CBS Tries to Fuel Draft Rumors (C-BS Biased?)

Media Research Center ^ | Sept. 30, 2004 | Media Research Center

[MisterRepublican]

Five weeks before the election, Tuesday's CBS Evening News attempted to legitimize baseless Internet rumors that President Bush secretly plans to revive the draft. Reporter Richard Schlesinger focused his piece around how one mother "is petrified about a military draft, and she's not alone. Mass e-mails are circulating among worried parents," as if the political spam had any merit. Instead of trying to allay the woman's fears with facts, Schlesinger instead asked: "Would you vote for a Democrat?" She replied: "Absolutely. I would vote for Howdy Doody if I thought it would keep my boys home and safe."

[Pete]

This is as big or bigger than Ra^thergate. CBS has been taken in my an ancient internet hoax.

The story is starting to bubble. Next stop, Drudge...

[ClearCase_guy]

It's not an internet hoax, exactly. Congress actually has 2 bills that call for reinstatement of the draft.

Both bills come from Democrats.

For MSM, this is Bush's fault.

[Poohbah]

The story is starting to bubble. Next stop, Drudge...

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.

[atomicpossum]

This is as big or bigger than Rathergate. CBS has been taken in my an ancient internet hoax.

They were not taken in-- this story is easy to disprove. This was a deliberate hit piece.

[tomnbeverly]

FOX needs to report on this 14 Democrats push draft bill... Let the Democrats answer this charge instead of John Kerry trying to slam the President with it...

[dhm005]

I think its true they can make a memo to prove it...

as W has said why send people to fight if they dont want to its not good for the men and mission...

pull the guys out of Europe and asia NOW

[Spok]

I wonder if CBS has tied Rather's fate to John Kerry's???

[Rutles4Ever]

[Alia]

The irony, IMHO, according to my own files, it was Ralph Nader who began the rumors.

[Old Grumpy]

CBS will never learn, will they? Hope this crow will be bigger, much bigger, than the last one they had to eat.

[Montfort]

This draft hoax angers me, because the bills that have been introduced have been sponsored only by Democrats. Unless I am mistaken, not a single Republican has agreed to be a useful idiot and sign onto one of these bills. This in itself is a bit surpising, considering the number of RINOs in Congress. Perhaps it is because most of the RINOs are in the Senate, and perhaps the bills have only been introduced in the house. I don't know for sure.

On the other hand, it does not help that the DOD is calling people back into the armed forces and using stop loss orders to keep lots of people from leaving who might want to leave. I understand why these people are so valuable and why it would be so useful to have them stay in the services. That is not the point.

These actions make the wild rumors of a draft seem like they might have some kernel of truth in them. And since so much of this has been handled by word-of-mouth, it is hard to set the record straight. CBS may have actually done Bush a service by getting this into the open where we can rebut it.

[Just mythoughts]

JFKerry/CBS still responding to the Swift Boats Vets, I hear they have a new ad coming and moderate democrats will not like this one any better than the last one.

[republicanbob1]

CBS is unbelievable! How people could say there not Biased is beyond me. I really wish they would drop the C from CBS! Ha

[buffyt]

This bill has been around for a while, also S 89 bill, but it hasn't gone anywhere. It is a scare tactic.

H.R.163
Title: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/7/2003)      Cosponsors (14)
Related Bills: S.89
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2003 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

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COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/7/2003	Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 1/28/2003
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 5/19/2004	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/28/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/7/2003	Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/28/2003
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/28/2003	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/21/2004
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/28/2003	Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/7/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/7/2003	Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/28/2003
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/7/2003	Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/28/2003

Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/28/2003(withdrawn - 6/21/2004)

[kinghorse]

The dividing line is stark. I have neighbors and relatives voting for Howdy Doody because they have draft age sons. It get's trickier if they have draft age sons and younger sons as well. Are they willing to delay the fight so their "baby" gets left with the job?

[TexasCajun]

RatherBiased.com is down again??? They have a great story on this. I think I've seen it posted already?

[kinghorse]

The left of the left. Just like Ted Kennedy before them, they accurately see themselves in a box and out of power as long as foreign policy dominates the agenda. They want the Draft the same way fat Ted wanted his boy J F'ing to work the system in Vietnam so that he could spend a few weeks of face time in order to become the "legitimate voice of protest" against that war.

Al Pacino as fat Ted and Keanu Reeves reprising the role of the young captain John F'ing in the new theatrical release titled Teddy's Advocate.

[jeffc]

Tried to send a comment to them just now on this and it "Can't find the server" . . . .
Hmmmmm . . . .

[planekT]

...Absolutely. I would vote for Howdy Doody if I thought it would keep my boys home and safe...

"I'm John Kerry and I'm (goofy salute) Howdy Doody"