Monday Presidential Candidate and Former Senator John Edwards called for mandatory national service. “One of the things we ought to be thinking about is some level of mandatory service to our country, so that everybody in America – not just the poor kids who get sent to war – are serving this country,” Edwards said according to the AP.
I’m always amazed at how politicians who have avoided military service want others to be forced to “serve their country.” Congressman Charles Rangel has called for a draft for the same reasons as Edwards, but at least the Congressman was in the army himself.
There is an old saying that states “one should lead by example.” But Edwards must be following the other old saying: “do as I say not as I do.” If the former senator is so keen on drafting your sons and daughters into “service” surely he would be willing to draft his eldest daughter Cate first. Cate is of military age afterall. But then Edwards did not actually use the term “military service”. He simply said “mandatory service.” I’m sure he believes he fulfilled his obligation by “serving” in the highly paid and powerful position as U.S. Senator. That gives me an idea. Let us draft each American to serve in the U.S. Congress or Presidency, or Judiciary. Each American can do one term and then we’ll draw a lottery to see who is next. That would certainly end the debate over term limits.
I’m always amazed at how politicians who have avoided military service want others to be forced to “serve their country.” Congressman Charles Rangel has called for a draft for the same reasons as Edwards, but at least the Congressman was in the army himself.
There is an old saying that states “one should lead by example.” But Edwards must be following the other old saying: “do as I say not as I do.” If the former senator is so keen on drafting your sons and daughters into “service” surely he would be willing to draft his eldest daughter Cate first. Cate is of military age afterall. But then Edwards did not actually use the term “military service”. He simply said “mandatory service.” I’m sure he believes he fulfilled his obligation by “serving” in the highly paid and powerful position as U.S. Senator. That gives me an idea. Let us draft each American to serve in the U.S. Congress or Presidency, or Judiciary. Each American can do one term and then we’ll draw a lottery to see who is next. That would certainly end the debate over term limits.
But I have a feeling Edwards would not like that idea. No he’d rather your children were drafted into less lucrative jobs. However, Edwards should at least convince his daughter to voluntarily join the military as an example, before demanding that other children are drafted. Afterall, the American people will only put up with hypocrisy for so long. I think Americans are getting a little tired of these elites demanding that we make sacrifices while they live in luxury. I know I am.
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