Word: rowan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blatantly conservative Washington Times, which throughout the week had launched attacks on Democratic nominee-to-be Michael S. Dukakis in its front-page headlines and news articles, made the Rowan incident its lead story, with the obvious intent of discrediting not only a liberal, but a prominent writer for the paper it is supposed to compete with, The Washington Post...
...brief respite from its efforts on behalf of the Bush campaign, the Times accused Rowan, who has written extensively in the past in support of such gun control measures as handgun registration, background checks on all aspiring buyers, and a "cooling-off" period, of being a hypocrite for keeping an unregistered handgun in his possession...
...long-time Rowan haters, such as spokesmen for the National Rifle Association and right-wing zealot Patrick Buchanan, could not help but join the bandwagon, gloating at this apparent example of "elitist, liberal hypocrisy," and label Rowan "the Jacuzzi Bandit." They and others charged that Rowan has become the 1980s equivalent of the infamous "limousine liberals" of the 1970s, who while advocating busing as a means to integrate the public schools, quietly slipped their children off to Andover and Exeter...
...preparing a massive mailing campaign with Rowan's face and his words plastered all over it. Their message, one assumes, is that if liberals like Rowan refuse to abide by the very gun control laws they advocate, the rest of us shouldn't either...
RESPONDING to his critics, Rowan claimed in his weekly editorial column that there were no inconsistencies between his public statements and his private actions. In a rather incongruous justification of the episode, Rowan argued that although he supports strict gun control laws, he will continue to protect himself and his family (presumably with the same unregistered gun he used on the stoned youth) as long as society continues to tolerate widespread violent crime and drug abuse...