That was politics at it's best/worst. A game of chicken. The Democrats introduced it before the war in order to force a vote which everyone knew would be a no-vote and hopefully show lack of real support for the war. The Republican Congress shelved it because it was a silly issue. Then when the election season draft rumors started to get out of hand, the Republicans brought the bill back up for vote in order to do exactly what the Democrats wanted to do with it: force a vote to kill the idea of a draft for political advantage.
It was a perfect/horrible example of political gamesmanship by both sides. -Kevin On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:19:05 -0500, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But it was Kerry cronies who introduced the draft bills. I'm more > inclined to think that Kerry will introduce a draft than Bush. My > candidate, Badnarik, is an isolationist. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132788 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
