House Republicans seek to quash military draft rumor

reinecke54, Wednesday, 06.10.2004, 17:56 (vor 7792 Tagen)

Bei CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/06/draft.ap/index.html

Republicans accused Democrats of feeding the rumor mill to scare young voters and their parents into voting against Bush.

"This campaign is a baseless, malevolent concoction of the Democratic Party and everyone in this chamber knows it," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas.

The House voted 402-2 to defeat the draft bill offered last year by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.

Man sieht also: die wehrpflicht ist in den USA nicht gerade populaer.
Ich wuenschte mir eine aehnliche diskussion hier in D.