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For reference when you are debating elsewhere:
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 John Edwards: did not serve 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, 1971-79; 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 1951-53 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 Wesley Clark: U.S. Army, 1966-2000, West Point, Vietnam, Purple Heart, Silver Star. Retired 4-star general John Dingell: WWII vet John Conyers: Army 1950-57, Korea
NOW FOR THE EYE (and hopefully MIND) OPENER!:
Republicans Dennis Hastert: did not serve Tom Delay: did not serve House Whip Roy Blunt: did not serve Bill Frist: did not serve Rudy Giuliani: did not serve George Pataki: 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 because of "bad knee." He's 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 peacetime Navy (1954-57) as aviator and flight instructor George W. Bush: six-year Nat'l Guard commitment (incomplete) Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies Gerald Ford: Navy, WWII 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 Jeff Sessions: Army Reserves, 1973-86 JC Watts: did not serve Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer G.H.W. Bush: Pilot in WWII. Shot down by the Japanese Tom Ridge: Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam Antonin Scalia: did not serve Clarence Thomas: did not serve
Pundits and 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 Bill Kristol: did not serve Kenneth Starr: did not serve Michael Medved: did not serve
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