Yahoo! News - House Crushes Military Draft Bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday crushed a bill to reinstitute the draft as Republicans accused Democrats of raising the specter of compulsory military service to turn voters against President Bush's reelection bid.

HAHAHA. How does it feel you morons?

With the presidential and congressional elections less than a month away, the White House also worked to dampen draft rumors that Republicans said have been fueled by Democrats. It threatened to veto the bill it called "both unnecessary and counterproductive."

"This campaign is a baseless and malevolent concoction of the Democrat party," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican. "It has one purpose -- to spread fear."

You should know, Tom. "Spreading fear" is what you guys do best. "The liberals are coming! They're going to take away your Bibles and SUV's, and make you perform gay marriages in your living rooms! Then they will give this country to the terrorists, or the French, whoever gets here first!"

Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, countered that Bush's Iraq policies have so strained U.S. forces, that a draft was possible no matter how unpopular it would be.

"Guess what, we're running out of troops ... Let's not be astounded that what follows is a draft. The only problem is that you can't announce it until after the election," Conyers said."

Seriously, this is going to be a problem. Let's say the North Koreans take a shot, or the Iranians... something that we will need a major response to...we WILL have to start a draft. And it's going to be ugly.