??? What is this thread?

[elshiva]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3439311&mesg_id=3439311

[JohnKleeb]

1. Yeah they're for democratic unity all right

Democratic unity my ass. Rice was a bad vote on his part but he is not nearly as bad as they make him out to be. A Democrat who both opposes the nuclear opition and the judges that Bush picked doesnt needed to be treated like that. A Democrat who is very vocal in opposing Bolton does not need that. A Democrat who is a supporter of closing down that awful Guatamono Bay does not need that. I am not even a fan of Biden but his reputation here as a bushlite is false. Simply amazing, hypocritical assholes and yet I am the crybaby because I felt that Dean's statements were prolonging the division in this country.

[elshiva]

4. LOL!Very appropriate comment concerning the material!

[sandnsea]

2. Howard doesn't speak for me

There. Now I'm an ass blister too.

[Pirate Smile]

3. This:

"The United States will "have to face" a painful dilemma on restoring the military draft as rising casualties result in persistent shortfalls in US army recruitment, a top US senator warned.

Joseph Biden, the top Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the prediction after new data released by the Pentagon showed the US Army failing to meet its recruitment targets for four straight months.

"We're going to have to face that question," Biden said on NBC's "Meet the Press" television show when asked if it was realistic to expect restoration of the draft.

"The truth of the matter is, it is going to become a subject, if, in fact, there's a 40 percent shortfall in recruitment. It's just a reality," he said."

People overreact. He isn't advocating a draft, he is just bring up the reality of the recruiting numbers.

[elshiva]

5. On CSPAN Sunday morning Biden said he did not

favor a draft.

[Pirate Smile]

7. I know. I hate how people will freak out and twist other Dems words.

There is a segment of people that remind me of my Moms very high strung Yorkie who jumps and reacts to the slightest thing.

[JohnKleeb]

6. He's merely confirming we may have to yeah

Its not like hes like Rangel and some of the other ones they adore who actually sponsored a bill on a draft and to be honest, war support isnt compatablle with support for a draft and vice versa, I had to interview people for a paper I did on this over the weekend, and my dad and grandparents who both opposed the war support a draft somewhat and meanwhile my republican congressman a supporter of the war opposes a draft.