The real question is how did the young man with marginal test scores get the plum wartime assignment

[Gaard]

I don't think that using any advantage you have at your disposal to avoid going to Vietnam is necessarily a bad thing. Many people did it (Rs and Ds alike) and many tried but didn't have the pull. It's obvious to everyone here that President Bush used some sort of family pull to get into the Guard (the reasons for wanting to serve in the Guard are arguable but irrelevant).

If, however, someone denies using some sort of family pull (or any other advantage you might possess), you begin to wonder if the person doing the denying thinks it to be a negative of some sort...else why deny it?

I can't say whether he (Bush) has denied it or not. I haven't heard or read that he has.

 

[chess9]

Gaard:

You know, that just rubs me the wrong way. All these turkeys, both Dems and Republicans whine endlessly about public service and the joys thereof. Yet, when it comes time to serve their country-and being a soldier certainly qualifies-they shirk their duty and hide behind their father's prestige and political pull.

It's time for these Chicken Hawks to have their political heads cut off. If they didn't serve, and don't have a d*** good reason for not serving, then why should Americans vote for them?

And as far as I'm concerned Bush is a phony veteran. Worse than a draft dodging, Jane Fonda, latte sucking, tree hugging, Vermont governor. At least Dean has been honest about it.

Bush got too much from his daddy and earned very little. He's a sore excuse for a man, let alone Presidential material.

-Robert