[Dialogue] Military Service

[cdhahn3031@insightbb.com]

This is list is interesting and perhaps useful, but it seems to me to be 
strange. I see that there is a list of Democrats and a list of Republicans, but 
beyond that, what are the criteria? Where is George H.W. Bush's name? Or as 
Ellery asks, "Robert Dole"? Or for that matter, Michael Moore?

>From Democrat, Doris Hahn


> Forwarded by Jann McGuire.
> 
> Records to consider as charges of "lack of patriotism" and "soft on defense" 
> fly around this campaign season...
>  
> 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.
>  * Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
>  * Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star &Bronze Star, Vietnam.
>  * Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
>  * 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; 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
>  * 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.
>  
> Republicans
>  * 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 six-year National Guard assignment; 
> re-assigned from Texas to Alabama National Guard so he could campaign for family 
> friend running for U.S. Senate; failing to show up for required medical exam 
> and duties, was stripped of pilot status.
>  * 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: US Navy 1958-81; 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.
>  * Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
>  * 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.)
>  
> (Please keep this information circulating.) 
> 
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