.

[chnsmok]

I just do not see what difference it makes if a Republican or a Democrat signs the legislation. It is still signed.

Yours truly,
short-sighted moron

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

You speak truth. Bush has us by the balls. He can play this bluff game, appealing to the soccer moms while hoping the bill sunsets in the Senate, because he knows damn well conservatives and gun enthusiast must vote for him because his opponent will be much worse. He can say just about anything he wants to try to get votes from liberals.

What bothers me however is that his cowtowing won't appeal to liberals. They simply are NOT going to vote for him. They will vote for Hillary or whoever the democrat shills on CNN and in the NY Times tell them to vote for.

So here is Bush, publically supporting an unconstitutional law that alienates a nice little chunk of his base -- he seriously risks them staying home and not turning out in the next election because they are still pouting and angry -- and for what? For no gain! THAT makes me mad.

And if he knows it is for no gain, it makes me even madder because it means he really truly supports unconstitutional laws such as this artificial, stupid, meaningless soccer-mom oriented law. It is not even disputed anymore that the guns they refer to as "assault weapons" are used in less than 1% of all crime and probably far less than 1% of all shootings. And the VAST MAJORITY of the use of these types of guns is legal use by law enforcement officers who use these as replacements for shotguns by and large.

In either case, Bush has lost more of my respect even though I am forced to vote for him and he knows it.