DESPERATE DEMS DRAFT SCARE
President Bush Opposes Draft Yet Desperate
Democrats Won't Stop Scaring Voters _____________________________________________________________
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CLEAR: NO DRAFT UNDER HIS WATCH
President Bush: "We Don't Need The Draft." "No, we're not going – we don't need the draft. Look, the all-volunteer Army is working. … I know Senator McCain and I agree on this issue for certain, the all-volunteer Army works." (President George W. Bush, Remarks At Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, FL, 8/10/04)
President Bush At First Debate: "The Military Will Be An All-Volunteer Army." "The next four years we will continue to strengthen our homeland defenses. We will strengthen our intelligence-gathering services. We will reform our military. The military will be an all-volunteer army." (President George W. Bush, First Presidential Debate, Miami, FL, 9/30/04)
President Bush At Second Debate: "We're Not Going To Have A Draft, Period." DANIEL FARLEY: "Mr. President, since we continue to police the world, how do you intend to maintain our military presence without reinstituting a draft?" PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: "Yes, that's a great question. Thanks. I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft. We're not going to have a draft, period. The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well. It works when we make sure they've got housing, like we have done in the last military budgets. … Now, forget all this talk about a draft. We're not going to have a draft so long as I am the president." (President George W. Bush, Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/8/04)
President Bush Yesterday In Oregon: "We Will Keep The All-Volunteer Army An All-Volunteer Army." "Our strategy is clear. We'll defend the homeland; we're strengthening our intelligence; we're transforming our military. We will keep the all-volunteer army an all-volunteer army." (President George W. Bush, Remarks At Victory 2004 Rally, Central Point, OR, 10/15/04)
Vice President Cheney Said Rumors Were "Hogwash." "And the notion that somebody's peddling out there that there is a secret plan to reinstitute the draft, hogwash, not true." (NBC's "Nightly News," 9/29/04)
Secretary Rumsfeld Called Allegations "Absolute Nonsense." "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld heatedly denied ... that the military plans to bring back the draft and boost reserves and National Guard callups after the November election. 'That is absolute nonsense,' Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. 'It's absolutely false that anyone in this administration is considering reinstituting the draft.'" (Richard Sisk, "No Draft, No Extra Troops – Rummy," [New York] Daily News, 9/24/04)
KERRY IS THE ONE WHO SEES NEED FOR DRAFT
Kerry Told Reporter That If Large Mobilization Is Needed, Draft Is "Only Fair Way To Do It." REPORTER: "Senator, some in your party have called for reinstating the draft. Do you think that is a good idea?" KERRY: "Not at this moment. I don't. If we had a need for a general mobilization at some time in the future, then I think that's the only fair way to do it." (WLVI's "Keller At Large," Interview Taped 12/2/03, Aired 9/26/04)
DEMOCRATS ARE THE ONLY ONES IN
CONGRESS WHO HAVE PROPOSED DRAFT
Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) Introduced The "Universal National Service Act Of 2003" To Reinstate Military Draft. (H.R. 163, Introduced 1/7/03 By Rep. Charles Rangel)
ü Even Rangel Didn't Vote For His Own Bill That Was Overwhelming Defeated In House. (H.R. 163, CQ Vote #494: Motion Rejected 2-402: R 0-215; D 2-186; I 0-1, 10/5/04, Rangel Voted Nay)
Democrat Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC) Has Introduced Identical Military Draft Legislation. (S. 89, Introduced 1/7/03 By Sen. Ernest Hollings) |
