(2004-10-19) — Previously unseen documents released by the Kerry-Edwards campaign today reveal a secret Bush administration plan to draft the elderly into military service.
“If George W. Bush wins this election, I warn you that he will kill two birds with one stone,” said John Forbes Kerry, the Democrat presidential candidate. “He’ll bail out Social Security by sending our nation’s grandparents to the front lines in Iraq to die in the wrong war.”
Mr. Kerry, who is also a U.S. Senator, said, “Senior citizens are patriotic, plentiful and many of them still have their old military uniforms and vintage rifles from World War II and Korea. It’s a cynical scheme, and that’s why this administration is hiding it until January.”
According to details of the secret Bush plan, backdoor-drafted National Guard and Reserve troops will come home rapidly as they’re replaced by five divisions of combat-ready “geriatric GIs.”
To date, the Pentagon has not specifically denied the existence of the alleged secret plan dubbed ‘Operation Joint Replacement.’
President Bush, asked to respond to the Kerry allegation during a campaign stop, said, “This is the first I’ve heard of it. But we don’t need to draft our seniors. If we’d let ‘em, they’d volunteer. Next question.”
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1 Michelle Malkin // Oct 19, 2004 at 11:19 am
SMOKING GUN MEMOS
From the Dems… …and the Pubbies. These guys crack me up. (Note to CBS: The documents are FAKE.) Update: Another secret document unearthed! (Note to CBS: This one is FAKE, too)….
2 Proveritate: A2 Is Crazy, The Writers Are Not // Oct 19, 2004 at 12:06 pm
Laugh Today
Here’s the political humor update for the day. Scrappleface reports on Bush’s “Secret Plan to Draft the Elderly” : “If George W. Bush wins this election, I warn you that he will kill two birds with one stone,” said John…
3 The Pink Flamingo Bar Grill // Oct 19, 2004 at 3:51 pm
Bush Secret Plan to Draft Elderly Revealed
What a great idea! Next up we draft all Liberal Democrats! Either pledge undying loyalty to Zell Miller or off to war you go.
4 Pejmanesque // Oct 19, 2004 at 4:41 pm
WHY SCRAPPLEFACE IS NOT THAT FAR REMOVED FROM REALITY
They say that all good humor has an element of truth about it. Quite so….
5 blogoSFERICS // Oct 19, 2004 at 6:42 pm
"Does This MRE Come with Stewed Prunes?"
Just what we need in Iraq: tanks trundling across the battlefield from Basra to Baghdad at 2 mph, with the left-turn signal blinking.
Hat tip: Outside the Beltway.
6 PRESTOPUNDIT -- "It's a team sport, baby!" // Oct 20, 2004 at 1:23 am
BUSH’S SECRET PLAN
to draft the elderly….
7 HobbsOnline // Oct 20, 2004 at 11:23 am
Today’s Key Reads
Just 13 days left before election day. Key things to read today include Hugh Hewitt (who has links to several other key reads), Powerline (start at the top and scroll - you can’t ever read too much from the Powerline…
8 Cake or Death // Oct 21, 2004 at 2:35 pm
Bush’s extra-super-duper secret plan revealed (aga
ScrappleFace has the exclusive! Bush will reinstitute the draft to save social security by calling up… the “geriatric GIs”?