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Rep. Rangel and Senator Kerry's disparaging comments with regard to soldiers are JUST WRONG. Today's soldiers are among the most intelligent... [MORE] |
James Pickart |
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The ONLY reason Rangel wants a draft is to get people into the military that don't want to be there... [MORE] |
Mike S |
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I served in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer. I'd have to say the educational level and social background... [MORE] |
Steve Scott |
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Why doesn't Mr. Rangel form a commission and find out why New England and New York in particular don't bare... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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Interesting, but where do you come up with your conclusions? You state "children of Republicans are doing the the majority... [MORE] |
Stephanie |
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It's a well documented fact that children on an overwhelming scale follow their parents beliefs in politics. It's not a... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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Everything you wrote as fact is actually pure conjecture. My parents are Republicans and all three of their children are liberal... [MORE] |
Stephanie |
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Rep Charles Rangel's "un-botched joke" implies that there are only two kinds of people who would defend their country: those... [MORE] |
Miguel Guanipa |
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The all volunteer military is a great working idea. The armed services actually get the people who want to join.... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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Mr Rangel: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. I served 10 years with some of... [MORE] |
Dave G |
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Mr Kerry was implying that by Bush being a dumbass, he ended up getting America stuck in Iraq. Had he... [MORE] |
Maxwell Y |
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62% of all Presidents have served in the military. Contrast that with the 9% of Democratic Congressmen and Senators who... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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When I graduated from high school in 1981 (GPA 3.25) I was working as a dishwasher and making $1 more... [MORE] |
TiJon |
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Rangel is an ignorant ass just like the rest of the Democrats. I have spent 14 years in the U.S.... |
Brian L Payne |
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Learn to spell, mr edumacated..."collage?" [MORE] |
OBSERVER |
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I served 28 years in the U.S. Navy; retired in 1997. If the military would accept me, I go over... [MORE] |
Frank Slaby |
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"If a young fellow has an option of having a decent career, or joining the Army to fight in Iraq,... [MORE] |
Mike S |
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Rangel served well in the military during his time, but the dynamics of the armed services have changed since the... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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I've heard plenty of liberals blaming rich Republicans for not sending their kids into the military. How come many Democrats... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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Neither of those elitists could ever understand why my bright, intelligent son who attended the public school's gifted and talented... [MORE] |
Jaye D. |
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Jaye D: How can you say Rangel and Kerry have a 'pure hatred of the military'? That is just stupid. Why... [MORE] |
Stephanie |
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Mr Rangle is a poseur... if you hear him speak, he knows nothing of poverty. By his most recent actions... [MORE] |
Bonfire |
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"Mr. Kane, a former Air Force intelligence officer, said his study found that 97% of military enlistees were high school... [MORE] |
Statistician |
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Rangel is right. The vast majority of people are not going to choose the military, or even consider it, as a... [MORE] |
T. vanRoste |
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I'm a college student who's been pretty lucky scholarship-wise, and plenty of my friends are headed into the military as... [MORE] |
Kat |
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"No bright young individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of educational benefits." "Once we... [MORE] |
tuxedobob |
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Most of these comment talk about their brave friends, relatives, or neighbors that serve, but if you haven't serve you... [MORE] |
Joe |
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Oh, here we go.... let someone seem to defame the young soldiers of America, and a flood of numbskulls crawls... [MORE] |
Randall H. |
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I find it odd that Mr. Rangle can make such statements and declare that they are factual. The truth is... [MORE] |
Tony D. |
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Chucky is just showing how he feels about this country. And when he's given facts that dispute his claim he... [MORE] |
travis |
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and wrong. He never said that "everyone in the military is stupid". Nor did he say "everyone that is intelligent won't... [MORE] |
Bill |
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Think very carefully about what Mr. Rangel said, and then compare it to what Timothy Kane said. You will see... [MORE] |
Tony |
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Usually the most obvious explantion is the right one. What about those of us who chose not to fight, what... [MORE] |
Chris |
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Mr. Rangel, What about the 4400 cadets such as myself at West Point? Do you think we are here and will... [MORE] |
Cody |
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Opening up your mouth like this is a stupid thing to do for someone in public office but he is... [MORE] |
Jeff E |
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If you are 18 years old and have money to go to to college, or any other prospects, you do... [MORE] |
Stephanie |
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Anecdotal evidence is not taken as fact in a court of law or in the court of public opinion. The... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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no where did I suggest that my opinion was fact. [MORE] |
Stephanie |
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Militaries ever since the dawn of history have used the lower classes as pawns in their struggles... this shouldn't be... [MORE] |
kevin |
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3/4 of all our Presidents in history were at one time in the military. I guess they didn't have a... [MORE] |
Kris B. |
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If a young Patriot in this country wants to help his country, he can serve in the military, he can... [MORE] |
Kevin Hogarth |
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I spent seven years in the INFANTRY.I had finished a few years of college already, but most of my comrades... [MORE] |
Joe Smith |
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Rep. Rangel proposed a draft because he wants to make the decision to go to war more difficult. I agree... [MORE] |
Ned Balzer |
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I just finished my undergraduate degree in Journalism and have joined the U.S. Army as a firefighter. Rangel's comments are... [MORE] |
John |
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Rangel's district is in the primarily lower- and lower-middle-class Harlem, where I live. The best analysis of his intentions here... [MORE] |
Steve |
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As a veteran when I first read Rangel's remark I was furious, now I'm just filled with pity. Rangel cannot... [MORE] |
Carl Hyngstrom |
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I attended the Univ. of Pennsylvania (Ivy League), as did my wife. We were both in Army ROTC. Penn is... [MORE] |
James Brothers |
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Mr Rangle must be living in a hole. Not only did we have good Americans like Pat Tillman, he is... [MORE] |
Vince Padia |
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Rangle also mentioned that he was subjected to having spent time in the armed services - and now he's a... [MORE] |
Larry Schmitt |
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Yeah, Charlie, I don't doubt that YOU don't believe someone would actually fight for his country. And you a former... [MORE] |
James Bridge |
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Mr Rangle, My son is a college graduate who chose to go into the military for patriotic reasons. Obviously, you are... [MORE] |
Doug |
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My brother-in-law who has a business degree quit his civilian job to join the Army, turned down a desk job... [MORE] |
Ted A. |
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First of all, Rangel was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. And his desire to re-instate the draft... [MORE] |
John E. Kraft |
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Tell the Hon.(Sarc) Mr. Rangel that some of us have chosen to defend our country, ANYWHERE we are needed. I... [MORE] |
Ed Brault |
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It may well be that Mr. Rangel is wrong, but it is so very interesting how all of these Think... [MORE] |
Joe |
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My son is on his second tour to Iraq. I don't need idot's like Rangel telling me or anyone about... [MORE] |
Bill Dockery |
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Are we proud to have him in a leadership position in our government? I am appalled. A young neighbor just... [MORE] |
EstherT |
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We get the government we deserve. New York gets Rangle. His pure hate for the men and women of the... [MORE] |
Larry Parrish |
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I am not commenting one way or the other on the potential efficacy of Rangle's proposed draft, or what I... [MORE] |
Active Duty Officer |
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I have a nephew in Iraq and it just infuriates me the this supposed leader of the house can denigrate the... [MORE] |
Janet Rager |
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Mr. Rangel is wrong. My husband being the perfect example. He received his PhD in Genetics from UC Berkeley, completed... [MORE] |
Pamela F. |
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Charles Rangel never lets the facts interfere with his rhetoric. He listens to empirical evidence, and merely sluffs it off.... [MORE] |
Richard D. Kvies |
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I will in no way argue that there aren't bright, intelligent, and educated people in the military. I have known... [MORE] |
Marci T |
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