My Republican sister in Lancaster Ohio has

[ArnoldLayne]

3 sons ages 19, 21 and 27 she is worried Bush might institute the draft in January if he is elected. But she will bad mouth Cheney and Rumsfeld saying their going to be behind it, not Bush. God forbid she say's anything bad about poor President Bush and how people especially Democrats always finding fault with our nice moral President and how hard he trys to do good if people will only give him a chance. It hate to see my own sister almost like she is brainwashed by that Idiot Bush, go figure.:shrug: :wtf:

[shraby]

1. Tell her if Bush didn't want things

to happen, he's the president and he can say no..and the rest have to listen to him.

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

3. or better yet...

bush should just say i don't agree with them and this just won't happen under my watch...

[2Design]

2. sons can vote

[DemFromMem]

4. Draft is super-scary even for the right wingers

I have a few friends who are conservatives and have kids in their late teens and early 20s. I've mentioned the draft to them and they do seem genuinely nervous about that, but in a basic denial. I suspect the same goes for your sister. I think you need to ask her the question of whether she thinks Iraq is going to be won if we just do the same thing and whether we're going to have to escalate in order to win. If she thinks we're going to have to escalate, you might as well tell her to have her sons call my friend the immigration lawyer in Toronto (who will be very busy next year if Bush gets reelected).

The draft issue can be very effective because it is the one thing that makes people - particularly those suburban Republican parents -realize just how high the stakes are if they vote the wrong way (why does that sound familiar....) I would have love to seen Kerry somehow gotten that point across in response to the Cheney remarks. Vote the wrong way and your sons will die in the Iraq quagmire.

[RamboLiberal]

9. Ask what Bushie is going to do if Iran or North Korea blows up

And tell her the Pentagon are already planning Iran and Syria. Where will the neocons get the troops except for a draft? Give her this from current Newsweek.

Deep in the Pentagon, admirals and generals are updating plans for possible U.S. military action in Syria and Iran. The Defense Department unit responsible for military planning for the two troublesome countries is "busier than ever," an administration official says. Some Bush advisers characterize the work as merely an effort to revise routine plans the Pentagon maintains for all contingencies in light of the Iraq war. More skittish bureaucrats say the updates are accompanied by a revived campaign by administration conservatives and neocons for more hard-line U.S. policies toward the countries. (Syria is regarded as a major route for jihadis entering Iraq, and Iran appears to be actively pursuing nuclear weapons.) Even hard-liners acknowledge that given the U.S. military commitment in Iraq, a U.S. attack on either country would be an unlikely last resort; covert action of some kind is the favored route for Washington hard-liners who want regime change in Damascus and Tehran.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099353/site/newsweek/

[catchthefever]

5. Question

Are you sure there wasn't a mixup at the hospital?

My sister and I are 180 in personality, but there's ONE thing we agree on: The idiot MUST go.

[JI7]

6. tell her if Bush isn't in control then he shouldn't be President

lets assume what she says is true. then that's another reason bush should not be president. a president should be the one in control of these things.

[cheshire]

7. Does it matter who will make her sons go. It is a administration not a man

Does she want to put her childrens lives in the hands of those even if it's a maybe.

[Sugarbleus]

8. Yikes! Doesn't your sis understand that Bush is the prez

NOT Rumsfeld??? Rumsfeld can't just go off on his own willy nilly without the support of the Prez. Geez They all work together to weave their evil plans. She doesn't get that??

If she is so in love with shrubya, I'm wondering if she is a religious sort? If so, it would answer, in part, this mindless Bush Worship we see........especially from the religious right.

And if people are unconsciously "worshiping" bush for his so-called faith persona, they need to be reminded of the The Sin of Idolatry :wow:

Holy Cow, these people need to snap the hell out of it!!!!!

[pacalo]

10. Reminds me of this cartoon...