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.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I didn't say I was defending anyone. I'm not even sure what the argument's about, and, to be honest, I don't care.

The only observation I made was the rather pathetic behavior exhibited on this thread by people who claim to be adults. I also noted who got angry by my saying anything, although I never said who's side I was on (if any).

Are some people feeling guilty?

[TomServo]

I have issues with issues Tom. Sorry to bust your bubble.

So do I. I've never called/insinuated/implied that Bush was Clinton, either.

[Howlin]

Welcome to the TLBSHOW bash fest. They occur frequently.

And you would know this how?

xbar
Since May 5, 2003

No, no....let me guess: you're a LONG TIME LURKER.

And he gets bashed because he posts TRASH about the president.

[Cathryn Crawford]

Actually, I think you're wrong.

But, what the hell, if you're right, I can assure you it won't ruin my life.

[TLBSHOW]

Stand with the likes of Jesse and Waters you make a good group!

[nunya bidness]

Not me.

[Howlin]

Notice that when angered, certian people resort to childish "fat jokes" in order to, perhaps, fulfill a deep seated insecurity. Of course, I wouldn't know. Just an observation, you know.

Gosh, I hope you won't mind when the rest of us, being older AND wiser than you are at 18, "observe" you and your posting habits, too.

I'll start: you seem to suck up to the guys.

[justshe]

A retread perhaps? I noticed an earlier retread was already banned on this thread. Chico somebody....

[Dan from Michigan]

I voted for Keyes in the primary. It was a "protest vote".

I don't know hardly anything about Phillips or Rockwell to comment, but the cynical side of me says that it either comes down to ego, fame, or trying to make money more than trying to win (Keyes goes in there too). I'll change my tune if I see them start to actually run campaigns outside of wanting in on the debates.

[Sir Gawain]

Fatty!

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

You have a whole lot of growing up to do and I repeat that I tried to warn you.

You've hitched a ride on a train that doesn't have much track left.

Pay attention before spouting off. It's very hard to extract a foot that takes up your entire mouth.

[Cathryn Crawford]

You know I don't like birds! :-)

[Fred Mertz]

Bush would sign it, and you'd support him because you're a bona fide bush bot, right?

You sure seem to have issues with women, don't you?

Yeah, that makes sense. Get your meds, quick!

[TomServo]

I voted for Keyes in the primary.

Same here. I believed in the guy.

Then.

[Howlin]

Don't you DARE accuse ME of standing with Jesse Jackson and Maxine Waters.

You've totally lost it if you say stuff like that.

But, of course, since you can't find anything Ann Coulter or Chuck Baldwin or Rush or Michael Savage has said about me, you're left to your own thoughts...which is why that response is so ridiculous.

When you post stuff about that around here about long time Freepers, you just look like the dolt you are.

[Cathryn Crawford]

I don't think there's any reason for you to feel guilty...unless...

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Retread alert !!!!!

[Dan from Michigan]

I think we'd all be better off, if you left. Wait, let me:

No, you leave, Fred! You're a fatty!

You're so fat, your high school picture was an aerial shot!