Stay away from McDonalds, Howlin.
Posted on 05/14/2003 2:32:06 PM PDT by 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.
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howling manipulated you. She's good at that. I thought you were intelligent.
Yeah, but let's hope our congressmen intrepret that message to be that they better kill this damn thing in the House, 'cause the Prez is going to sign it if it reaches his desk. ....And, of course, let's continue to badger them to make sure they do.
Whoever said or thought that, Todd? From what I've been able to watch on Fox News, which I know you can't see...with no TV, there are many, many people who support the President. That last remark sounds a bit like a Blumenthal snipe.
You don't have to worry about me. You'll never get anywhere near me.
What the hell are you talking about? I've done no such thing.
When you scold Fred for his breathtaking cruelty in perpetuating a lie about Howlin regarding an incident surrounding the death of her son, I might listen to what you have to say to me. Until then, forget it. You're dreaming.
Intellectually dishonest? Look I don't know who your ideal candidate is(a question that is never answered by the terminal Bush bashers on FR, btw), and Bush is not perfect and never will be, but he is 1000 times better than the other candidate(Gore) who had a legitimate shot at the Presidency in 2000 and is 1000 times better than any of the present demo candidates for 2004.
If that is intellectually dishonest to you, so be it. That is your right just like it is my right to criticize your perpetual quest for the 100% politically pure perfect candidate.
Just my opinion, but someday you are going to find out the fact that the world is not 100% politically perfect and does not revolve around you.
I'm outta here for the night, carry on with your perpetual malcontentism.
Hint:
Sometimes when you have said something really. really stupid, it's best to let it go. You have only made things much worse and if anyone is reading that didn't take the picture that way, you have now made sure they all looked at the home page and you have declared something that some may not have known or cared about. Some pal !!!!!
Newsflash.....not everyone is obsessed with looking at freeper profiles. Again, you assume a lot and are a very foolish person as well as a lousy friend.
Stay away from McDonalds, Howlin.
Unbelievable. I am just amazed by the crap people will pull around here, Howlin. I really am.
That poor person has her own personal problems. I'll pray for her.
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