thinkprogress.org - 8/20/2008
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McCain On Reinstituting A Military Draft: ‘I Don’t Disagree’ Today at a townhall meeting, an audience member praised Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for his vow to “ follow bin Laden to the gates of hell .” After a long question about veterans’ care, the questioner said she believed we needed to reinstate the draft, to which McCain seemed to readily agree: QUESTIONER: If we don’t reenact the draft, I ...
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Jezebel —
... ] Which is why McCain would be cool with having a draft again, since once we're done in Iraq we'll still have Osama bin Laden to chase down and we won't have enough troops for that. [ ThinkProgress ]
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Jezebel —
... ? Or "McCain wants a draft!" ? JASON : Oy. Ridiculous. But wait! We'll get back to the houses, but here's something I plan on pointing out today. That draft story? ThinkProgress and those guys GOT IT WRONG. MEGAN : Oh, I'm sure, but it's way less wrong than "McCain ...
Mitchell Bard: August 21, 2008: The Day John McCain's Campaign Died
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog —
... Yesterday, a woman in a town hall meeting in New Mexico, after a long list of thoughts, said that she didn't see a way to go after Osama bin Laden without reinstating the draft. McCain responded by saying, "I don't disagree with anything you said." (Watch for yourself ...
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jossip.com 8/20/2008 —
Presidential candidate John McCain appeared at a town hall meeting in New Mexico today. And, for some reason, tacitly endorsed the draft.
It all went down when an audience member turned the topic toward veteran's rights and said, quite astoundingly, "If we don't reenact the draft I don't think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell."
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This is bound to raise some eyebrows!
Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman is set to speak at the Republican National Convention next month.
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perezhilton.com 8/20/2008 —
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