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  •  If they reinstate the draft, every incumbent (none / 0)

    republican will be voted out... and they know it!!!

    Confucius say: Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

    by bluecayuga on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 01:50:50 PM PDT

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    •  I don't think so (4.00 / 3)

      It would be couched as a "dire need to defend freedom," excessive times require drastic measures - "look at all the car bombs today!" No, so long as Bob and Jane's kids can keep the SUV and not a Hummer, they'll be fine.  Just fine.  BTW, teenagers are much more likely to die when rolling an SUV than crashing a a Saturn.

      pith

      by moltar on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 02:05:40 PM PDT

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      •  There will be a terrorist incident (none / 0)

        and they will use that to take "urgent national measures" - there will have to be something to spark it and provide the justification for the about face.

        by storme on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 06:25:22 PM PDT

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        •  Scary as hell, but not unlikely... (none / 0)

          We've got to dump all over Bush if another major attack happens on his watch. He's done everything to incite terrorism and nothing to stop it.
          God damn the war-pigs!

          BTW: Two new photoshop cartoons on my badass blog:

          Rush Limbaugh and Daryn Kagan

          Condi and Bush

          by VisualPolitics on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 06:42:44 PM PDT

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        •  Speaking of which... (none / 0)

          whatever happened to that terrorist incident lots of people were talking about that was going to happen in late October so that Bush could suspend the election and institute martial law?  Is this new terrorist incident being planned by the same people?

          by f1 dad on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 06:06:31 AM PDT

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          •  asdf (none / 0)

            suspension of habeas corpus, the use of torture by U.S. forces, our highest government officials defending the use of torture, background security checks on all citizens who fly: Paranoid fantasies just a few years ago.

            I don't think Bushco staged 9/11 but I do think they ran it as far as it would take them and I think they'll do the same if there is another incident.

            by storme on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 06:31:29 PM PDT

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    •  well, at least some . . . (4.00 / 2)

      "every incumbent" is probably an overstatement. Unfortunately, there are some parts of the country that are so red that Republicans would still win even if the Democrats nominated Jesus and the GOP nominated Satan.

      That having been said, yes, a draft would spell the end to a lot of Republican political careers.

      by pine on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 02:55:23 PM PDT

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