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Republicans Glad to Lose on Bill to Start New Draft [SEVERE GAG ALERT!!!] {WORST HEADLINE EVER?}
The Los(t) Angeles Times ^ | October 6, 2004 | Faye Fiore and Richard Simon, Times Staff Writers

Posted on 10/09/2004 9:30:25 PM PDT by freestyle

THE NATION October 6, 2004

Republicans Glad to Lose on Bill to Start New Draft

* The hasty House vote 'putting a rumor to rest' is 402-2. Democrats call the tactic a sham that trivializes the problem of troop shortages.

By Faye Fiore and Richard Simon, Times Staff Writers

WASHINGTON — Seeking to dispel suggestions that the war in Iraq could lead to reinstatement of the draft, House Republicans on Tuesday hastily brought the idea to a vote — with the express intent of shooting it down.

The vote, launched with only hours of notice and no public hearings, was designed to put an end to talk that President Bush's foreign policy could overtax the all-volunteer Army that has been national policy since the end of the Vietnam War.


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To: freestyle

So this bill failed to pass 402-2. My question is: Which two congressmen voted to reinstate the draft?


21 posted on 10/09/2004 10:23:16 PM PDT by Oblongata
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To: freestyle
Republicans Glad to Lose on Bill to Start New Draft

It was not a Republican bill. It never amazes me but I would think they would at least pretend to report the truth somewhere.

22 posted on 10/09/2004 10:37:58 PM PDT by GeronL (I was gone for about 2 months. I was depressed and sad. I am back now and am trying to get my wings)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Forces them to be more honest?? They're basically calling it a Republican bill in the headline. The part most people will see and read no further.


23 posted on 10/09/2004 10:39:25 PM PDT by GeronL (I was gone for about 2 months. I was depressed and sad. I am back now and am trying to get my wings)
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To: GeronL
Forces them to be more honest??

I'm talking about Congressmen not the MSM. Rangel never expected his bill to ever be voted on on the House floor.

24 posted on 10/09/2004 10:43:23 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: GeronL

Let me know if you can find an honest report anywhere in the MSM when it involves; Bush, Kerry, Republicans or Democrats.

I haven't found an honest reporter out there. (An honest reporter would be one I could watch for years and NEVER KNOW which way he leans on the political spectrum.)


25 posted on 10/09/2004 10:45:06 PM PDT by freestyle
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To: freestyle

About as rare as sasquatch


26 posted on 10/09/2004 11:19:01 PM PDT by GeronL (I was gone for about 2 months. I was depressed and sad. I am back now and am trying to get my wings)
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To: GeronL

This rag totally self-destructed when it attempted to throw the recall election with its hit pieces on women claiming Arnold groped them and its totally bogus polls showing recall losing and/or Bustamante winning. Really, no one takes it seriously anymore, even the lefty artsys hate its arts critics. And it's hemorraging money - word on the street is the the Tribune Company is desparately trying to unload it. Maybe we should get a Freep consortium together, buy cheap and have a lot of fun cleaning out its cesspool HQ.


27 posted on 10/09/2004 11:30:39 PM PDT by nimbysrule
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To: nimbysrule

Oh, PS, the Sports section is still pretty decent, even though PC rears its ugly head every so often. As Al Rantel says: "I get the LA Times on the internet for free and it's worth every penny."


28 posted on 10/09/2004 11:32:32 PM PDT by nimbysrule
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These are the people who want to forcibly conscript your children between 18 and 26 years of age into the Army. See if you can detect what they have in common `

.Bills HR 163 and S 89 have been introduced in 2003, prior to the War in Iraq by Charles Rangel (Democrat-NY) and Senator Ernest Hollings (Democrat-SC) respectively.

CO-Sponsors of HR 163:

ABERCROMBIE, NEIL ---------------------------Democrat, HI

BROWN, CORRINE 0000-------------------------Democrat, FL

CHRISTENSEN, DONNA ------------------------Democrat, VI

CLAY, WM. ---------------------------------------Democrat, MO

CONYERS, JOHN ---------------------------------Democrat, MI

CUMMINGS, ELIJAH -----------------------------Democrat, MD

HASTINGS, ALCIE --------------------------------Democrat, FL

JACKSON LEE, SHEILA --------------------------Democrat, TX

LEWIS, JOHN --------------------------------------Democrat, GA

MC DERMOTT, JIM --------------------------------Democrat, WA

MORAN, JAMES - ----------------------------------Democrat, VA

NORTON, ELEANOR HOLMES - ------------------Democrat, DC

STARK, FORTNEY - --------------------------------Democrat, CA

VALEZQUEZ, NYDIA -------------------------------Democrat, NY

29 posted on 10/09/2004 11:54:23 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: nimbysrule

A Freeper take-over of the LATIMES.... I could just imagine JohnHuang2 writing op-eds and registered doing the editorial cartoons...


30 posted on 10/10/2004 12:10:03 AM PDT by GeronL (I was gone for about 2 months. I was depressed and sad. I am back now and am trying to get my wings)
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To: freestyle

bump


31 posted on 10/10/2004 5:54:46 AM PDT by RippleFire ("It was just a scratch")
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To: freestyle
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32 posted on 10/10/2004 8:25:07 AM PDT by John Jorsett (Kerry-Edwards: FORGING AHEAD)
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To: freestyle

The next draft we feel will not be an open door.


33 posted on 10/10/2004 8:28:33 AM PDT by cynicom (<p)
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To: John Jorsett

That's a great cartoon.


34 posted on 10/10/2004 8:39:12 AM PDT by freestyle
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To: freestyle

Despicable yet predictable.


35 posted on 10/11/2004 4:07:37 PM PDT by LisaFab
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