Democrats....Bush Key on Assault Weapons

Associated Press - Las Vegas Sun.com ^ | May 14, 2003 | Jim Abrams

[Godebert]

By JIM ABRAMS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -

President Bush should take the lead in overcoming resistance within his own party to extending an assault weapons ban due to expire next year, Democrats said Wednesday.

"If the bill dies we will lay it at the president's doorstep," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said a day after House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told reporters that the 1994 law banning the manufacture of 19 types of common military-style assault weapons would not be renewed.

Schumer said the gun bill would be an issue in the 2004 election, a development that could pose problems for Democrats who represent districts with strong gun rights sentiment. The assault ban vote was also a campaign topic in 1994, the year Republicans recaptured the House after spending 40 years in the minority.

Bush, taking a position at odds with the National Rifle Association, has voiced support for extending the ban, and White House spokesman Ari Fleischer on Wednesday said that support would carry weight in Congress.

"This is a matter that the House has to work out, of course, by listening to the will of its members, but the president's position is clear on it," Fleischer said. "When the president states his position like that, it helps get the message to the Congress."

Fleischer would not say whether Bush would pressure DeLay to bring such a bill up for a vote. DeLay, R-Texas, on Tuesday indicated that there would be no effort to renew the current law before it expires on Sept. 13, 2004. "The votes in the House are not there to reauthorize it," he said.

"The real question is will the president weigh in and ask the leaders to schedule a vote," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., who as a senior adviser to President Clinton played a key role in guiding the 1994 legislation through Congress.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Maybe he is illiterate.

[Dane]

,i>I see a real 'entitlement' stance(I'm not accusing you for that) taken here and other forums by a lot of people. That will kill us, since all it will do is get a middle finger in response and drive them further to Phillips, Buchanan, or Browne.

JMO, but it is the "entitlement" stance taken by the 100% my or the highway crowd that opens the door for liberals like Hillary.

[justshe]

I would say that the juvenile responses are all emanating from your direction, Todd.

[Dane]

I see a real 'entitlement' stance(I'm not accusing you for that) taken here and other forums by a lot of people. That will kill us, since all it will do is get a middle finger in response and drive them further to Phillips, Buchanan, or Browne.

JMO, but it is the "entitlement" stance taken by the 100% my or the highway crowd that opens the door for liberals like Hillary

[deport]

Maybe he is illiterate.

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No way..... he's got May 1, 2004 wrote down. May even have some Pizza and Fox News.

[Fred Mertz]

So, do you support Bush signing Clinton's assault weapons ban?

I think from your tone here, you do. Is that a fair assessment?

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

He probably copied and pasted it.

[TLBSHOW]

Tell me Todd, do you ever defend your own? Ever?


Yep I defended the Republican ML of the Senate who had just come in from a landslide victory against the democrats, against a baseless liberal attack. An attack by rats and then joined by the right wingers.

I do recall where you stood, and that was with the rats. I warned at the time what that would mean and I was correct. But don't let facts get in the way of your BS.

[Sir Gawain]

I would say that the juvenile responses are all emanating from your direction, Todd.

Really?

Retract.

[Cathryn Crawford]

As an observer to this rather pathetic and childish argument, I must say, you won.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Is Buchanan running again? Or does he just have winged monkeys out doing his bidding? I saw him on MSNBC this week, and I swear, I've never seen a more pathetic performance.

[deport]

I do recall where you stood, and that was with the rats.

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Who stood with the RightWingers?

May 1, 2004

[Howlin]

who had just come in from a landslide victory against the democrats

Which Bill Frist -- NOT Trent Lott -- was responsible for.

And it wasn't baseless. He made a racist statement -- but, of course, being a Muslim basher, I guess racist statments are fine with you.

[justshe]

B.S.

I was addressing Todd's reference to the posters as children. What other posters post is their business. I was only addressing one comment: "Now you did it, telling the truth to children."

[Howlin]

If you think it's pathetic and childish, you can just leave the thread, you know. You're not REQUIRED to be here.

[deport]

He probably copied and pasted it.

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Prolly...... for sure he pasted some pizza, or should that be stuffed

[Cathryn Crawford]

I'm also not required to leave, either.

[Howlin]

I warned at the time what that would mean and I was correct

The gift, you know. *Sniff*