Kerry: Bush Has Secret Troop Call-Up Plan

[Thurston Howell IV]

Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry said President Bush (news - web sites) has a secret plan to call up more National Guard and Reserve troops immediately after the election, an allegation that the Bush campaign called "false and ridiculous."

Kerry issued the charge while campaigning Friday in Albuquerque, N.M., as he criticized the president of glossing over a worsening conflict in Iraq (news - web sites).


"He won't tell us what congressional leaders are now saying, that this administration is planning yet another substantial call-up of reservists and Guard units immediately after the election," Kerry said. "Hide it from people through the election, then make the move."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040918/ap_on_el_pr/kerry&cid=694&ncid=716

[Dr Strangelove]

1. Don't Worry!!!

The National Guard and Reserves will only be called up long enough for them to get the Draft up and running. By then we will need the NG back home to suppress dissenters

[Inland]

2. That's right--Bush will need them to fight the REAL enemy

democrats and Americans.

[Ohio rules]

11. It takes an act of congress to reinstate the draft

an that is a suicidal vote.

That will take a lot of dems and repubs to push through.
Of course...that will also end a lot of political carreers in doing so.

food for thought.

[LiberalBushFan]

3. Still hasn't mentioned the draft, but I'll take it!

I'll take what I can get.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Edwards said the ther day

NO DRAFT if Democrats take the white house

[quaoar]

5. Any day now Bush will tell us

that he has a "secret plan" to end the war and bring democracy and peace to the entire Middle East.

But it's a secret. Can't say anything until Nov. 3.

Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise.

[KansDem]

6. Like Nixon's "secret plan...?"

As more and more of the Nixon tapes are brought to light - underscoring what a suspicious, vengeful, plotting turn of mind the man possessed - I'm reminded of presidential candidate Richard Nixon's "secret plan" to get the United States out of the Vietnam War if elected in 1968. It was at a private session with a half-dozen surprised and skeptical editors in the spring of his campaign that Nixon unveiled his get-out-of-the-war plan. Among these Midwest editors were those who had watched Mr. Nixon closely during the cold-war years. They viewed him as a basically hard-line communist-hater who, as president, could be counted on to take a "you can't trust the communists" line.

(more)
http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1997/12/09/opin/column.1.html

[Thurston Howell IV]

9. More cynical than secret

BTW, What's the matter with Kansas anyway?

[thecrow]

8. I liked what Bill Maher said about this:

Kerry says * has a "secret plan" to call up more military after the election...

* says That is obviously a false statement... what, ME? With a PLAN?

[21winner]

7. A Republican congressman broke this.

Kerry caught the ball and ran with it.

[Eloriel]

10. Do you or anyone have the link to that?

I remember seeing it but apparently didn't bookmark it. :-(

[Thurston Howell IV]

12. Why, it's on my blog!

But I'll save you the effort. Here it is:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/09/mil-040917-murtha01.htm

[Eloriel]

13. Thank you!

And I love your ID -- I keep seeing such GREAT names, like yours, and yet when I need to think of something I come up absolutely, totally BLANK. Maybe I should use that: totally blank.

Thanks again.

[Thurston Howell IV]

14. "Totally blank" is cool

Kinda punk.

[Zorra]

15. Too bad Kerry can't say "Bu$h will immediately reinstitute the DRAFT

if he is re-selected."