"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:32:58 GMT, "Michael McKelvy"
wrote:

They just did a story claiming that the Administration has a campaign to
bring back the DRAFT!

The problem is there is no such plan by the Administration, there is
however
a bill being sponsored by CHARLIE RANGEL a Democrat.

Rangel was talking about this months ago and made the rounds on the cable
news channels then.

Does CBS have a new policy that eliminates research?

I think that you're imagining things. Would you like to describe this
story in depth or provide a link? Because if you're talking about the
Richard Schlesinger story recently aired, you're full of ****.
Completely and totally misrepresenting the story aired on CBS.

I'll be waiting, because this isn't the first time that you've
misinterpreted a story that you saw or heard.

Oh, ps:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=38139


I just responded to what I heard on the news. I see there's rumblings from
Hagel but Hollings and Rangel have sponsored legislation. I don' see
anything about Hagel introducing legislation.

The report I heard said that CBS reported that there was a secret campaign
to re-introduce the draft and it was being done by the Administration.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...-SearchStories

CBS News' Josh Gross reports that it wouldn't be surprising if some of
today's questions are about the draft.

Trail Byte: It is an issue that has been tackled on television network news,
the Internet and in newspapers, but it still pops up sporadically during
Vice President Cheney's town hall meeting: does the Bush administration have
plan to reinstate the military draft?

Not surprisingly, the question is usually asked by young men between the
ages of 18 and 25 who will preface their question by saying they heard it
from someone else. On Tuesday in Dubuque, Iowa, the vice president again
tried to clarify his position.

"Senator Kerry has said that you and President Bush have a secret plan to
reinstitute the draft. Is that true?" inquired a young man of draft age.
Unable to resist a shot at Kerry, Cheney quickly shot back, "As far as I
know, he's the only one with secret plans."

"I don't know anybody in a position of responsibility who would advocate
going back to the draft," Cheney continued. "We keep it there, it's on the
books, the statute is there in the eventuality of some totally unforeseen
set of circumstances that nobody can contemplate today."

In part, the vice president has the Internet to thank for the perpetuation
of this line of questioning. While it has revolutionized the way campaigns
raise money and reach voters, political rumors abound in cyberspace.
Recently, emails have been circulating around the country, especially among
males on college campuses, concerning the return of conscription.

While the emails are filled with factual errors, like most Internet rumors,
these stories are somewhat based in reality. They mention actual bills in
the House and Senate (introduced by Democrats) that have wording suggesting
mandatory service for both men and women. Neither presidential candidate
supports the legislation and it has gone nowhere on the Hill.

But that doesn't stop the topic from being brought up in the vice president's
public forums. In fact, earlier this month, one attendee risked disciplinary
action over the question. On September 17th, at another town hall meeting in
Oregon City, Ore. a student said to the vice president, "Yesterday, a
teacher of mine refused to sign an absence slip to come here. And she said,
'Do you realize once, if, Bush gets reelected, that he'll make a draft.'"

As at the event in Iowa, the vice president shot down the rumor. "The
all-volunteer force has produced an absolutely remarkable group of men and
women in the service," he said. He continued by adding a personal
observation. "And I think it works. It works extraordinarily well. And I'm a
great believer in it, from having sat there as Secretary of Defense and
watched it operate."

Hoping to put an end to the draft talk, on Monday he finished his answer
with the most definitive answer possible. "The suggestion that somehow there's
a plan out there for a secret draft is, I'd call it, you could call it
either an urban legend or a nasty political rumor, but it's not true."


So I guess it's also partly bull**** from Kerry, since he keeps bringing it
up.