notice a pattern?
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.
·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 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 1951-1953
·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.
Republicans:
·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: 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.
·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.)
·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.
·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 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 1951-1953
·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.
Republicans:
·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: 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.
·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.)