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>Do YOU See A Pattern Here? > >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. >* 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. >* 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 Air Medal >with 18 Clusters. >* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in >WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg. > >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. Several deferments, >the last by marriage. >* 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 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 aviator >and 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: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of >Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. >* Bob Dole: an honorable veteran. >* Chuck Hagel: two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, >Vietnam. >* Duke Cunningham: nominated for Medal of Honor, >Navy Cross, Silver Stars, Air Medals, Purple Hearts. >* Jeff Sessions: Army Reserves, 1973-1986 >* Colin Powell: Long career in military management. >* Don Nickles: National Guard, 1970-1976 >* Jim Inhofe, Army, 1954-1956 >* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve. >* John M. McHugh: did not serve. >* JC Watts: did not serve. >* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee," although continued >in NFL for 8 years. >* 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 Austrian army >base. >* George H.W. Bush: Pilot in WWII. Shot down by the >Japanese. >* Tom Ridge: Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam. >* Sam Johnson: Combat in Korea and Vietnam, POW in >Hanoi. >* Ted Stevens: WWII pilot, DFCs, two Air Medals. >* John Warner: Served in the Navy during WWII as a >RM3 >* Heather Wilson: Air Force 1978-1989 >* Gerald Ford: Navy, WWII > >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.)JKW >
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