Bush let the draft slip out

[MSgt213]

DAYTONA BEACH, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) surprised his listeners at a campaign rally by seeming to oppose, then favor, then oppose replacing the all-volunteer US military with a draft.


Aides had alerted reporters to expect "new language" in Bush's routine rejection of Democratic rival John Kerry (news - web sites)'s warnings that the Iraq (news - web sites) war has so strained the US armed forces that compulsory military service may be around the corner.


"Our all-volunteer army will remain an all-volunteer army," Bush began, to cheers from supporters here in Florida, the richest prize among the dozen or so states up for grabs in the November 2 election.


"My opponent seems to be willing to say almost anything he thinks will benefit him politically," he said. "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain we will not have an all-volunteer army."


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&u=/afp/20041016/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_bush_draft&printer=1

[951]

1. ...Wow

:wow:

...I'm textless

[Blaze Diem]

2. Does Bush have any sense of what he's saying anymore?

A freakin total mental meltdown. And the stupid Republicans think he's going to save the world from itself?

He's a nuke holocaust waiting to happen...

Retire this fucker before he destroys the planet.

[Amich]

3. don't you love Freudian slips :)

[sam sarrha]

4. Well..having no sence at all the rest follows....Da

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. This one wasn't a "slip" and it was said long before the election

"So I don't worry about, and people shouldn't
worry about a draft. . . I think we're in good
shape, I really do. And, if not, we'll -- I'll address
the nation. But I don't see any need to right now."
- G. W. Bush (Source: The Whitehouse)

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[pinniped]

6. And the best way to avoid a draft is to vote for the asshole.

Bush Says He's Best Protection From Draft

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041017/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp&cid=694&ncid=716

Do they have a mental ward at the Hague?

[MADem]

7. CNN actually played that clip and

...commented on the gaffe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. cat's out of the bag