[lbo-talk] draft

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com, Tue Oct 5 13:39:58 PDT 2004:
>This was just posted to the NYC Anti-War list:
>
>>I just spent half an hour on the phone with Rangel's staff member.  Rangel's
>>bill will die if not passed at the end of the Congressional term, which is
>>fast upon us.  It has few sponsors.  The Republicans are reviving it now and
>>speeding it along so that they can all vote "no" on it and thereby defuse
>>Kerry's argument that Bush will reinstitute the draft if re-elected.  No
>>Congressmen would dare vote for the draft at this point in an election year.
>>So relax.
>  >Ruth

I hope that the Republicans will be able to revive Rangel's bill and 
vote it down overwhelmingly before the election.  Then, if and when 
Democrats or Republicans or both try to reinstate the draft under the 
next administration, there will be a stigma of flip-flopping.
-- 
Yoshie

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