GOP Draft Dodgers
The
GOP has had a 30-year assault on Democrats for allegedly being "draft
evaders." Well the following is a list of GOP luminaries who have
been tough on Democrats and Bill Clinton in regards to serving in Vietnam.
Guess what? Not one of them served in Vietnam. They were draft dodgers
and evaders, every one of them:
THE
GOP "HELL NO, I WON'T SERVE IN THE MILITARY" HYPOCRISY AWARDS
Elliott
Abrams - Sought deferment for bad back.
Richard Armey - Sought college deferment, too smart to die.
Bill Bennett - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Pat Buchanan - Sought deferment for bad knee.
George W. Bush - Daddy got him in the Texas National Guard and then
he was missing for the last two years of his service.
Dick Cheney - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Tom DeLay - - Sought college deferment, too smart to die.
Newt Gingrich - Sought graduate school deferment, too smart to die.
Phil Gramm - Sought marriage deferment, too loved to die.
Jack Kemp - Sought medical deferment while in the NFL.
Rush Limbaugh - Sought deferment for ingrown hair follicle on his ass.
Trent Lott - Sought deferment, didn't want to muss his hair.
P.J. O'Rourke - Sought deferment, too stoned.
Dan Quayle - Family got him into the Reserves.
Pat Robertson - Father pulled him out of Korea as soon as the shooting
began.
Kenneth Starr Sought deferment for psoriasis.