{"id":5572,"date":"2013-04-12T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=5572"},"modified":"2013-04-12T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T20:21:17","slug":"who-is-sending-our-citizens-to-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=5572","title":{"rendered":"Who is Sending Our Citizens to War?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DEMOCRATS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\t* Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
\n\t* David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
\n\t* Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
\n\t* Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
\n\t* Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
\n\t* Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
\n\t* John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.
\n\t* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
\n\t* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam.
\n\t* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
\n\t* Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
\n\t* Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
\n\t* Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
\n\t* Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, and Soldier's Medal.
\n\t* Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit.
\n\t* Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
\n\t* Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
\n\t* Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
\n\t* Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
\n\t* Chuck Robb: Vietnam
\n\t* Howell Heflin: Silver Star
\n\t* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
\n\t* Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received #311.
\n\t* Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
\n\t* Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
\n\t* John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
\n\t* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.<\/p>\n

\tREPUBLICANS….
\n\t<\/strong>
\n\tthese are the guys sending people to war:<\/p>\n

\t* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.
\n\t* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
\n\t* Tom Delay: did not serve.
\n\t* Roy Blunt: did not serve.
\n\t* Bill Frist: did not serve.
\n\t* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
\n\t* Rick Santorum: did not serve.
\n\t* Trent Lott: did not serve.
\n\t* John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
\n\t* Jeb Bush: did not serve.
\n\t* Karl Rove: did not serve.
\n\t* Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.
\n\t* Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
\n\t* Vin Weber: did not serve.
\n\t* Richard Perle: did not serve.
\n\t* Douglas Feith: did not serve.
\n\t* Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
\n\t* Richard Shelby: did not serve.
\n\t* Jon Kyl: did not serve.
\n\t* Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
\n\t* Christopher Cox: did not serve.
\n\t* Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
\n\t* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
\n\t* 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.
\n\t* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.
\n\t* B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
\n\t* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
\n\t* John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
\n\t* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
\n\t* John M. McHugh: did not serve.
\n\t* JC Watts: did not serve.
\n\t* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years.
\n\t* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
\n\t* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
\n\t* George Pataki: did not serve.
\n\t* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
\n\t* John Engler: did not serve.
\n\t* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
\n\t* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.<\/p>\n

\tPUNDITS & PREACHERS <\/strong><\/p>\n

\t* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
\n\t* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
\n\t* Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
\n\t* Michael Savage: did not serve.
\n\t* George Will: did not serve.
\n\t* Chris Matthews: did not serve.
\n\t* Paul Gigot: did not serve.
\n\t* Bill Bennett: did not serve.
\n\t* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
\n\t* John Wayne: did not serve.
\n\t* Bill Kristol: did not serve.
\n\t* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
\n\t* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
\n\t* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
\n\t* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
\n\t* Michael Medved: did not serve.
\n\t* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
\n\t* Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot back.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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