DeLay Statement on Military Draft

us newswire ^ | 10/05/04

[knak]

To: National Desk

Contact: Stuart Roy or Jonathan Grella, 202-225-4000, both of the Office of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today made the following remarks on the Democrat proposal for a military draft:

"Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- a bill comes to the floor of this House after a long, deliberate examination of the facts surrounding a difficult issue with compelling arguments on both sides, and we can all come together and find common ground.

"Sometimes, a bill is the result of hard-nosed political wrangling, and a party-line vote pushes a controversial measure over the finish line. And sometimes - on rare occasions like today - a bill is considered on the floor of the House as a practical exercise ... to expose a fraud.

"For months now, the American people have been subjected to -- and had their intelligence insulted by -- a manipulative, dishonest, and willful campaign of misinformation. This campaign, which started as a whisper but has since been given voice by the leading Democrats in the country today, asserts without any evidence whatsoever that there is a secret Republican plan to reinstitute the military draft.

"This campaign is a baseless and malevolent concoction of the Democrat Party, and everyone in this chamber knows it. It has one purpose -- to spread fear. To spread fear among an unsuspecting public, to undermine the war on terror, to undermine our troops, to undermine our cause, and most of all, to undermine our commander-in-chief ... in an election year.

"It is a lie. And to prove it, all we had to do was to look in the Congressional Record. And lo and behold, there it was. A plan, not secret, but public. Not hidden by Republicans, but openly touted by Democrats. H.R. 163 -- before us today -- is not the product of a Pentagon cabal, but is sponsored by six of the most liberal and vociferous critics of the war on terror.

"The vote on this bill won't be close, and it won't be party- line. Instead, it will be an opportunity for the American people to see who takes the national security of the United States seriously, who respects our armed forces, who wants to win the war on terror, and who just wants to win the next election.

"This bill is a fraud, and so is the pernicious campaign of deception that has brought it to the floor today. I urge all my colleagues to vote no, and expose to the light of truth the craven, partisan whisper campaign now poisoning the national debate."

[zbigreddogz]

There are no Democrat Senators from Pennsylvania.

[weegee]

Democrats and the Draft: Kerry Advocates Mandatory Service to Graduate from High School

(from Archived Official Kerry Website)

[Paladin2]

Good Linking Job!

MIAs:

Boehlert Brown (OH) Brown, Corrine Cannon Cox DeMint Dooley (CA) Forbes Gephardt Greenwood Hoeffel John Jones (OH) Kaptur Kleczka Kucinich Lampson Majette McIntyre Meeks (NY) Millender-McDonald Nethercutt Norwood Portman Pryce (OH) Sandlin Slaughter Tauzin Terry

Voting FOR:

Murtha

Stark

Even Rangel didn't vote for his own bill! LOL.

[tinamina]

The vote was in the House, so it would be a Congressman, not a Senator.

[GoLightly]

Unfinish business is something that has previously been tabled. The vote is now the vote. The bill has been killed.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Thank you. I am glad to hear it's all over and done with.

[Dog Gone]

We need more Tom DeLays.

[Darksheare]

Draft you say?
HA!
Read the article!

[MeekOneGOP]

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From the article:

"This campaign is a baseless and malevolent concoction of the Democrat Party, and everyone in this chamber knows it. It has one purpose -- to spread fear. To spread fear among an unsuspecting public, to undermine the war on terror, to undermine our troops, to undermine our cause, and most of all, to undermine our commander-in-chief ... in an election year.

"It is a lie. And to prove it, all we had to do was to look in the Congressional Record. And lo and behold, there it was. A plan, not secret, but public. Not hidden by Republicans, but openly touted by Democrats. H.R. 163 -- before us today -- is not the product of a Pentagon cabal, but is sponsored by six of the most liberal and vociferous critics of the war on terror.

"The vote on this bill won't be close, and it won't be party- line. Instead, it will be an opportunity for the American people to see who takes the national security of the United States seriously, who respects our armed forces, who wants to win the war on terror, and who just wants to win the next election.

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[Dutchgirl]

Roll call of vote on this link...

rangel votes against his own bill.

[Alia]

President Bush can and does talk this way, in real time, too. He's a straight shooter. It's why the Dems hate him so much; and call him names. There is no one they fear more than George Bush.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Alan Keyes would have, in the Senate, were he actually elected.
fofl...

[Howlin]

OMG.......you are so right......

Keyes would have voted for that.....how embarassing.......ROFLMAO.

[Marine_Uncle]

I say we get a bunch of Airborne,SEALS,Delta Force, or Marines to grab Charlie Kabangel, stuff him in a C130 cargo hold, fly him over Fallujah and strap on his parachute, then kick his low life ass out of the door! Lets see him try to bullshit his way out of that one!

[MNJohnnie]

BEAUTIFUL!

[thelastvirgil]

Too bad the very people this phony bill is designed to scare will never hear DeLay's words or read them reported in the MSM.

I sometimes think DeLay has the only set of balls in the entire Republican congressional delegation, and we have Frist, Lott, Hatch, and others to back up my theory.

[Soul Seeker]

So you'll be watching the debate at 3 in the morning? Bless you.

Hope you have plenty of coffee on hand to keep awake in the remaining hour.

Yes, our "MSM" is no more than a propaganda mouth piece for the Democrat Party. Democrats out of power means the MSM continues to lose power, so they have joined forces.

Today's vote doesn't affect how they'll report the issue, but it did provide a visible way to demonstrate what the Dems have been doing. Now we have a bill voted down overwhelming the Republicans can use against them every time the draft is mentioned. Even Rangel voted against his own bill, which is priceless!

[M Kehoe]

Applause!

5.56mm

[Marine_Uncle]

Now remember folks, there is ALSO A Senate Bill, I believe
S-81 or S-82 that also proposes I believe similiar language.
Let us hope there is enough wisdom between both sides of the senate to staunchly defeat this bill. I don't know when it is scheduled for vote. Perhaps someone here can enlighten us.