Is there any shred of a reason to believe her? #1 she is married to Bob Dole. There was never any reason to believe him. #2 she has been for gun control when running as the woman candidate for president and now wants North Carolina to trust her as pro-gun. Convenient conversion. In 1996 she was pro-life when interviewed by the editorial board of the New York Post. By 2000, it was obvious that she was not pro-life. You don't even mention the babies which says something. Her bloviating is all BOMFOG for the suckers. (Brotherhood of Man/Fatherhood of God). We have plenty of evidence of ideological change of Hillary, Horowitz and Reagan and plenty of evidence that Giddy has as much credibility in her constant shifting from left to right to left to right as did the Arkansas Antichrist when he said that he never had sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. Would you have believed Cornpone Carter when he promised: "I will never lie to you"? Why do you believe her? These are Dole's views on guns from the presidential campaign:
- She wants to ban AK-47s and armor-piercing bullets, and retain the prohibition on assault weapons
- She supports instant background checks instead of waiting periods for checks and purchases
- She favors child safety locks on new guns manufactured
- In the NYT in May 1999, she said "I certainly believe in the Second Amendment and a person’s right to bear arms."-- you'll notice she said this to the liberal Times and she made mention of a "person's" right, and not a militia's right to bear arms as liberals do.
- On the issue of concealed-carry, she believes that states, not the federal government should handle the issue as they see fit, but her personal belief is concealed-carry without permits is wrong.
Since her presidential run...
In October (after having looked at statistics), in a letter to the North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association she wrote: "Seven years after President Clinton and his allies outlawed so-called assault weapons, there appears to have been little effect on crime prevention or punishment."
She also supports NC's CCW law which requires training and certification before getting a permit from the local sheriff.
Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words. When running for president, as a Republican no less, you post that she opposed Concealed Carry, supported the "assault weapons" ban; supported "child safety" locks; expressed bravely her "support" of the individual's Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms, obviously with enough qualifiers to make it largely meaningless. She opposed national concealed carry in favor of state's rights even though RTKBA is actually in the Constitution unlike most liberal initiatives. Imagine what a whirling dervish she would have been trying to impress "soccer moms" that our gun liberties count for nothing if she had actually been nominated or even taken seriously by the national Republican electorate.
Now, back in North Carolina which is certainly a bit ahead of the ideological power curve and more conservative than the nation as a whole, Giddy is saying: Pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain. You can trust ol' Giddy to protect your right to shoot critters, four legs or two. Maybe the woman behind thge curtain was wrong on assault weapons. Oh, well. Too late now. The only things she has ever hunted are campaign dollars, gullible voters and someone else's husband (who happened to be GOP Senate Leader).
Of course, this says nothing about her positions much less her trustworthiness on taxes (Bob Dole never saw a tax hike that didn't make Viagra unnecessary); babies and Lance and Bruce's plans for marriage and adoption.