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Kerry Blames Bush for Democrats' Scheme to Revive Draft
News Max ^ | Friday, Oct. 15, 2004

Posted on 10/15/2004 12:19:54 PM PDT by demlosers

There he goes again: Sen. John Kerry apparently thinks the American people are so stupid and uninformed that they'll blame President Bush for Democrats' effort to renew the military draft.

Then again, Kerry's campaign of deceit has been working, according to a recent poll.

The Des Moines Register today quoted Kerry as claiming, "With George Bush, the plan for Iraq is more of the same and the great potential of a draft."

In reality, as NewsMax's Insider Report noted last week, it's Kerry's own party that has been trying to do that.

When will Kerry tell fellow Democrats Charlie Rangel and lame duck Fritz Hollings to stop their sleaze?

And why was Bush too wimpy during the debates to ask the same question? When the issue was raised all he did was sputter and deny without bothering to point out the facts.

Bush-Cheney campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt did point out today that Kerry's latest "fear-mongering" claim showed "that he is a candidate willing to do or say anything to score political points."


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: draft; hollings; kerry; kerrylies; rangel

1 posted on 10/15/2004 12:19:55 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: demlosers

Same old Dem tactic.


2 posted on 10/15/2004 12:20:49 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: demlosers

Someone should tell Newsmax this isn't news. Kerry blames W for EVERYTHING - they could just use that as their headline day after day and save some time...


3 posted on 10/15/2004 12:22:49 PM PDT by Kylie_04
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To: demlosers

Democrats despartly seeking their October surprise.


4 posted on 10/15/2004 12:22:51 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: demlosers

Got news for Kerry. The war in Iraq is all but over.


5 posted on 10/15/2004 12:22:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: demlosers
Seems like I have heard this excuse before...Hummmmm?

Oh, I remember! It is exactly the same one given by my children when they were caught telling a lie, it was my sister's fault...

Good to know that the democrat presidential candidate is no more intelligent than a 5 year old.
6 posted on 10/15/2004 12:23:47 PM PDT by DSBull (Leather Belts, with Liberal logic everywhere they are keeping my head from exploding)
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To: demlosers

The only draft in this country is the one between the Democrats' ears.


7 posted on 10/15/2004 12:25:37 PM PDT by My2Cents (http://www.conservativesforbush.com)
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To: DSBull

Has anybody pointed out that Kerry supporters must be uneducated, gullible and easily-led? Oh, and Kerry says they all look like they're poor too.


8 posted on 10/15/2004 12:27:47 PM PDT by spycatcher
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To: demlosers
Circulate them in your area:

You Asked For It, You Got It. Distribute These @ Colleges to counteract the Kerry/Moore Draft Scare.

9 posted on 10/15/2004 12:29:10 PM PDT by weegee (Ted Kennedy, your brother defined Vietnam antiwar protesters as traitors, giving aid to Ho Chi Mihn)
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To: Kylie_04; demlosers

> Someone should tell Newsmax this isn't news.

Unfortunately, it is. Kerry is still pitching this BS on
the stump today, Friday, 15 Oct 2004.

Simple draft denials, although truthful, aren't making it
go away. The GOP and the honest press need to bring up the
UNS angle, and get K+E to address their current and
historical positions on UNS.

What's UNS?
______________________________________
The Draft Hoax of 2004 - edition 2004-10-10.22:00

Joseph Goebbels would be proud.
We have here a case of the
"Reverse Big Lie"

Not only is the "secret Bush draft" a lie,
the truth is a secret Kerry-Edwards draft.

The Kerry camp coordinators have fired up a series of scare
ads on the draft. As is usual for "progressives", accusing
their opponents of what they themselves are doing.

Kerry has accused Bush of having a secret draft plan, based
on no evidence at all. Kerry himself has been trying to
cover up his own statements. What would a President
Kerry be likely to do?

Before getting to the details, it's important to note that
this issue is not primarily about a military draft. It's
about Universal National Service (UNS). Stealing two years
from every life, then 3, and heck, why stop there ...

And National Service is less about service than about
indoctrinating the slaves by controlling the agenda of
the approved forms of service.

But make no mistake about it, if Kerry is elected, they'll
also need a draft to meet military manpower requirements,
because voluntary enlistments and re-enlistments will drop
to near zero. The National Guard is already seeing signs
that people are waiting to see who will be the next
President.

Furthermore, it will be very dangerous to be in a Kerry
military. Apart from more Mogudishu disasters, expect
the troops to be exposed to random war crimes tribunals.

The Bush Administration has done zero to move toward a
draft and does not support it.

The only bills submitted are by Democrats.
http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:
http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN00089:

The House forced a vote on HR 163 in early October,
and it was defeated by a massive 402-2 vote. Even
its own sponsor (Rangel) voted against it. Yet the
draft hoax continues. Let's look a bit deeper.

HR 163 (aka SB 89), bears the title:
"Universal National Service Act of 2003"
it includes the provision:
"...or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the
national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes."

... and for other purposes ...

This was way more than a military draft bill.
It was conscription for completely undefined and
arbitrary purposes - involuntary servitude, i.e. slavery,
doing whatever bidding the ruling class might prescribe.
Fear the ruling class that advocates mandatory national
service.

Bush has said he'd veto HR 163. Keep in mind also
that the SecDef when the draft was shut down was
Donald Rumsfeld, and Rummy has made recent comments
that his disdain for the draft has not since changed.

Kerry has said exactly nothing about HR163 specifically.

Although Kerry and Edwards are on the campaign trail
promising to oppose a "draft", they in fact support
UNS, but are hiding that. And even if they were to
oppose UNS, you already know what a Kerry promise
or position is worth.

Where have they been on this issue?

Kerry has removed pages, formerly at:
http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/natservice and
http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/100days/communityservice_high.html
A copy of the latter was saved from the memory hole here:
http://www.mcgath.com/kerryslavery.html

"As President, John Kerry will ensure that every
high school student in America does community
service as a requirement for graduation. . . ."

The current K+E National Service is more watered down:
http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/national_service/
Apparently, the older position was too honest.

And Edwards? Go see:
http://www.senate.gov/~edwards/issues/educ/service.html

Under the Kerry plan, of course, we can expect
exemptions for the children of rich politicians.

The Selective Service System is already in place, and
could be reactivated in the event of some unforseen
emergency (Canada threatens to invade us :-). If Kerry
is defeated, the SSS, unneeded since Vietnam, is most
likely to remain right where it is today - dormant.

> This scare is getting to people on the college campus.
> It has to be responded to, not minimized and disregarded.

So share what I've written with them. Have them read
the legislation and check out the sponsors. Tell them
to do their own research on what Bush people have said,
and what Kerry & Co. have historically advocated. Tell
them to look at which faction is more likely to stick by
their historical positions.

Someone is lying. The only question is who.

Kerry is leading the naive into a trap. He's opened
a "hide out from the draft" shelter and invited the
kids to come in.

After it's too late, the sign will be pulled off to
reveal a new sign:

Universal National Service Processing Center


10 posted on 10/15/2004 12:29:28 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: demlosers

The Republicans should develop television advertisements accusing the democrats of wanting to revive the draft. They can cite Charlie Rangel's bill, plus Kerry's promise to raise 2 more divisions and additional special forces.

Let's turn the tables on them.


11 posted on 10/15/2004 12:30:32 PM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: spycatcher

> Has anybody pointed out that Kerry supporters must
> be uneducated, gullible and easily-led?

We're pretty sure they have that demographic sewn up.

Doesn't seem to be much we can do about, other than
phase out the government school system.


12 posted on 10/15/2004 12:31:08 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: demlosers

LOL....he promises 40,000 more troops and then says Dubya's planning on the draft???????????????????


13 posted on 10/15/2004 12:32:39 PM PDT by OldFriend (It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
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To: freepertoo

And Kerry is planning to appoint

Jane Fonda as Secretary of State.

Hillary to the Supreme Court.

Castro to be named Florida Gov.


14 posted on 10/15/2004 12:54:42 PM PDT by OldGuard (W04)
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To: Boundless

Convinced me! ... THE DEMOCRATS WANT THE DRAFT!!!


15 posted on 10/15/2004 2:08:08 PM PDT by WOSG (George W Bush / Dick Cheney - Right for our Times!)
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To: demlosers

President Bush's response was not "wimpy"!! How many times does he have to say: NO DRAFT. It's impossible to shoot down every lie in two minutes.


16 posted on 10/15/2004 3:23:34 PM PDT by Lady In Blue (On Election Day,President Bush: "WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER!")
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To: freepertoo

the old pee wee herman/john kerry defense:
"I know you are, but what am I?"


17 posted on 10/15/2004 5:17:06 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (Justice of the Piece:If Marx is your hero, Kerry is your candidate.)
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