Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO Late Night Series real time with Bill Mall.

Okay here we are in overtime. I know I'm not in my suit. We'll have to watch the show

to know why but we're here with Chris

Matthews and Tulli Gavert and the first question is to you. Tulli, should

women be required to register for the military draft? I saw this, this is so

interesting, the Democrats so great at politics. I don't know why they brought it up now I mean men I've almost forgot this men do still have to register for the draft we nobody gets

well this is actually something that they also just changed in the legislation through the National Defense Authorization Act

Just a few weeks ago is now men don't have to

actually,

actually, you don't get to fill out a card or anything anymore.

But for, I mean, I remember, I was about to be registered. I just turned 17 in 1973 when they were still

drafting for Vietnam and it was like that was the year was like oh we're not

oh it's like oh boy did I luck out on that one but they still registered you now the

Democrats in an election year have brought this up for I don't know what

reason saying now we want women to register because there's 250,000 women in the military

right now and if something was so catastrophic that we did have to draft people

why shouldn't women go but why bring it up at an election ear?

Are my two questions?

Well, first of all, we shouldn't have a draft.

At all? No, I don't think so. But if it's an emergency?

Well, the fact that they're bringing this up now to me points to the fact that

the only reason we would need a draft is because our war-mongering politicians are

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