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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (38343)	8/7/2008 6:37:07 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Does your "legitimate deferment" make you more patriotic? It certainly doesn't show. Your schooling allowed you to make a good living reading x-rays while you type political messages on the internet all day long.

To: puborectalis who wrote (38343)	8/7/2008 10:14:16 AM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

I had a legitimate deferrment,Cheney did not Bull shit, Cheney had a school deferment too just like you, so it seems that both of you dodged the bullet: When Cheney became eligible for the draft, he was a supporter of the Vietnam War but did not serve in the military. Instead, he applied for and received five draft deferments. In 1989, The Washington Post writer, George C. Wilson, interviewed Cheney as the next Secretary of Defense; when asked about his deferments, Cheney reportedly said, "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service."[13] Cheney testified during his confirmation hearings in 1989 that he received deferments to finish a college career that lasted six years rather than four, owing to sub par academic performance and the need to work to pay for his education. Initially, he was not called up because the Selective Service System was only taking older men. When he became eligible for the draft, he applied for four deferments in sequence. He applied for his fifth exemption on January 19, 1966, when his wife was about 10 weeks pregnant. He was granted 3-A status, the "hardship" exemption, which excluded men with children or dependent parents. In January 1967, Cheney turned 26 and was no longer eligible for the draft.[14]