Posted on 10/05/2004 4:35:13 PM PDT by knak
To: National Desk
Contact: Stuart Roy or Jonathan Grella, 202-225-4000, both of the Office of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today made the following remarks on the Democrat proposal for a military draft:
"Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- a bill comes to the floor of this House after a long, deliberate examination of the facts surrounding a difficult issue with compelling arguments on both sides, and we can all come together and find common ground.
"Sometimes, a bill is the result of hard-nosed political wrangling, and a party-line vote pushes a controversial measure over the finish line. And sometimes - on rare occasions like today - a bill is considered on the floor of the House as a practical exercise ... to expose a fraud.
"For months now, the American people have been subjected to -- and had their intelligence insulted by -- a manipulative, dishonest, and willful campaign of misinformation. This campaign, which started as a whisper but has since been given voice by the leading Democrats in the country today, asserts without any evidence whatsoever that there is a secret Republican plan to reinstitute the military draft.
"This campaign is a baseless and malevolent concoction of the Democrat Party, and everyone in this chamber knows it. It has one purpose -- to spread fear. To spread fear among an unsuspecting public, to undermine the war on terror, to undermine our troops, to undermine our cause, and most of all, to undermine our commander-in-chief ... in an election year.
"It is a lie. And to prove it, all we had to do was to look in the Congressional Record. And lo and behold, there it was. A plan, not secret, but public. Not hidden by Republicans, but openly touted by Democrats. H.R. 163 -- before us today -- is not the product of a Pentagon cabal, but is sponsored by six of the most liberal and vociferous critics of the war on terror.
"The vote on this bill won't be close, and it won't be party- line. Instead, it will be an opportunity for the American people to see who takes the national security of the United States seriously, who respects our armed forces, who wants to win the war on terror, and who just wants to win the next election.
"This bill is a fraud, and so is the pernicious campaign of deception that has brought it to the floor today. I urge all my colleagues to vote no, and expose to the light of truth the craven, partisan whisper campaign now poisoning the national debate."
It was brought forward in the HOUSE, NOT the Senate.
Easy when yer up against domestic enemies such a Lee and Rangel........silver tounged devil that Tom is ! Calls a cow pie a cow pie.
Stay safe !
Does anyone want to bet on whether the Dems will follow Mr. DeLay's leadership and vote "No?"
Probably was a Representative, not a Senator. Hundreds of those congress critters voted on the legislation today.
I like Tom DeLay!
PING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please, everyone watch it when replayed if you can!
WE KICKED RAT ASS TODAY!
Arlen is such a RINO that it's hard to tell the difference.
BTW, I hear that election workers will be checking Selective Service records of all males from 18 to 25 be sure they have registered.
Not registered? You don't vote.
Because our mainstream media organs are in bed with the liberals.
Thank you for your support. Now if you could just convert a few million of your neighbors. :)
The US Media is "0 \/\/ |\| 3 d" by the 'Rat Party.
Who voted yes?
I watched CSPAN. Rangle was hillarious! He actually screamed that the bill being presented was unfair and dirty on the part of the republicans. He said you don't quell rumors on the Internet on the House Floor. Where else would you air it, except where everyone can get a first hand viewing of how dirty the dems are. They ate their own rumor this time.
Ouch. Harsh, but fair. This should be the subject of it's own mass mailing. Anyone who's recieved that idiot chain letter about the draft (The one that's spawned roughly 234,394 vanity posts in the last month) ought to forward this back to whoever sent it. Copies of it should be passed out at schools and colleges.
1-800-839-5276
Bush needs to let all the people that live in Pa that one of their Sen wanted to pass the draft bill, and that It took Republicans to expose it and through it out.
I have seen the bogus fliers and emails and countered the email list with an explanation of the party involved and links to the bills.
If the draft is really a big concern of young voters, I wonder how they would respond to John Kerry's proposed unpaid MANDATORY PUBLIC SERVICE for high school graduation.
His website has altered the text. He should be made to answer for his proposal and not be allowed to respond "see my website" in the next debate. That's about as solid a debate answer as, "You should read the book... if you want to know why mine is the right choice."
Hate and fear are the only two motivators that the Democrats have to get people to vote for them this time around.
What happened to the 14 cosponsors?
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/7/2003 Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 1/28/2003
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 5/19/2004
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/28/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/7/2003
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/28/2003
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/28/2003
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/21/2004
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/28/2003
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/7/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/7/2003
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/28/2003
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/7/2003
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/28/2003
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/28/2003(withdrawn - 6/21/2004)
The Senate didn't vote, the House did.
Pennsylvania has no Dim. Senator.
So9
ok sorry my bad, his last name started with a D and I know he was a Dem cause he's from my state and he pissed me off.
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