MTV/Rock the Vote’s misleading campaign ignores the fact that Democrat Congressman Charlie Rangel introduced legislation to reinstitute the draft, although Congress voted against it by a margin of 402 to 2.  President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld are on record saying that a draft is not only unnecessary but also opposed by the Administration.

“MTV/Rock the Vote is misleading young voters through a campaign of fear that is intended to affect how people vote based on the false premise of a potential draft.  Just like John Kerry, MTV/Rock the Vote is lying to my generation to scare us into submission, all the while dishonoring our troops by using their service as an instrument of fear,” said State Chairman of the California College Republicans Michael P. Davidson.  “We’re going to take a stand, demand honesty, and let them know that it is our vote, not Viacom’s or MTV’s.  We won’t let them dodge the facts to draft us in their cultural war.”