Re: where were the warlike Republicans

Posted by Dad of girls on 12/30/04

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Finally! Proof that the Republicans are smarter than
Democrats. They know how not to be shot at and nearly
killed. Thanks for the proof Bear.

On 10/21/04, Bear wrote:
> Why are the warlike Republicans on the wrong list 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, 1951-53.
> * 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 in the lottery.
> * 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:
> * Dick Cheney: did not serve. five deferrments, 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: 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.
> * 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.
>
>
>
> 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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> Bush can't run on his record. After all, he's lost 1
> million jobs, turned record budget surpluses into record
> deficits, squandered the world's goodwill, and used
> America's foreign policy to reward Republican fat cat
> campaign contributors while sticking you with the bill for
> his failures.
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Posts on this thread, including this one

• where were the warlike Republicans, 10/21/04, by Bear .
• Re: where were the warlike Republicans, 10/21/04, by Dean.
• Re: Dean we miss you., 11/09/04, by Stan.
• Re: Nice post Bear, 12/20/04, by Alaric.
• Re: Nice post Bear, 12/21/04, by problem alaric.
• Re: Nice post Bear, 12/21/04, by Another problem- since when is military service required?.
• Re: Nice post Bear, 12/23/04, by Dean.
• Re: where were the warlike Republicans, 12/30/04, by Dad of girls.
• Re: Nice post Bear, 1/11/05, by Dave Clark.