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Kerry Blames Bush for Democrats' Scheme to Revive Draft
NewsMax ^ | October 15, 2004 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 10/15/2004 12:21:30 PM PDT by Kaslin

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: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: draft; kerry
I didn't see this posted yet
1 posted on 10/15/2004 12:21:30 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

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.


2 posted on 10/15/2004 12:26:10 PM PDT by spycatcher
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To: Kaslin

lemme see if I get this straight
my party proposed reinstating the draft, your party opposes it
two members of my party voted for it while all of your party voted against it
and you think that if you elect MY party that it wont' happen?????


3 posted on 10/15/2004 12:26:15 PM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
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To: Kaslin

and don't forget, Charley Rangel voted for the draft before he voted against it


4 posted on 10/15/2004 12:28:15 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: Kaslin
Already posted here:

Kerry Blames Bush for Democrats' Scheme to Revive Draft

I was looking for this response PDF. Circulate them in your area:

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

5 posted on 10/15/2004 12:29:04 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: Kaslin

Wasn't the bill from the desk of Charley "Rump" Rangel, a Demonrat?


6 posted on 10/15/2004 12:29:14 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: sheik yerbouty

Draft Fears Fueled by Inaccurate E-mails

Excerpts:

The bills are not being pushed. It's quite true that the two bills mentioned would require both men and women aged 18 through 25 to perform a two-year period of "national service," which incidentally could be either military or non-military service. But the bills are sponsored only by Democrats, and there's not the slightest evidence that the Bush administration is pushing for them, quietly or otherwise.

One bill is HR 163 , whose principle sponsor is Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. It has 14 co-sponsors, all of them Democrats in a Congress controlled by Republicans. The bill was dead on arrival: it sits in a House subcommittee with no hearings or votes scheduled and no action expected.

In fact, Rangel told FactCheck.org through his spokesman Emile Milne that even he isn't pushing for passage, let alone Bush (emphasis added):

Rep. Rangel: I'm not pushing this bill . It's up to the President to come to me when he needs it.

The identical Senate bill, S. 89 , introduced by Democratic Sen. Ernest Hollings, and also was DOA. Not one other senator has co-sponsored it. It also sits in committee with no action scheduled or expected.

Both bills in question were drawn up before the Iraq war started, mostly to make a political point. Rangel said he acted to highlight Democratic objections to use of military force against Saddam Hussein. He wrote , "I truly believe that decision-makers who support war would more readily feel the pain of conflict and appreciate the sacrifice of those on the front lines if their children were there, too."

7 posted on 10/15/2004 12:39:23 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter

Thanks for the details..Kerry is morphing into Pinocchio..


8 posted on 10/15/2004 12:45:25 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: weegee

Ah it seems I missed it by about 2 minutes. I didn't see it posted though when I did the search.


9 posted on 10/15/2004 12:55:25 PM PDT by Kaslin (Stick a fork in Kerry, he is done)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Yes it was. I remember when he was on Hannity and Colmes on December 30, 2002 and said he was going to introduce the bill on January 7, 2003


10 posted on 10/15/2004 12:59:03 PM PDT by Kaslin (Stick a fork in Kerry, he is done)
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To: spycatcher

I have no respect for Kerry,and absolutely no respect for anyone who would vote for him!


11 posted on 10/15/2004 1:19:24 PM PDT by patriciamary
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