Robert Craft wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
-=> On 02-11-98  09:59, Roy J. Tellason did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to Mike Angwin concerning Resignation? <=-
 MA> Bob Dole, for all his years of service in the Senate and
 MA> service to the nation was an honorable man. 
 RJT> I can't support this, given the flip-flop he did when it
 RJT> came to supporting second amendment issues.
 RC> I didn't care for it either, but that doesn't make his action 
 RC> dishonorable. If his "flip-flop" were done for personal gain, 
 RC> yes, that would be dishonorable. If it was done as a part of 
 RC> the give and take of the parliamentary process, well - that's 
 RC> what politics is about.
I'd have to do some digging to find the particulars,  but as I recall it was 
in the nature of a _promise_ made to some segments of the voters (who were 
primarily concerned with second amendment issues) and then _broken_...
 RJT> It was strictly a political maneuver on his part,
 RC> Exactly. And what else does one expect from a politician,
 RC> other than political maneuvers? 
When one comes out taking a position that says that they're in support of our 
rights,  and then moves to the opposite pole,  that makes a statement about 
_their_ character.
 RJT> trying to get more towards the middle of the spectrum and
 RJT> seriously alienating his conservative supporters. 
 RC> IOW, he gave up what he perceived as a losing issue in order to 
 RC> advance another issue with a greater chance of success. Again - 
 RC> that *is* the essence of politics. 
It didn't work for him though,  did it?
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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