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caitlyn -> RE: Hilary Clinton: The Next President? (6/14/2006 2:58:15 PM)
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If Senator Clinton were to run, I would probably at least consider her, but am far from a blind supporter. That said, I think it's import to a) quote people accurately, b) if taking a stand, at least know what you are standing up for, c) remember that Senators are elected to represent the voters of the state that elected them. About ninty-five percent of voters don't seem to be able to grasp that. In the last election, Senator Kerry was castigated for some of the votes he cast, but any intelligent voter (of which we have too few here in America) will understand that those may not be the positions he would support as President, when his job then becomes representing all of America, not just a very liberal state like Massachusetts.
On to the quotes section of this response, all from Senator Clinton.
Keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them
We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced persons. Congress should have acted before our children started going back to school. I realize the NRA is a formidable political group; but I believe the American people are ready to come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them.
Source: www.hillary2000.org, “Gun Safety” Sep 9, 2000
License and register all handgun sales
Hillary Rodham Clinton offered her support for a legislative proposal to license hand guns. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer, would require anyone who wants to purchase a gun to obtain a state-issued photo gun license. “I stand in support of this common sense legislation to license everyone who wishes to purchase a gun,” Clinton said. “I also believe that every new handgun sale or transfer should be registered in a national registry, such as Chuck is proposing.”
Source: CNN.com Jun 2, 2000
Tough gun control keeps guns out of wrong hands
I think it does once again urge us to think hard about what we can do to make sure that we keep guns out of the hands of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced people. I hope we will come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who have no business with them.
Source: Press Release Jul 31, 1999
Gun control protects our children
We will not make progress on a sensible gun control agenda unless the entire American public gets behind it. It is really important for each of you [kids] to make sure you stay away from guns. If you have guns in your home, tell your parents to keep them away from you and your friends and your little brothers and sisters.
Source: Forum at South Side Middle School in Nassau County Jul 15, 1999
Don’t water down sensible gun control legislation
We have to do everything possible to keep guns out of the hands of children, and we need to stand firm on behalf of the sensible gun control legislation that passed the Senate and then was watered down in the House. It does not make sense for us at this point in our history to turn our backs on the reality that there are too many guns and too many children have access to those guns-and we have to act to prevent that.
Source: Remarks to NEA in Orlando, Florida Jul 5, 1999
Senator Clinton voted to eliminate hollow-tip "cop killer" ammunition not all that long ago. "Rush" says that is evidence that she is against guns. I'm not sure how he makes that connection ... but either way, his thought ignores the basic idea that the voters of the state of New York are overwhelmingly in favor of banning this type of ammunition, and the Senator was properly representing her state.
I suppose Rush and the right would have respected her more, if she would have voted against the bill to ban this ammunition, when eighty percent of the voters in her state supported it?
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