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DeLay Statement on Military Draft
us newswire ^ | 10/05/04

Posted on 10/05/2004 4:35:13 PM PDT by 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."


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To: HAL9000
I believe one of the sponsors (Stark-D) voted 'yes.' At least he's not a hypocrite, at least, this time he's not.

The other 'yes' vote was Murtha-D, who was not a sponsor.

81 posted on 10/05/2004 5:29:27 PM PDT by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: swheats
"Sometimes, a bill is the result of hard-nosed political wrangling..."

Make that 'Rangeling.'

82 posted on 10/05/2004 5:29:32 PM PDT by The Renegade
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To: Kristian
my greatest wish is for Mr Bush to be re.elected and watch many european leaders crying in despair. lol.

LOL!!! That's among my many wishes too! Included are watching the Dems seethe in rage and the MSM collapse on air as they report the results.

I look forward to reading the accounts of the foreign leaders and press in wake of a Bush victory.

83 posted on 10/05/2004 5:41:22 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: knak

BUMP!


84 posted on 10/05/2004 5:41:27 PM PDT by jmstein7 (A Judge not bound by the original meaning of the Constitution interprets nothing but his own mind.)
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To: hipaatwo

Don't know what you watched, but both sens from Pa. are Republicans.


85 posted on 10/05/2004 5:50:39 PM PDT by mgpilot
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To: knak

DeLay outs the Rats! Lets hope this is the start of Republicans kicking some butt!


86 posted on 10/05/2004 5:53:30 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: mgpilot

This was in the House


87 posted on 10/05/2004 5:54:24 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: TheLion

Tom Delay is a great American. NPR has been on a crusade lately to crucify him, so he is obviously doing something right.


88 posted on 10/05/2004 5:56:16 PM PDT by LC1951
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To: Howlin

Senators from Penn & cal.


89 posted on 10/05/2004 5:58:41 PM PDT by processing please hold
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To: rang1995

Rangel....voted against it!!!!!!!


90 posted on 10/05/2004 5:59:26 PM PDT by processing please hold
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To: HAL9000

Good lord.....you just listed all the names of these co-sponsors and all, incidentally, are among the deepest-dyed liberals of the Looney Left.

About the only other psycho-crat that I don't see is Maxine "The CIA is Selling Crack in San Francisco" Waters.


91 posted on 10/05/2004 6:00:46 PM PDT by BigKahuna
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To: Loyal Buckeye
It would have been better had he called out those who originated the bill.

Charley Rangel (D New York) and Fritz Hollins.(D South Carolina)

92 posted on 10/05/2004 10:28:09 PM PDT by Texas Mom
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To: knak

That was a quality speech


93 posted on 10/06/2004 3:16:36 AM PDT by Barney Gumble (http://purveyors-of-truth.blogspot.com/)
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