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Nederland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-03 09:59 AM
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61. Why
...do people here keep pushing the ridiculous idea that the draft is coming back anytime soon? Its simply not going to happen.
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  -If Bush starts a draft, it's time to start impeachment proceedings. The Backlash Cometh  Nov-04-03 04:21 AM   #0 
  - If Bush Starts a Draft...  HPLeft   Nov-04-03 04:26 AM   #1 
  - Exactly. You get the prize!  Zhade   Nov-04-03 05:08 AM   #7 
  - Not for THIS war in Iraq, but...  LeahMira   Nov-04-03 08:31 AM   #49 
  - Actually...  MessiahRp   Nov-04-03 04:26 AM   #2 
  - I agree. The draft would be the price we would pay for a lie.  roguevalley   Nov-04-03 04:28 AM   #3 
  - Where is all this talk about a draft coming from?!!!!  Prodemsouth   Nov-04-03 05:03 AM   #4 
  - I said as much a little while ago  Paragon   Nov-04-03 05:04 AM   #5 
  - Why???  Prodemsouth   Nov-04-03 05:07 AM   #6 
     - You tell me  Paragon   Nov-04-03 05:20 AM   #10 
  - Btw, when Rangle and Hollings were making noise about a draft it was  Prodemsouth   Nov-04-03 05:17 AM   #9 
  - That's because he wanted to draft the wrong people  OldSoldier   Nov-04-03 06:54 AM   #21 
  - Exactly! As long as the military is the only "federal jobs program" funded  0rganism   Nov-04-03 05:33 AM   #12 
  - The draft will start after Bush's reselection!  Hubert Flottz   Nov-04-03 05:41 AM   #13 
  - my sentiments precisely - ABB!  ForestsBeatBushes   Nov-04-03 07:14 AM   #30 
  - Exactly  Ishoutandscream   Nov-04-03 10:07 AM   #64 
  - Yes, that's the plan. Chickenhawks won't risk a backlash before  saywhat   Nov-04-03 05:19 PM   #73 
  - Perhaps all this talk of a draft is coming from Selective Service...  stlsaxman   Nov-04-03 06:23 AM   #17 
  - I just applied online  ellie   Nov-04-03 07:45 AM   #34 
  - from Salon.com -- the feds are "oiling up" the draft machinery  mainer   Nov-04-03 09:57 AM   #60 
  - Impeachment? Try imprisonment for war crimes.  Zhade   Nov-04-03 05:09 AM   #8 
  - It Takes A Majority To Get A Bill Of Impeachment  DemocratSinceBirth   Nov-04-03 05:22 AM   #11 
  - Not so!  OldSoldier   Nov-04-03 07:00 AM   #22 
     - bush* will have over $300 million to spend on campaign ads by June  0rganism   Nov-04-03 07:04 AM   #24 
        - A picture of body bags will trump 300 million in blood money,  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 07:55 AM   #36 
  - before we impeach, let's make sure that DU's chickenhawks are drafted!  IndianaGreen   Nov-04-03 05:55 AM   #14 
  - Only the far left is wanting the draft back.  Silverhair   Nov-04-03 05:58 AM   #15 
  - Not true!  IndianaGreen   Nov-04-03 06:02 AM   #16 
  - Here are the left-leaning sponsors of the bill to reinstate the draft  Freddie Stubbs   Nov-04-03 08:18 AM   #43 
  - which `far-left' is that? some kind of dreamworld created by conservatives  Terwilliger   Nov-04-03 07:01 AM   #23 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Nov-04-03 07:08 AM   #27 
     - he's a conservative Democrat......what far-left silverhair?  Terwilliger   Nov-04-03 07:12 AM   #29 
        - A Zell Miller Democrat?  IndianaGreen   Nov-04-03 07:49 AM   #35 
           - Indiana  Terwilliger   Nov-04-03 08:02 AM   #39 
     - Here is a list of the liberals who want to bring back the draft  Freddie Stubbs   Nov-04-03 08:26 AM   #47 
     - Please name any Reps that have introduced a bill..  Silverhair   Nov-04-03 08:39 AM   #51 
        - A draft will stop NOTHING.  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 09:22 AM   #54 
        - Semi agreement  Silverhair   Nov-04-03 10:16 AM   #66 
        - I agree with your take here...  Terwilliger   Nov-04-03 09:47 AM   #57 
  - here's the petition to IMPEACH bush*....if everyone here got  amen1234   Nov-04-03 06:23 AM   #18 
  - Signed it, thank you for posting.  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 07:57 AM   #37 
     - will you circulate it? get 20 more signatures? that's the bigger  amen1234   Nov-04-03 10:01 AM   #63 
  - I'm sure Bush, Uncle Dick and Uncle Karl  kyrasdad   Nov-04-03 06:43 AM   #19 
  - It was time to start impeachment hearings on 9-12-01  Triana   Nov-04-03 06:46 AM   #20 
  - Hate to rain on your parade  Corgigal   Nov-04-03 07:06 AM   #25 
  - you got that right  OldCurmudgeon   Nov-04-03 07:33 AM   #32 
  - the draft won't happen  Terwilliger   Nov-04-03 07:37 AM   #33 
  - It is Dems that have asked for the draft back.  Silverhair   Nov-04-03 08:44 AM   #52 
  - "the 18 -- 30 year olds give bush* a big vote of support"  amen1234   Nov-04-03 09:59 AM   #62 
  - why should impeachment proceedings be tied to a potential draft?  Terwilliger   Nov-04-03 07:07 AM   #26 
  - So that he can understand the anguish he's putting us through.  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 08:15 AM   #41 
  - I'd be for it  HFishbine   Nov-04-03 07:11 AM   #28 
  - The steps of the Imperial Senate would be slick with blood  tom_paine   Nov-04-03 07:19 AM   #31 
  - link to government site  Noordam   Nov-04-03 07:59 AM   #38 
  - WIthout a draft  mikehiggins   Nov-04-03 08:09 AM   #40 
  - So far only Democratic members of Congress support the draft  Freddie Stubbs   Nov-04-03 08:15 AM   #42 
  - That's just pathetic.  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 08:19 AM   #44 
  - Really though, wasn't this proposed as a deterent for the war.  liberalnproud   Nov-04-03 08:20 AM   #45 
     - And the bill certainly did a good job at stopping the war  Freddie Stubbs   Nov-04-03 08:28 AM   #48 
     - For a deterrent...  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 09:24 AM   #55 
  - A Draft is a good idea  mbali   Nov-04-03 08:25 AM   #46 
  - This is one topic  JNelson6563   Nov-04-03 08:32 AM   #50 
  - The draft is not goining to happen Julie. For lots of reasons.  E Pluribus Unum   Nov-04-03 01:33 PM   #71 
  - Even with a draft  LibDemAlways   Nov-04-03 09:00 AM   #53 
  - Exactly. Bush will take care of his own.  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-04-03 09:26 AM   #56 
     - The upper class has served in the past  Freddie Stubbs   Nov-04-03 09:53 AM   #59 
  - What's ironic is that it's the Democrats pushing for the draft,  bowens43   Nov-04-03 09:48 AM   #58 
  - The Dems that are pushing or talking about the draft  Nashyra   Nov-04-03 10:08 AM   #65 
     - i dont think  7th_Sephiroth   Nov-04-03 10:25 AM   #67 
     - The Dems who support this draft are pipe dreaming...  Ready4Change   Nov-04-03 10:42 AM   #68 
  - Why  Nederland   Nov-04-03 09:59 AM   #61 
  - Anybody familiar with the Draft Riots of 1863?  smirkymonkey   Nov-04-03 01:18 PM   #69 
  - Only Congress can implement a draft. We need to impeach Congress  jody   Nov-04-03 01:26 PM   #70 
  - Starting up the draft is a GREAT idea!  Scott Lee   Nov-04-03 05:06 PM   #72 
     - Over 50,000 boys died in that conflict.  The Backlash Cometh   Nov-05-03 11:33 AM   #74 
 

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