Did Cheney get his wife pregnant to avoid the draft?

[9215]

There seems to be no end to chickenhawkitis among Repugs.


Let us always remember Vice President Dick Cheney's explanation for why he did not serve in Vietnam, as told to George C. Wilson of the "Washington Post" in 1989:

I had other priorities in the '60s than military service.


Maybe the 58,000 American servicemen who died in Vietnam had other priorities too Mr. Cheney




This is from ex- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jesse Brown:

Cheney received four 2-S draft deferments -- granted to students -- from 1963 through 1965 while he was a student at the University of Wyoming. He married Lynne in 1964, and was thus banned from the draft.
But in October 1965, the Selective Service announced that married men without children could then be drafted. Exactly nine months and two days later -- on July 28, 1966 -- his first child was born. Cheney hadn't waited until her birth before he sought a 3-A deferment classification -- given to those with dependents. He did so when Lynne was only 10 weeks pregnant.
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/01/draft/

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. You quote Cheney to freepers

and they say it isn't important, then froth at the mouth over 'draft dodger' Clinton-unless they are talking to a Viet Nam vet. Those guys have a way of staring the chicken hawks down.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

2. ever heard or seen lynn cheney? vietnam or lynn, vietnam or

lynn? what a choice!

[latebloomer]

3. Uh huh

This topic brought up an image that made me glad I don't eat breakfast.

[NicoleM]

4. How far in advance

did he know that they were going to change the rules? What are the odds that he would have gotten her pregnant within days of the announcement of the rule change?

(edit) My point is that I don't buy it unless they had advance warning that the rules were going to change. It's not that easy to get pregnant at the exact moment you want to.

[KensPen]

5. A potent man like him?

surely he impregnated her during foreplay.

[NicoleM]

6. My original subject line was

"does he have a magic penis?" But I thought that might be more than people wanted to contemplate. ;)

[latebloomer]

7. You got that right, girlfriend!!

[Punkingal]

8. You were right....

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[MountainLaurel]

10. Sounds like a Vegas show

Now appearing nightly at The Sands -- Dick Cheney and his Magic Penis!

:evilgrin:

[bloom]

9. Could happen.

i buy it.

[9215]

13. The rule change came out in

October 1965. Cheney then applied for the new deferment ten weeks later. I don't think the window for getting her pregnant is as small as a few days. It's hard to tell how far in advance Cheney knew of the rule change.

[really-looney]

11. DNA test

Is this the daughter who is gay. Check the DNA. My guess is she is not really his.

[Devil Dog Dem]

12. YES!

What a tool!

[OneTwentyoNine]

14. I highly doubt it or he would have used it as his reason....

Nothing like good ole' family values for a reason for not going to Nam and Cheney would have used that in a heartbeat.

He just DIDN'T want to go,and so he didn't....

David