... So you are still fence sitting about Arizona's next Governor?
You thin Janet feels this way?
Note the part in bold.
[i]Randall,
Thank you for taking the time to contact me about the NRA event in Tucson. I
understand your reaction because over the years so many people in political
office have abandoned principle, in the words of
President Bush last Sunday, "as soon as the butane gets turned up a little."
Randall, you and all of Arizona's sportsmen and defenders of the Second
Amendment should know such an approach to politics has never been my
approach. I considered what was happening in the Tucson community in the
wake of the recent murders and felt it would be insensitive to the victims
and their loved ones to continue campaigning as though these ruthless
murders had not happened. I suspended all personal campaign activities in
Tucson out of that conviction, including a scheduled fundraiser with Steve
Forbes and other planned events. Missing the event with you and Mr. Heston
and the many friends who were in attendance was a great disappointment to
me, but I had to do what I felt was right by the victims of these shootings
and their grieving families. Rest assured that [b][size=3]I realize the only thing that
could have saved these innocent women, short of an impossible-to-provide
full-time police force on the campus, would have been a law-abiding and
well-trained citizen on the premises armed with the means of stopping the
killer. And you can quote me on that.[size=3][/b]
I am with you as I have always been on defense of our Second Amendment
rights, Randall. I need your vote and your enthusiastic support to win this
race and protect those rights as governor. If you have had a
chance to follow the race closely over the past few months, you have a good
idea of what we are up against and the kind of hard-left direction Arizona's
government will take if we do not prevail. Please help me in preventing
that.
Best regards,
Matt Salmon
P.S. Although you are under no obligation to do so, I know you have an
extensive email list, and I would appreciate you forwarding my response to
your list.[/i]