That's A Fact, Jack!
Topic: politics
I guess we'll have to join the Army the old-fashioned way (I call Bill Murray!):

Bill to Restore the Draft Is Defeated in the House

Try and read this quote from Charlie Rangel without vomiting:

Democrats were outraged at the tactic, charging Republicans with a cynical political ploy on a matter that merited more thoughtful hearings and debate. The Democrats originally introduced the measure early last year as a way to protest the war, even before it began, and to spotlight how low- and middle-income Americans shoulder much of the burden of serving in the military.

"It is a prostitution of the legislative process to take a serious issue and use it for political purposes on the eve of the election just to say they are against the draft," said Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York, the author of the bill, who ended up voting against it.

I can usually admire just about any political dirty tricks you can name, but this was really beyond the pale. I don't imagine this vote will actually do much to end the Democratic innuendoes about a draft in Bush's second term - actually, now they can all say they took a courageous stand and voted against the draft!

Utterly disgusting.

Marc