Hypocrites or just Political BS? You Decide...

People keep sending me this list. Every time I read it, I get annoyed. Not because so many did not serve, but because they are so willing to just send others to do the work that they themselves did not do. While I am sure there are many Republicans who did serve at least as honorably as the Democrats on this list, the leadership names are particularly disheartening. I also removed several names I felt were not relevant, such as Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Kenneth Starr. I also moved McCain and Rumsfeld to the top, as they were buried in the middle of the original . I also eliminated some gratuitous remarks that I felt were unnecessary to make the point. I would be interested in seeing a comparable list, in reverse, if anyone has one.


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.

Paraplegic from war injuries. Served in Congress.

* 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 AirMedal with 18 Clusters.

* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.



Republicans - and these are the guys sending people to war:

* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.

* John McCain: Vietnam POW, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.

* 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.

* George W. Bush: (everyone knows the story here).

* Bob Dornan: Enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.

* Phil Gramm: did not serve.

* 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.

* 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.


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.

* Bill Kristol: 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.)

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Here is my only problem with this list, and i couldn't care less about dem/reb politics...

List all of the sen. Congress, Pres, VP, and what not together...

The list is composed of select people on both sides who fit the area they are going for.

One more thing i asked myself while reading it....Is it terrible that these people did't serve in the military? What about people who served in veitnam but didn't leave the country? are they any less important? How can we judge people for serving or not serving without looking at each case as a sinlge unit?

All this list says to me is this...
The only way you can be in favor of sending people to war is if you have served in the military in an important positions.




one last thing, i hate Bill O'Reily but he was being a public highschool teacher from the time he left college till he got into the politics of news. Is this list honestly saying that being a public highschool teacher is not good enough? That is the most offensive thing about this all. I want to be a highschool teacher, and i dont want later in life for someone to look down on me because i didn't go to war and i stayed home teaching.

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Good points!

Actually, being a teacher disqualified you from going to war. They're more important to teach our youth than to go to war.

Prime example: Saving Private Ryan.
Half the movie they have a bet on what Tom Hanks' career was before he was drafted.
During a conflict between two of his soldiers, he tells them his career. English teacher.
Everyone shut up. Why? Because teachers were not to be drafted. He was drafted, went anyhow.
No one ever seemed to pick that part out of the movie or know why it was such a big deal.

The list above was created by a Dem to bash Reps. It's sad, but also, when you're in the government, you don't have to go to war because you're already serving the country.

Besides, it's common for someone with no future to join the military because they can't go on to college or get a real job. With that statement we can safely assume democrats are uneducated and shouldn't be running this country!

I'm only joking about that statement, there needs to be balance.

...ditto...


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Is that all 100?

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