[Mb-hair] Military Records in National Politics

[tiogajoe at juno.com]

Am passing this along.  No, I did not personally fact-check to confirm this info.  Although with a quick perusal, I did recognize some military records I know to be true.  Anyway, for your consideration, see below.

Peace,

Tioga Joe

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  Military records:

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. Paraplegic from war injuries. Served in Congress.
  * 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

  * 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 AirMedal with 18 Clusters.
  * Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul
  Wallenberg.


Republicans -- and these are the guys sending people to war:
  * Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, 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: Vietnam POW, 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 as
  quarterback.
  * 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.)

  Please keep this information circulating
  --Illinois State Sen. Howard W. Carroll



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