McCain Supports A Draft For The War On Terror
Kudos to Sensico, this is something every young person should know.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Senator McCain I truly hope you get the opportunity to chase Bin Laden right to the gates of hell and push him in as you stated on your forum. I do have a question though. Disabled veterans, especially in this state, have horrible conditions [...] My son is an officer in the Air Force, and I am a vet and I was raised in a military family. I think it is a sad state of affairs when we have illegal aliens having a Medicaid card that can access specialist top physicians, the best of medical and our vets can’t even get to a doctor. These are the people that we tied yellow ribbons for and Bush patted on the back. If we don’t reenact the draft I don’t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
JOHN MCCAIN: Ma’am let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said and thank you and I am grateful for your support of all of our veterans.
(Town Hall; Las Cruces, NM 08/20/08 )
McCain either heard the questioner ask for a draft and agreed or much like some other recent gaffes didn’t hear the question and just blindly agreed. Either way, doesn’t bode well for him.
-Marc-
I think we can reasonably presume that he didn’t hear the draft part. Especially since the only people in Congress pushing for a draft are, um, let’s see, Charlie Rangel. Who else?
And do we need a draft? Each of the services has met its goals and authorized end-strength.
He is senile, so we will never know, and neither will he.
Thanks for posting this. I’m reposting along with a video of Olbermann discussing this on his show tonight.
Perhaps he agrees with the whole disabled veterans getting care that pales in comparison to what the illegals get ?