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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:12 PM Original message |
Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft:Video just added |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. If that passes it will be poltiical suicide for the Democratic party. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It won't pass and Rangel knows it. I think he wants the cowards on record |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Cowards, or sensible? The children of senators aren't drafted. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Rangle's call addresses that. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. It could pass if we were attacked. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Don't think so. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Yeah, like we were REAL THOUGHTFUL before Vietnahm and ended up |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. The draft was in place before Vietnam and included exemptions which |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I'm sorry to hear about your father. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I don't think it could become law. |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh, that's not what the electorate wants, Charlie. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Sure it will be political suicide for us but it will end the war :P |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It may not be what the people WANT |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Yes. This country needs a focal point-- right now-- |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. well that will certainly sober a lot of people up |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mr. Rangel forgets that the rich and politicized are often exempt from draft ala *. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Exactly. Which is why it would be political suicide for the party... |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. He's been on this for a long time now |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If I were Charlie, I'd have those loopholes airtight. |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. People would think of the consequences |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I agree ... |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Won't hurt Charlie in the least |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Rangel is trying to determine the terms of the debate, |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. You know, I've heard this reasoning here as well, and I don't get it. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Rangel is making a point. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Maybe so, but ... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It won't pass. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. how the hell do you know what will pass and what won't? |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Because george bush holds veto power. If it made to his desk, do you believe he'd authorize it? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. LOL |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Charlie Rangel |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. Exactly. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Rangel is making a jack ass of himself and our party. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. You have a right to that opinion. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. It won't work that way. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. I won't agree or disagree with that statement. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. It is a bill that he KNOWS has no chance of passing ... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. that is just criminally naive of you. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Absurd. |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. He's telling the repubs "It's put up or shut up time". |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Yep. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. You can't have wars in several different countries without a draft. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. nuance doesn't work very well on the american electorate... |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You don't say |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Keyboard commandoes will scramble for safety anywhere and everywhere!! |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. I sure as hell don't see any college age republicans signing up. |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Without the draft |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. how about no war? nt |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. Somebody needs to shut this idiot up. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. First you call him an idiot and then issue an not very subtle threat. This is nothing new for the |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. Good for Charlie. Bring the war home. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. I have said all along, a draft is one way to stop the war. |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. I heard rumors of this during summer 2006. It can't be true... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. He knows, you know, and I know that it will never pass |
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hsher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I hope you're right :( |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. If I remember, he's put it forth every year since 2003 |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. the draft will not help. Quit dreaming. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Wow, it's amazing the number of DU'ers who are perfectly happy with the status quo. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. It's unfortunate that the point of his tactic |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. . |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Yep |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
61. it's a double edged sword charlie is playing with here |
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farmboxer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
62. Rangel's gift to Republicans before Pres race........ |
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