Reply #151: how soon they like to forget

[iverglas]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E6DC163FF93BA35756C0A9659C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Published: May 8, 2003

... When Mr. Bush was campaigning for president in 2000, a top N.R.A. official boasted that the group's relationship with Mr. Bush was so "unbelievably friendly" that the N.R.A. could practically claim a seat at the White House. The N.R.A. has been a major donor to Mr. Bush, and the gun lobby and the Bush administration have been in lock step on most major gun issues, including the current push to limit lawsuits against gun manufacturers. ...

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/050400-01.htm

Published on Thursday, May 4, 2000 in the Washington Post

The NRA Brags That They'll Work Out Of President GW Bush's Oval Office

The National Rifle Association's second-ranking officer boasted at a closed meeting of NRA members earlier this year that if Republican nominee George W. Bush wins in November, "we'll have . . . a president where we work out of their office."

First Vice President Kayne Robinson, who is in line to succeed NRA President Charlton Heston, added that the NRA enjoys "unbelievably friendly relations" with the Texas governor. Robinson, who is also chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, made the comments Feb. 17 before 300 members in Los Angeles. He also described 2000 as "a critical election" in which Bush's success would ensure "a Supreme Court that will back us to the hilt."

My my. Anybody know where to buy that particular model of crystal ball? I want one.

Either that or the kind of influence that buys that kind of success for my predictions.

"If we win, we'll have a Supreme Court that will back us to the hilt," added Robinson, a former police official in Des Moines. "If we win, we'll have a president, with at least one of the people that's running, a president where we work out of their office. Unbelievably friendly relations."

Robinson didn't mention Bush's name, but NRA officials acknowledge he was referring to the Texas governor. ...

And hey, they're a funny bunch:

"We have the people, and in the end," he said to thunderous applause and laughter, "we have the guns."