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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: American Spirit who wrote (68255)	10/11/2005 1:56:19 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) of 81568

Tom Brokaw raised the issue in Des Moines Monday during the candidates nationally-televised debate. Brokaw asked Dean, "If you had any reservations about serving, why not just, having left the letter at home, and said, 'Examine me; see what you think'? Why take the letter?" Dean never really got around to answering Brokaw's question. "Look, I did not serve in Vietnam," Dean said. "I was given a deferment by the United States government because they did not feel they wanted me in the Army. Dick Gephardt didn't serve in Vietnam. Joe Lieberman didn't serve in Vietnam. John Edwards didn't serve in Vietnam. None of us up here except for General Clark served in Vietnam, and Senator Kerry. I told the truth. I fulfilled my obligation. I took a physical. I failed the physical. If that makes this an issue, then so be it." ...for Dean to say he "fulfilled" his "obligation" sounds awkward. He agreed to show up for his mandatory physical, but that's about it. Then he went skiing.

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