September 21, 2007
Gun Owners: "More Fred, Please!!!"
The GOP presidential contenders addressed the NRA today. Word is that Fred stole the show:
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Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson won by far the warmest reception from the crowd, challenging the notion that stricter gun laws would reduce crime -- the centerpiece of Giuliani's defense of his past gun-control stance.Teh Rudy? Not so much:"I've never subscribed to the notion that we made our country safer by infringing on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens," Thompson said.
In his speech, Giuliani argued that his zealous pursuit of gun laws was merely an attempt to cut out-of-control crime in New York, hoping to appeal to the law-and-order sensibilities of the NRA members. But the skeptical response from the heavily pro-Thompson crowd shows that another piece of the Republican base, along with anti-abortion activists and anti-immigration voters, may be out of reach for Giuliani as he tries to stitch together a path to the nomination.(I'm sure it didn't help that Rudy took a freakin' phone call in the middle of his speech.)
In any event, the chickens, as they say, are coming home to roost.
And they're assault chickens.
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