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Politicians And War Zealots

Please check each ones record. You are in for a big Surprise.

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 20'th Engineer Brigade.
* Bob Kerrey: 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 and 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.
* 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.
* 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 the Austrian Army.

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.)

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