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McCain On Reinstituting A Military Draft: ‘I Don’t Disagree’
Think Progress —
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 don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell. [Appaluse] MCCAIN: Ma’am, let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said. Watch it (via Progressive Accountability ): In June, McCain said it would take an “all-out ...
McCain agrees that we won't get Bin Laden "if we don't reenact the draft"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Apparently, Bush and Cheney didn't get Bin Laden because we don't have a draft. But, McCain will get him. Anyone of draft age should watch this video. Anyone with kids who are draft age -- or approaching draft age -- should watch this video. As John wrote last night, McCain's instinct is to go to war. Today, McCain exposed how he'll have the forces to do it. The draft is part of his equation. Watch the entire video: If we were Republicans, we would have only posted this excerpt: AUDIENCE MEMBER: If we don't reenact the draft I don't think we will have anyone to ...
Is McCain open to reenacting the draft?
Political Animal —
At a town-hall event in New Mexico today, John McCain was asked about veterans’ care, but the questioner added a provocative point at the end of her question. Take a look:
For those of you who can’t watch clips online, a woman in the audience told the presumptive Republican nominee, “Senator McCain I truly hope you get the opportunity to chase Bin Laden right to the gates of hell and push him in as you stated on your forum. I do have a question though. Disabled veterans, especially in this state, have horrible conditions…. I think it is a sad state of ...
Is McCain open to reenacting the draft?
Political Animal —
At a town-hall event in New Mexico today, John McCain was asked about veterans’ care, but the questioner added a provocative point at the end of her question. Take a look:
For those of you who can’t watch clips online, a woman in the audience told the presumptive Republican nominee, “Senator McCain I truly hope you get the opportunity to chase Bin Laden right to the gates of hell and push him in as you stated on your forum. I do have a question though. Disabled veterans, especially in this state, have horrible conditions…. I think it is a sad state ...
McCain Would Consider a Draft. Every Parent In America Should Know This
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
--Previous Post | Blog Index McCain Would Consider a Draft. Every Parent In America Should Know This There is a new video out in which a questioner at a McCain town hall event speaks at length about veterans and then ends with a sentence or two about the need to reinstate the draft if we are going to catch Osama bin Laden. McCain responds, "I dont disagree with anything you said." The video is making the rounds of the interwebs. McCain's response is a poor choice of words, but not necessarily an endorsement of the draft. This, however, is pretty unambiguous: McCain does not have an unequivocal, philosophical opposition to using the draft in ...
Bonus Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"Ma'am, let me say that I don't disagree with anything you said." -- John McCain, responding to a woman in a town hall meeting earlier today, who concluded her comments with the line "if we don't re-enact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell."
Anatomy of a Nutroot Smear
The Jawa Report —
August 20, 2008 Anatomy of a Nutroot Smear Let's look at what happens when an unedited video gets into the hands to the nutroot hatchet men, shall we? It's instructive to watch the cockroaches operate. It's been debunked ...
Elect McCain and YOUR son gets drafted
Brilliant at Breakfast —
I wonder if the prospect of having their sons be drafted into fighting the endless and expanding wars that John McCain has in mind will make people think twice about electing a man with anger management problems who thinks that war is the answer any time another country looks at you crosswise. I wonder if the potential reality of conscription will make people realize that bellicose rhetoric and "bomb bomb Iran" isn't just cheerleading, but is regarded by other countries as very real threats -- threats we lack the resources to put into action without drafting the sons and daughters of American families whose contribution to the war effort so far has ...
Media Rallies To McCain’s Defense, Gives Him ‘The Benefit Of The Doubt’ On Draft Comments
Think Progress —
During a townhall meeting yesterday, an audience member asked a long-winded question that ended with a call to enact the military draft in order to “chase bin Laden to the gates of Hell.” McCain immediately replied, “I don’t disagree with anything you said.”
Brushing off his instant response, some journalists are refusing to take McCain’s statement at face value. “Does McCain favor a draft? Nope,” the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder wrote on his blog yesterday, deriding liberals for “having a conniption.” When asked about the quote last night on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, ...
Did McCain "Agree" On Draft Reinstatement? Not Exactly.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Yesterday afternoon, the news that John McCain, at a town hall meeting, had agreed that he was amenable to reinstating the draft blasted into my inbox. Naturally, it piqued my interest, so I thought I'd check it out for myself. Throughout the blogosphere, the quote was being reported thusly:
QUESTIONER: If we don't re-enact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of Hell.
MCCAIN: Ma'am let me say that I don't disagree with anything you have said, and thank you.
Of course, seeing the draft tied to McCain's nonsensical "Gates Of Hell" rhetoric was enough to set my teeth on edge. ...
8/21: Turning A Corner?
Blogometer —
August 21, 2008 8/21: Turning A Corner? While liberal bloggers remain frustrated by what they perceive to be the Barack Obama campaign's lack of aggressiveness, their mood has noticeably improved during the past 24 hours. Why? Well, first the Obama camp released a hard-hitting ad linking John McCain to Ralph Reed and Jack Abramoff . Next, the Obama camp launched a sharp attack on McCain's approach to foreign policy, calling the GOP nominee "reckless" and "trigger-happy" . Liberal bloggers were delighted by these attacks, which they see as a sign that the Obama camp is beginning to go on the offensive against ...
