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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (30396)	10/18/2004 11:57:20 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

HOW DO YOU PUT A SPIN ON THIS? > Check out this interesting pattern > on who leads us into war and who questions it. > > 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. > Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea. > Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam. > > John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-1973; Silver Star, Bronze Star, 3 Purple > Hearts > Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-1953. > 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, receiving the 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. > 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. > > REPUBLICANS > 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. > Dick Cheney: did not serve. > John Ashcroft: did not serve. > Jeb Bush: did not serve. > Karl Rove: did not serve. > Saxby Chambliss: 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. > Phil Gramm: did not serve. > Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve. > John M. McHugh: did not serve. > J C Watts: did not serve. > Jack Kemp: did not serve. > Rudy Giuliani: did not serve. > George Pataki: did not serve. > Spencer Abraham: did not serve. > John Engler: did not serve. > Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army ZZZbase. > Antonin Scalia: did not serve. > Clarence Thomas: did not serve. > George W. Bush: National Guard ( thanks to Daddy) - went AWOL > > PUNDITS & PREACHERS > Sean Hannity: did not serve. > Rush Limbaugh: did not serve > Bill O'Reilly: did not serve. > Michael Savage: did not serve. > George Will: 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. > Ralph Reed: did not serve. > Michael Medved: did not serve. > Charlie Daniels: did not serve. > Ted Nugent: did not serve.