Amen to that, anyway! Not to mention, Nixon vs. JFK, or, in "modern" times, say Lott vs. Byrd re: KKK connections or whatever...
Interesting discussion here...there certainly have been many attempts to "resurrect" the "glory days" of the so-called "peace marches", and now we have all this BS about "Woodstein" and the "glory days" of so-called "investigative reporting"...
All I can say is, give me a break!! Whatever ethical lapses Nixon did indeed commit, I doubt they would "rise to the level" these days, and it's too bad there was no "alternative media" back then to vet the Post's "ace reporters"; they certainly did a great job of managing their "information", didn't they?!
And while I'm at it...it was NOT "Nixon's war"!!! and if one more peace-nik calls up C-Span to suggest anyone who voted for President Bush should send their sons and daughters down to the recruiter's office, I am going to scream!!! It's a VOLUNTEER army!!! No one is drafted!!! So shut up and move on to something productive!
/ rant...
(I feel better now...LOL!)
"If one more peace-nik calls up C-Span to suggest anyone who voted for President Bush should send their sons and daughters down to the recruiter's office, I am going to scream!!! It's a VOLUNTEER army!!! No one is drafted!!! So shut up and move on to something productive!"
Well, they are right that there is now a "backdoor draft" where reservists and National Guardsmen are being held beyond what they signed up for. And the Democrats' point is that lower income people (rather than "elites") are more likely to NEED to join the military, since their economic opportunities are more limited. We need not make a straw man out of their argument. What they miss, of course -- and what precious few, not even Bush, have been willing to admit -- is that we DO need a draft. We need more troops in Iraq and we need to be prepared in case another war is needed. I don't mean to sound like Charlie Rangel or any of the other libs pushing for a draft (though the public has no idea this is a liberal initiative), but at times of national crisis, a draft has always been employed, and our nation has usually been the better for it.