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Article: NRA says Bush resignation tied to '92 campaign
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 23, 1995
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PHOENIX -- Leaders of the National Rifle Association, wrapping up
a weekend conference where they lashed out at President Clinton and
other opponents, yesterday said that former President Bush's recent
resignation from the NRA was motivated by the group's refusal to
endorse him in his failed 1992 campaign.
"George Bush has been feuding with the NRA since 1992, when we
decided we couldn't back him," said NRA vice president Neal Knox in
an interview with the Globe. "He's been biding his time since then,
waiting for the right time to kick us in the shins."
Bush, a longtime NRA member and an important ally of the
organization during his eight years as vice president, resigned his
membership ...