dubeskin
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Sun Nov-26-06 04:08 PM
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What's all this about a draft? |
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At dinner last night my mom was telling me something about a draft maybe happening again, and us moving to Canada if said draft happens. But I was reading here and noticed some people are calling it a bluff? Can someone give me the low down on all of this? Is all this election stuff getting to Bush's head?
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Sun Nov-26-06 04:14 PM
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1. "Well, close the door!" |
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"Emily, they are talking about the MILITARY draft."
"Oh. Never mind."
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Sun Nov-26-06 04:17 PM
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2. Oh are you in for a shock. |
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The person who has talked of renewing the draft is Representative Charles Rangel (D), incoming Chairman of the Ways and Means committee. He wants to spark a debate, scare people, make them think, on the grounds that if there was a draft with no exceptions, wars of choice would end VERY quickly. And if they don't, the pain will be shared more evenly.
A good many DU'ers are valiantly defending the idea as a badly needed means to wake up the American people. I view it as political suicide. Others may disagree.
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Sun Nov-26-06 04:20 PM
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3. Thanks, this helps a lot. |
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Sun Nov-26-06 04:21 PM
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4. There's a lot of us who think it's political suicide here on DU. |
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Sun Nov-26-06 04:35 PM
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5. Rangel's playing rope-a-dope with suburbanites |
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who don't think the war can possibly come for their children and affect their lifestyles.
Of course, his support for it in Congress has doubled: from two to four.
This is accomplishing two things: waking up the apathetic and ensuring Stupid won't propose a draft. If a Democrat came up with it, he'll never do it.
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