Was this it? Doesn't look like he is in line with the NRA at all does it?
Question is do you HOWLIN support the ban?
****the President's position is clear and the
President supports the reauthorization of the current assault weapons ban. ****
Q:
Ari, a new subject. The House Republicans have apparently broken
with the President over the issue of the assault weapons ban. Is
reauthorizing assault weapons ban a priority enough for the President
to do some of his own arm-twisting to try and get the House to allow a
vote?
MR. FLEISCHER:
Well, I think the President's position is clear and the
President supports the reauthorization of the current assault weapons
ban. We are working right now with the Congress on the issues that are
on their plate, that they're focusing on right now, and then Congress,
of course, is going to leave for the Memorial Day recess. I mentioned
the AIDS initiative and the tax cut, the growth initiative that are
pending on the floor this week. The President doesn't set the
congressional calendar or schedule. We'll continue to work with the
Congress, and they know the President's position.
Q:
Does the President believe that the bill -- excuse me, the law
that's on the books right now has taken steps to alleviate crimes?
MR. FLEISCHER:
Well, there's a study underway to determine that, and
the study is still pending. The President said in the 2000 campaign
that he supported the assault weapons ban because he thought it was
reasonable. He stated then that he would support the reauthorization
of it, and he states that again today.
Q:
Ari, can I briefly follow up Ken's question on the assault weapons
ban? Please dispel my cynical notion that the President is delighted
that Tom DeLay took the assault weapons ban off the table and saved
him the trouble of getting into a fight with the NRA.
MR. FLEISCHER:
Whatever position the President holds, people across
America know it and they'll form their judgments about what the
President thinks based on their knowledge of the President's position.
So if anybody takes umbrage to the fact that the President supports
the current assault weapons ban, that is known and stated. If people
support him for doing it, it is known and stated -- regardless of what
happens in the Congress.
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/latest&f=03051403.tlt&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtmlOh, I am confused.
I was expecting you to post ALL my lies over on that other thread, but, of course, you can't, so you followed me to another thread and responded with something that doesn't have anything to do with the accusation you made against me.
Howlin does indeed support the ban. She's said it in no uncertain terms in this forum within the last several weeks, right after McClellan was sent out to send up the trial balloon. And then, everyone said "Bush didn't say this; a spokesperson/loose canon said it...".