They're Here! They're Here!!

The bodysnatchers struck New York or else my eyes are playing tricks. Big. Time.

ABC reports: Kerry: Draft Likely to Return Under Bush
John Kerry Raises Possibility That Military Draft May Return if President Bush Is Re-Elected

But, but .... This isn't Bush. Is it?

Rangel introduces bill to reinstate draft
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Charles Rangel introduced a bill in Congress Tuesday to reinstate the military draft, saying fighting forces should more closely reflect the economic makeup of the nation.

Hmmmm.... none of these people are George Bush either.

H.R.163
Title: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 1/7/2003) Cosponsors (14)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1], Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3], Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI], Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1], Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14], Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7], Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23], Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2], Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18], Rep Lewis, John [GA-5], Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7], Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8], Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13], Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12], Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC]

Will the MSM never learn to check Google before they publish DNC talking points? Yahoo changed the story, but here's the AP version, which as you see many newspapers and broadcasters ran without bothering to do a skerrick of research.

UPDATE: Via Geraghty

"Good heavens, this is the new message from all corners of the party! From John Edwards and Max Cleland and Howard Dean!"

Here’s Dean:

Former Kerry rival Howard Dean, now traveling the country to drum up support for Kerry and raise money for Democratic candidates, said last week at Brown University in Providence, R.I., “I think that George Bush is certainly going to have a draft if he goes into a second term, and any young person that doesn't want to go to Iraq might think twice about voting for him.”

Posted by feste at September 22, 2004 06:49 PM | TrackBack