[Dialogue] Re: Military Service

Tue Oct 19 00:11:41 EDT 2004

Interesting -- the list I got (from elsewhere, not the Dialogue) DID have
GHWB and Bob Dole listed with service.
Sunny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm and Judy Lindblad" <njlindblad at earthlink.net>
To: "Colleague Dialogue" <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: RE: [Dialogue] Re: Military Service

> The list is interesting and instructive...however there are two
Republicans
> missing that in fairness should be included.  George the first and Bob
Dole
> did serve with honor.  Not having them listed does diminish the power of
> the document.  Thanks for the info, Norm and Judy
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <RevMcLeod at aol.com>
> > To: <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> > Date: 10/18/2004 7:56:49 AM
> > Subject: [Dialogue] Re: Military Service
> >
> >
> > Dear Ruth:
> >
> > Thought you'd find this interesting and worth forwarding around.
> >
> > Peace!
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> > > 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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