The House Republican leadership decisively quashed a shameful Democratic whisper campaign Tuesday night, voting en masse against a bill that would reinstate the draft. Hoping to put this rumor to rest, House Republicans shot down H.R. 163 by a vote of 402-2. A pair of “liberal” Democrats cast the two affirmative votes. For months, the fever swamps of the Left have claimed President Bush stood … [Read more...]
Deflecting Draft Demagoguery
October 7, 2004 By Ben Johnson
Filed Under: Anti-Semitism, Conspiracy theories, Democrats, FrontPage Magazine, Hatred of the Military, History, Iraq, Liberal fascism, Politics, Radical Left, War on Terror Tagged With: 2004 campaign, 57 Varieties of Radical Causes: Teresa Heinz Kerry’s Charitable Giving (book), Bill Clinton, Brookings Institution, Bush draft rumors, Charlie Rangel, conscription, Conspiracy theories, Dan Amon, Donald Rumsfeld, Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, Fahrenheit 9/11 (movie), Fortney "Pete" Stark, FrontPage Magazine, George W. Bush, Harold Ford Jr., Howard Dean, Iraq war, Jesse Jackson Jr., Jim McDermott, Jim Moran, John Conyers, John Kerry, John Lewis, Mario Cuomo, Max Cleland, Michael Moore, Michael O'Hanlon, News, Operation Desert Storm, Politics, Selective Service System, Teresa Heinz Kerry
