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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:50 PM Original message |
Ok, convince me that the draft is a good idea |
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youngred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. sorry no can do |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because people with kids will stop voting for Republicans, and |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wasn't George Bush a member of a generation that faced a draft? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's the FACT of service, not the threat of service which focuses peoples |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. But faced with a generation of politicians who were of draft age in Nam |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. After Kerry wins it'll be 1:2, and we all know Gore won, so it should |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. 1:1 |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Clinton actually withdrew his requests for exmptions and was |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Good point, that is why I use "avoid" rather than dodge |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It's also beyond laughable to think that if Clinton were drafted, |
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damnraddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I use the word 'dodge' with full honors. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. McCain too |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I think the lesson isn't that service is a liability, it's that those who |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. BINGO! |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. ok, a few questions about that |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Draft or no draft, I think we'd have more politicians who really |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Perspective is priceless |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. To chickenhawks, war is money for their cronies. For Democrats |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's the old "the worse, the better" routine |
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Nashyra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. The draft in it's present form is unacceptable |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm not sure I buy the justification but |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Two problems |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree with point two |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. His plan was used to get elected in 1968 |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Now we're getting into interpretive ground |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Support the Draft and Vote for Nader... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bosshog's Rules for the Draft |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Who is eager to see young Americans wrenched from their homes |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. fair enough, that was rhetorical bluster on my part |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. It's slavery the way you are looking at it. Just as taxes are theft |
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MSgt213 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. There is no need for a draft no matter what people tell you |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. There won't be a draft |
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damnraddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. We learned a lot in Vietnam that ... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why not just stick to opposing it |
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damnraddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. OK, here are the good points about a draft: |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You forgot the best one! |
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