October 5, 2004

FROM THE "CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR" FILES:

Rangel votes against own draft measure (Michael S. Gerber, 10/05/04, The Hill)

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) did something a little unusual yesterday. First he protested when Republican leadership scheduled his own bill for a vote.

Then he sent out a letter encouraging his Democratic colleagues to vote against it.

Rangel’s bill, which the leadership had placed on the suspension calendar, would create a national-service draft under which all 18- to 26-year-olds would serve in the military or perform two years of national service as determined by the president.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 5, 2004 10:58 PM
Comments

It's about time The Stupid Party™ figured out the advantages of being the majority, and how to use it against the opposition, especially when there's no chance of a stupid bill like this one ever passing, but one essential to the Dems disinformation campaign.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 6, 2004 12:29 AM

Which is why it'd be the perfect issue to use in an ad: "Support our professional, all-volunteer military. Say no to the draft. Say no to Demcrats in Congress. Vote Republican on November 2nd." Run it on college radio, MTV, The Daily Show.

Posted by: PapayaSF at October 6, 2004 1:52 AM

He was for it before he was against it. Where have I heard that before?

Posted by: Robert Duquette at October 6, 2004 2:48 AM

The contagion is spreading like wildfire.

No, make that butter in August.
No, make that syphilis in Palm Springs.

Actually, it seems to me (possibly, perhaps not) that the MSM will soon be extolling indecision as wisdom, chronic doubt as virtue, and flip-flopping as flawless philosophical awareness.

And constantly quoting Emerson on the virtues of inconsistency.

To which the only possible rejoinder---perhaps---is that Emerson wasn't talking about changing one's mind every other day or so.

On the other hand, maybe he was....

Posted by: Barry Meislin at October 6, 2004 6:17 AM

Barry:

Might one say then that the MSM is turning abulia into a virtue?

Posted by: Peter B at October 6, 2004 9:05 AM
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