"National Rifle Association is being pressured by its membership to distance itself from President Bush's energy policies that have opened more public land for oil and gas drilling and limited access to hunters and anglers.
" "The Bush administration has placed more emphasis on oil and gas than access rights for hunters," said Ronald L. Schmeits, second vice president of the NRA, a member of its board of directors and a bank president in Raton, N.M. "
For those who don't recognise this thread's title - Bush once said he would never change course regardless if no one agreed with him aside from his wife and Barney, the dog.
It looks like NRA just bailed, or is about to. Here's the rest of their story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/06/AR2007010601300_pf.html
" "The Bush administration has placed more emphasis on oil and gas than access rights for hunters," said Ronald L. Schmeits, second vice president of the NRA, a member of its board of directors and a bank president in Raton, N.M. "
For those who don't recognise this thread's title - Bush once said he would never change course regardless if no one agreed with him aside from his wife and Barney, the dog.
It looks like NRA just bailed, or is about to. Here's the rest of their story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/06/AR2007010601300_pf.html