Video: Rangel says Iraq volunteers are in it for the money, or something
H/T to Zelda for bringing this up. Allahpundit has the video here, with this commentary:
I’ve watched this five times and I’m still not sure what he’s saying. I think he’s trying to argue that there’s no legitimate national security interest to our being in Iraq because, if there were, we wouldn’t have to recruit the poor by running ads and offering financial incentives. Patriotism would be incentive enough and would cut across classes. But since patriotism apparently isn’t enough, that proves the war is illegitimate which means the poor end up bearing a disproportionate share of the burden which in turn means we should either limit our strategic options by eschewing war entirely to prevent this inequity or reinstate the draft so that the sacrifice is shared equitably among people who didn’t enlist and don’t want to be there. Which I guess means the war in Afghanistan is illegitimate too.
As a reader pointed out, “What’s he in it for? Money, fame, power? Or is he the true patriot? I don’t think so. ”
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November 20, 2006 - 08:37 PM on November 20th, 2006
Is Charles Rangel having a Kerry moment?
Over at Hot Air, watch the video of Charlie defending his proposal to reinstate the draft (something he’s done before, if you’ll remember). Allahpundit couldn’t follow it. Michelle couldn’t follow it. It’s mostly nonsense. However…. It really so…
November 20, 2006 - 08:49 PM on November 20th, 2006
“H/T to Zelda for bringing this up:â€
I’m not sure I deserve credit here…
To me this is the typical idiot Democrat stuff that Republicans were supposed to protect me from.
“‘Good Vs. evil’, ‘with us or against us’, ‘stay the course’, ‘”The Democrats want to ‘cut and run’‒.
Please stop the Republican B.S. My 9 crack babies deserve better than Representative Rangel and his Democrat friends.
November 20, 2006 - 09:03 PM on November 20th, 2006
Rangel is making a mockery of his position every single time he brings this up. He doesn’t want the draft because we need it, he voted against his own bill…I don’t even believe he means what he said in the video…He is a joke…
November 21, 2006 - 06:01 AM on November 21st, 2006
THINK MAYBE A COMPLETE LOBOTOMY MIGHT HELP CURE RANGEL????
November 21, 2006 - 11:05 PM on November 21st, 2006
I would say that Rangel needs to retire. Same thing with Murtha. A frontal lobotomy isn’t necessary, what they used to refer to as a 6 cent solution would be a lot simpler.