A few examples;
Dennis Hastert: did not serve. Tom Delay: did not serve. House Whip Roy Blunt: did not serve. Bill Frist: did not serve. Rudy Giuliani: did not serve. George Pataki: did not serve. Mitch McConnell: did not serve. Rick Santorum: did not serve. Trent Lott: did not serve. Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage. John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business. Jeb Bush: did not serve. Karl Rove: did not serve. Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism. Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve. Vin Weber: did not serve. Richard Perle: did not serve. Douglas Feith: did not serve. Eliot Abrams: did not serve. Richard Shelby: did not serve. Jon Kyl: did not serve. Tim Hutchison: did not serve. Christopher Cox: did not serve. Newt Gingrich: did not serve. Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as aviator and flight instructor. George W. Bush: six-year Nat'l Guard commitment (incomplete).
2006-09-22 12:29:43 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Democrats on the other hand;
Democrats Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71. David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72. Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72. Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade. Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam. Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, WWII. John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V Purple Hearts. John Edwards: did not serve. Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea. Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star &Bronze Star, Vietnam. Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-1953. Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74. Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91. Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII, receiving the Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
2006-09-22 12:30:17 · update #1
And more Democrats;
Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, and Soldier's Medal. Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit. Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart. Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V. Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star. Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57 Chuck Robb: Vietnam Howell Heflin: Silver Star George McGovern: Silver Star &DFC during WWII. Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received 311. Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy. Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953 John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters. Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII.Saved by Raoul Wallenberg. Wesley Clark: U.S. Army, 1966-2000, West Point, Vietnam, Purple Heart, Silver Star. Retired 4-star general. John Dingell: WWII vet John Conyers: Army 1950-57, Korea
2006-09-22 12:30:43 · update #2
Yea, I find that interesting as well! These Fascist get on here and rant about war and they haven't a clue what one is like! I would have loved for all of them to have joined me at the Valley of Death in Vietnam!
I wouldn't fight for oil companies!
And don't give me the Democrats voted for the war! That is mere show!! If you don't think so go see how many Republicans voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, committing our troops to Vietnam!! They then later tried to take it out of the record! Yellow pure through!
2006-09-22 12:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
You forgot the thousands who are now serving, and support the war. Your forgot the millions who voted for George Bush and supported the war in doing so. And the majority still support the war as they know something you evidently do not. We fight it over there now or we fight it here later.
Hilery Clinton did not serve, Bill Clinton did not serve, Lincoln did not serve, Churchhill did serve, Roosevelt did not serve, President Isenhower as far as I know did not serve., not serve, " Al Gore story" credit to " www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39f74a5d37cd.htm" Gore claimed in his convention speech: I enlisted in the Army because I knew if I didn't go, someone else in the small town of Carthage, Tennessee would have to go in my place. Since he wasn't KIA or wounded, how was it that his Army tour was far shorter than all the rest of us?
Our astute veteran readers took the bait. Gore's campaign launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign this week to tell his life story. The ads will include references to his service in Vietnam-however brief. Gore spent less than five months of a typical twelve-month tour in Vietnam. He spent every minute of his tour as a rear-echelon...(call any combat veteran and they can complete that phrase for you). He was classified as a military journalist after telling recruiters he was a newspaper trainee (read copy boy) for the New York Times while a student at Harvard. He was assigned as a non-combatant information specialist to the Army's 20th Engineers Brigade headquarters at Bien Hoa military base near Saigon. Gore's immediate supervisor in Vietnam has confirmed that his posting there came with explicit instructions to baby-sit him and make sure he was never in any danger.
Dam If I can remember all of these no show democrats (as well as some republicans.)why can't you.
On the black front :
Operah did not serve;
Jesse Jackson did not serve;
Michael jackson did not serve( unless you count serving kids)
Cassus Clay did not serve( he was an out right draft dodger who should have gottenm the maxium sentence.
Martin luther King did not serve.
Most Actors do not serve.
Most media personel do not serve.
Bill Gates did not serve.
so what is the big deal?
OWT did not serve:).
I be you haven;t served either and here you are bashing there people.
2006-09-22 19:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Add, Hilary Clinton and many Democrats that voted to go to war, before voting against it (Kerry did serve though). Clinton never served and actually said " I loath the military" in a letter trying to get out of the draft. I guess if the only way you could have a valid opinion about the use of the military is to have served, you could completely disqualify the Clinton's even though Bill sent our troops to Somalia, Bosnia and...
FYI the documents that stated and supported your claim that Bush's service was "incomplete" were forged, a slight oversight. It was in the news though.
Keep in mind you are making a case against Hilary Clinton for president. Bob dole did have a very strong service record when he ran against Bill but that was when Democrats did not find such things very important. Also keep in mind that when the (Vietnam vet) Al Gore was demanding recounts in mostly Democratic districts of Florida, he was fighting to get military absent tee ballots disqualified (knowing the current armed forces vote mostly Republican). Your diatribe sounds good, but you left out quite a few important points. Most of these Senators are very far from being poor does this mean they can not vote for wealfare increases? Only Senators who were judges can confirm judges, only spacey Democrats can vote on NASA funding... I think your point is Stupid.
2006-09-22 19:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Rich E 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I do notice, but not everybody can be in Iraq. There's 300 million people in America. I don't know the exact figures of how many troops we have in Iraq.
The whole country is at war. The soldiers aren't the only ones paying a price. $8 billion a month for the war in Iraq. The war is getting paid for with our money, we should have a say in how it's spent. This is a democracy.
2006-09-22 19:44:59 · answer #4 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
interesting facts, and one of the reason I belive all polictains should serve. Read the book "star ship trooper" might be scifi. but a great idea. it also included the right to vote too. but isn't really explained until the end of the book.
by the way I am a former Marine myself and was proud to serve.
2006-09-22 19:33:53 · answer #5 · answered by redhawktotem 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i served in iraq and i support our being there.
do you want WMD's over here? do you want those people suffering over there? didnt Sadam violate UN weapons inspections for 10 or so years? isnt Iraq in the center of the middle east and a place we need to be if we want to prevent future terrorist attacks on the united states?
or maybe.... we should have just let the whole middle east fester and grow stronger?
cmon... we need to be there if we have any sense and/or decency. why is this even a debate?
2006-09-22 20:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by sean_mchugh6 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That's odd! I didn't remember seeing any Congressmen or their sons ,Republican or Democrat, in Vietnam. Course I must be slow. It took me two tours to get 3 Purple Hearts, not 10 minutes like Kerry.
2006-09-23 18:58:23 · answer #7 · answered by preacher55 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, if GW Bush had gone to Vietnam he would know that the people in other countries are different and that he's never going to make them Texans.
2006-09-23 02:32:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
WOW how wrong you are. I was active duty Army in 04 and 05 i only got out for family reason (my husband was seriously injured in iraq and his 2 BEST friends died in the same incident. I am proud to have served and he is now pending discharge (med-board) for his injuries and AS soon as he gets out in going back into the army. im replubican. you dont like the president look around you they are the ppl who voted. you cant change it and you just have to live with it. is it fair that over a thousand kids will grow up knowing thier parents were killed because some egotistical religious martyrs didnt like their freedoms no but im sure it a relief to know the government didnt over look it and they know thier family didnt die in vain and nothing ever happen to the group who did it. ONE DAY YOU PPL WILL FIGURE OUT THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY AND HOW YOU FEEL THERE ARE JUST AS MANY PPL OUT THERE WHO DONT FEEL LIKE YOU. GET THE DICK OUT OF YOUR *** AND WAKE UP. IT MAKES ME SICK TO KNOW I SERVED AND COULD HAVE DIED AND LOST SEVERAL FRIENDS TO ALLOW YOU TO DEGRADE MY CHAIN OF COMMAND AND DESTROY WHAT THIS COUNTR WAS FOUNDED ON.
2006-09-22 19:45:00 · answer #9 · answered by mrscbaumgardner 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I served in Iraq and I support the effort completely, yet I understand your concern. just think of it like this, you don't always have to be on the front line to be in the fight!!!
2006-09-22 20:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by bolandalbaby@verizon.net 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋