WHO DO WE VOTE FOR???????

[five_point_buck]

I hate that I am posting something political, but it's important that we know who has our back when it counts, especially in the places where laws are made. Does anyone have any good info on the candidates and what they stand for when it comes to guns, ammo, hunting, wildlife, and our public lands?

Who's in bed with that planet of the apes looking 'anti" Diane Fienstien, or that drunk Teddy Kennedy? Who wants to take my "semi auto duck gun", who wants to cut money from game depts, who wants to close the backcountry, or make it impossible to buy ammo?

Any information will help. Sign up for your absentee ballot as many of us will be in the backcountry when the votes are tallied...

You all want a pissin' match about everything from bino's to sent lock undies....spend your time on an issue that matters.

Take er easy
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[Phantom Hunter]

Vote for George, he's our only choice when it comes to 2nd ammendment rights, I think he will listen to sportsmens concerns.

Phantom Hunter

 

[Edpre]

You really think the election is more important than wether or not Carbon-Blast sprayed on your undies can overcome last night's five alarm chili?

How 'bout this-- Let's all say we're supporting Kerry, then pull Bush's lever (or just not vote at all). That would ACTUALLY be considered BEING Kerry, not supporting him though, wouldn't it? Now, my big question is this. After the election, if Bush wins, do you think Kerry will go on nat'l TV and say "I actually voted FOR Bush, AFTER I voted for me."

Bush get's my vote. Without a doubt. I'd much rather a straight-talking conservative Texan that's not afraid to say he answers to God than a two-talkin Mass. liberal who pretty much doesn't say anything of substance. I think Kerry's alot like slick Willie, lot's of talk "around" alot of stuff, but no substance.

 

[eweikum338]

George BUSH all the way! Unless of course you want to loose all your hunting rights and privileges as well as the FREEDOM we as veterans have fought for since this country was founded.
To vote for Kerry is the same as voting for Jane Fonda or Fienstein.

 

[manny15]

Edpre' you crack me up man, anyways, I'm just grateful that Gore the hore didn't get elected cause we would have lost big time his book tells all...tree hugger all the way....

Bush has done more then most, like when we had the big fires up in Oregon and he came in and had a press conf. and said.. "The fire's were more devastating because we've not thinned (harvested) enough tree's because some people believe that the trees are our brothers" LOL...Quote...so he's not afraid to speak up..

There's allot important issue's out there, so George needs 4 more years to get to 'em...Vote 4 George who else is there...????

 

[alsatian]

The next president may have the role of nominating up to three retiring supreme court justices. Kerry is on record as viewing the 2nd amendment as directed to rights of states not rights of individuals to keep and bear arms. Judicial appointment is the most important gun issue attached to the election of the president. The president can only approve or reject gun control legislation. The president can have a much more far reaching effect on the interpretation of the second amendment.

Bush is better for gun owners by a long shot than Kerry.

 

[kingfish]

I hope they have a "NONE OF THE ABOVE" in my polling booth....

 

[FALCON]

I'm a BUSH MAN and not going to apollogize for it. He has not made all the right decisions, but he's human. He has more of a backbone then Kerry by a longshot!

 

[five_point_buck]

Although G-dub comes across as a dipstick at times, I have to give him the nod. Not to many presidents have had to address america with "Today we've had a National Tragedy, two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center, in an apparent terrorist attack on our country". I felt he was strong at a time when we all were ass over tea kettle.

More importantly, he has some decent people around him. He's a hunter, not a "Upptiy Yankee" that only dawns the hunter orange for a photo opportunity to try and fool hunters.

"None of the above" or a "non" vote is exactly the same as a vote for Kerry.....

GW may have made some mistakes, but it sounds like he's the closetst thing we have to an ally.

I will go throw up now, I hate politics and the slimmy little nerds you usually find around such talks.

Take er easy
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[five_point_buck]

John Kerry's Voting Record on Second Amendment and Hunting Issues

Thursday, July 29, 2004

His voting record makes John F. Kerry the most anti-gun Presidential nominee in United States history. Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 1984, John F. Kerry has cast 59 votes (NRA did not score 4 of them) on issues involving firearms rights and hunting. These votes included votes to ban guns, to impose waiting periods on gun buyers, to financially punish gun manufacturers for operating a legal business and to restrict the free speech of Second Amendment advocates.

In addition, Kerry currently is a co-sponsor of S. 1431, which would ban all semi-automatic shotguns, all detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles and many other guns, calling the whole lot "assault weapons."

Read more at the NRA website..........

http://www.nrapvf.org/kerry/Read.aspx?ID=4086

Take er easy
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[five_point_buck]

Hunting

Kerry voted in 1994 to close off 1,181,000 acres of California's Mojave Desert to hunting. He supported a proposal to designate tens of thousands of acres of the Mojave desert as a national park, where hunting would have been prohibited. He voted against a proposal to make the area a national monument which would have allowed hunting to continue.

Kerry, unlike 56 of his fellow Senators, is not a member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus. With more than 300 members in the House and Senate, it is one of the largest Caucuses in the U.S. Congress, and is "open to Congressmen and Senators who are sportsmen or who support the concept of sustained use and wildlife management, even if they do not themselves take to the fields and waters to fish, hunt or trap."

Take er easy
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[kilbuc]

A comment on the above post....nuff said. To be blunt...A vote for Kerry is a vote against hunting and the legal ownership of firearms by citizens.

from the "Heartland of Wyoming"

 

[manny15]

thanks for the info, 5, but I have family members who don't give a chit about hunting, but they also loved Slik willy.......

 

[sandhillhunter]

Don't forget about the congress. The president plays a very small role in actually setting policy. It's those 535 congressmen and senators with all their pet projects that actually dictate the direction of this country- approve or dissaprove judicial appointments, etc. Make those congressmen be responsible for their actions. Re-elect the good ones, and give the others the boot!

 

[alsatian]

Only yesterday Bush added new hunting access, as reported by AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Monday it will give people who hunt and fish new access to hundreds of thousands of acres of lands and streams within 17 national wildlife refuges and wetlands.

The decision as the Republican National Convention was opening in New York was announced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Asked if it might help President Bush's re-election efforts, the agency's director, Steve Williams said, "This is just another example of the president's commitment to sportsmen."

"By law, Congress directed the service to consider and provide opportunities for hunting and fishing where it's compatible on the refuges. We take that quite seriously," Williams added.

Both Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry have cast themselves as sportsmen in campaigning for votes among hunters and conservationists. Groups that promote hunting and fishing rights or habitat for fish and game - such as the Boone and Crockett Club, Ducks Unlimited and the National Rifle Association - claim millions of members.

Hunting and fishing, along with observing and photographing wildlife, have long been allowed in the 95-million-acre refuge system. That includes 544 national wildlife refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other specially managed areas.

Currently, more than 300 wildlife refuges and about 3,000 small wetlands are open to hunting, and more than 260 wildlife refuges are open to fishing.

Monday's decision opens another 243,500 acres as of Sept. 1, wildlife officials said.

Federal officials opened to hunting and fishing four more national wildlife refuges: Mountain Long Leaf in Alabama, 3,300 acres; Cypress Creek in Illinois, 100 acres; Red River in Louisiana, 2,700 acres, and Waccamaw in South Carolina, 10,500 acres.

Also opened were six more wetlands management districts: Devils Lake in North Dakota, 56,000 acres; and in South Dakota: Huron, 11,000 acres; Lake Andrews, 20,000 acres; Madison, 38,500 acres; Sand Lake, 45,000 acres, and Waubay, 4,400 acres.

Seven refuges where officials added to the land and marshes available for hunting are Savannah in Georgia and South Carolina, 2,000 acres; Big Oaks in Indiana, 10,000 acres; Big Branch Marsh in Louisiana, 6,000 acres; Crescent Lake in Nebraska, 5,000 acres; Cross Creek and Tennessee in Tennessee, 24,000 acres, and Trinity in Texas, 5,000 acres.

Officials said the agency was not adding money to the budget to help with managing the additional activity in the newly opened areas.

 

[five_point_buck]

KERRY'S CRONNIES (AND FUTURISTIC SOCIETIES OF MONKEYS DON'T LIKE GUNS)

Take er easy
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[MichaelJ]

Bush all the way! If you guys want a book to read, check out "Unfit For Command" It'll really show you what Kerry is about.

I don't get why Kerry responds to all the accusations against him w/ "The people sponsoring these ads are closely ascociated w/ the President of the United States"...etc (Not an actual quote, but the content is the same.) He never addresses the issues. Just makes blank statements.

Michael~All Gods creatures welcome... right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.