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...GUN CONTROL...
Bush points out that he is willing to buck the N.R.A. He supports background checks at gun shows, the ban on automatic weapons and increasing the minimum age for owning a handgun from...
BUSH: I wasn't mad. He was being modest. He wasn't going to be bragging on his son. It's part of the family heritage. He's a little gun-shy to be bragging about me because he doesn't want somehow the critics to be saying, there he is, promoting...
...concerned to stanch the bleeding on their left flank, where Ralph Nader may prove to be more than simply a gadfly. And while Lieberman's hawkish positions on defense haven't exactly endeared him to the Democratic party left, he's tended to vote with liberals on taxes, abortion, gun control and other social issues. He's a moved-to-the-center kind of liberal with a reputation for integrity, and relatively straight-shooting. The Democrats are spinning it as a bold move to grab the center, citing Lieberman?s moderation and integrity as about as McCain-esque...
...Since his election to the Senate, Lieberman has maintained a moderate stance, except when confronted with social issues: He supports abortion rights and gun control but was in favor of the Gulf War, capital gains tax cuts and free trade with China. After the Monica Lewinsky revelation, Lieberman was the first Democratic senator to defy party lines and publicly rebuke President Clinton, calling the President's behavior "inappropriate, immoral and harmful...