Re: Candidate's views on motorcycle issuesOn May 1, 6:55 pm, Spunky Hussein Tuna
<spunkyhusseint...@earthlink . net > wrote:
> Wakko wrote:
> > All three presidential candidates voted in 2005 against the Lautenberg
> > amendment which would have withheld federal funding to those states that
> > haven't passed mandatory helmet laws.
>
> > Does anyone know a good resource to find out their views concerning
> > motorcycle issues?
>
> > Google has been spectacularly unhelpful at this for one reason or another
> > (Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama's wife Michelle both being involved in
> > accidents with motocycles recently).
>
> > Browsing their websites haven't really been useful, either. The sites for
> > Clinton and Obama don't have a search feature, and the search on McCain's
> > site doesn't yield results.
>
> Dunno, but I strongly suspect they've got, shall we say, larger issues
> on their minds than our narrow interests.
>
> Not like there's going to be a Presidential Proclamation of Helmetless
> Sequestration and send all the non-helmet wearing folks to Gitmo.
>
Although a candidates position on helmet laws, or gun laws, etc gives
an indication of where they stand on personal liberty in general - and
that, to me, is an important consideration when I vote.
Bep