Elect McCain and YOUR son gets drafted

I wonder if the prospect of having their sons be drafted into fighting the endless and expanding wars that John McCain has in mind will make people think twice about electing a man with anger management problems who thinks that war is the answer any time another country looks at you crosswise. I wonder if the potential reality of conscription will make people realize that bellicose rhetoric and "bomb bomb Iran" isn't just cheerleading, but is regarded by other countries as very real threats -- threats we lack the resources to put into action without drafting the sons and daughters of American families whose contribution to the war effort so far has been limited to a two-dollar ribbon magnet and debt in perpetuity for their children.

But, as John McCain would say, make no mistake, my friends: Elect John McCain and a draft is a-comin':

Now if the Obama campaign doesn't latch onto this and hammer it into the ground, then I don't know what has to happen for them to take on John McCain. Pointing out that endless war requires endless cannon fodder isn't impugning McCain's patriotism or his service. It isn't "taking the low road." It simply means pointing out what the man's own words actually mean for American families. Why the campaign hasn't been willing to do this when McCain has laid such rich groundwork, I have no idea (other than the fix being in between the two parties, which seems more plausible every day). But where a draft is concerned, perhaps the "helicopter parents" who can't even send their kids to camp without calling every day to make sure they're OK will start paying attention.

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