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- From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (droopy)
- Subject: Re: The Secret Service strikes again...
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:06:18 GMT
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- wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) writes:
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- >Sigh. I do _not_ believe this...
-
- > Secret Service vetoes a target
- > ------------------------------
-
- > Orlando, Fla. -- A right-wing Young Republican group, bowing to
- > pressure from the US Secret Service, yesterday backed off plans to
- > use enlarged photos of President-elect Bill Clinton as targets for
- > a weekend turkey shoot.
- >
- > "They came down hard on us, saying we threatened the President,
- > things like that," said David Abrami, vice president of the Central
- > Florida Young Republican Club. "So we canceled it."
- >
- > When Abrami heard the Secret Service was investigating, he was
- > worried. Yesterday morning, he spoke with the Secret Service, then
- > decided to cancel the event.
- >
- > "We just figured he's head of the Democratic Party right now,
- > and we're Republicans," said Abrami. "We thought it would be a
- > nice parody. We didn't mean any ill will by it."
-
- I'm not quite sure if this is even Constitutional. Certainly that's
- freedom of expression (at worst) but more likely just a display of
- partisan dislike. It's no big deal. I know a group who puts dan
- quayle's picture on their dart board (I dont know why they do because
- they're a satirical magazine!). I don't know if either is appropriate
- but it's certainly not the Secret Service's business to decide. Don't
- they have better things to worry about... like protecting Clinton's
- cat?
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- BRI FARENELL Hate is not a family value.
- FARENEBT@CRAFT.CAMP.CLARKSON.EDU Get involved (or shut up)
- CLARKSON '95
- We already have term limit provisions in the Constitution, it's called voting.
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