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Politicians And War Zealots
Please
Check each ones record
You
are in for a big Surprise
Democrats:
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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 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.
* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army
1948-52; Bronze
Star, Korea.
* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star &Bronze
Star, Vietnam. Paraplegic from war
injuries. Served in Congress.
* Ted
Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
* Tom
Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
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Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979;
Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
* Fritz
Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven
campaign ribbons.
* 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
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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.
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Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
*
John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and
AirMedal with 18 Clusters.
* Tom
Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by
Raoul Wallenberg.
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Republicans –
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And these are the guys sending people to war:
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Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several
deferments, the last by marriage.
* Dennis
Hastert: did not serve.
* Tom
Delay: did not serve.
* Roy
Blunt: did not serve.
* Bill
Frist: did not serve.
* Mitch
McConnell: did not serve.
* Rick
Santorum: did not serve.
* Trent
Lott: did not serve.
* 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
flight instructor.
* George W. Bush:
failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to
Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S.
Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared
from duty.
* Ronald Reagan: due to
poor eyesight, served in a non- combat role making movies.
*
B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted
after fighting was over in Korea.
* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
* John McCain: Vietnam POW, Silver Star,
Bronze Star, Legion of Merit,
Purple Heart and Distinguished
Flying Cross.
* Dana Rohrabacher: did
not serve.
* John M. McHugh: did not
serve.
* JC Watts: did not serve.
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee
problem, " although continued in NFL for 8 years as quarterback.
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the
Indiana National Guard.
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Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* George Pataki: did not serve.
* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
* John Engler: did not serve.
* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
*
Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL
from Austrian army
base.
Pundits &Preachers
* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F
with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
* Bill
O'Reilly: did not serve.
* Michael
Savage: did not serve.
* George
Will: did not serve.
* Chris
Matthews: did not serve.
* Paul
Gigot: did not serve.
* Bill
Bennett: did not serve.
* Pat
Buchanan: did not serve.
* John
Wayne: did not serve.
* Bill
Kristol: did not serve.
* Kenneth
Starr: did not serve.
* Antonin
Scalia: did not serve.
* Clarence
Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph
Reed: did not serve.
* Michael
Medved: did not serve.
* Charlie
Daniels: did not serve.
* Ted
Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't
shoot back.)
Illinois State Sen. Howard W.
Carroll
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