Out of My Mind

And them what did not.

From some email list to which I subscribe, but facts are facts:

Miltary Service

I must be fair about this list. I did not serve. My draft
number was 309. denis

A list of who served in the military and who did not
Prominent Democrats

Representative Jack Murtha (D-PA) - distinguished 37-year
career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Bronze Star and two Purple
Hearts, retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel
in 1990. (1) Representative Richard Gephardt, former House
Minority Leader - Missouri Air National Guard, 1965-71.
(1, 2) Representative David Bonior - Staff Sgt., United
States Air Force 1968-72 (1, 2) Senate Minority Leader Tom
Daschle - 1st Lt., U.S. Air Force SAC 1969-72 (1, 2) Former
Vice President Al Gore - enlisted August 1969; sent to
Vietnam January 1971 as an army journalist, assigned to the
20th Engineer Brigade headquartered at Bien Hoa, an airbase
twenty miles northeast of Saigon. More facts about Gore's
Service Former Senator Bob Kerrey... Democrat... Lt. j.g.
U.S. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam (1, 2) Senator
Daniel Inouye, US Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, World War
Two (1, 2) Senator John Kerry, Lt., U.S. Navy 1966-70;
Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards
of the Purple Heart for his service in combat (1)
Representative Charles Rangel, Staff Sgt., U.S. Army
1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea (1,2)
Former Senator Max Cleland, Captain, U.S. Army 1965-68;
Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam (1,2) Senator Ted
Kennedy (D-MA) - U.S. Army, 1951-1953. (1) Senator Tom
Harkin (D-IA) - Lt., U.S. Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve,
1968-74. (1, 2) Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) - U.S. Army
Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91 (1)
Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) - served as a U.S. Army
officer in World War II, receiving the Bronze Star and
seven campaign ribbons. (1)

Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA) - Lt. Col., U.S. Army
1956-76; two tours in Vietnam, two Distinguished Flying
Crosses as a helicopter pilot, two Bronze Stars, and the
Soldier's Medal. (1, 2) Former Representative "Pete"
Peterson, Air Force Captain, POW, Ambassador to Viet Nam,
and recipient of the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and the
Legion of Merit. (1, 2) Rep. Mike Thompson, D-CA: Staff
sergeant/platoon leader with the 173rd Airborne Brigade,
U.S. Army; was wounded and received a Purple Heart. (1, 2)
Bill McBride, Democratic Candidate for Florida Governor -
volunteered and served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam; awarded
Bronze Star with a combat "V." (1) Gray Davis, former
California Governor, Army Captain in Vietnam; received
Bronze Star. (1) Pete Stark, D-CA, served in the Air Force
1955-57 Wesley Clark, Democratic Presidential Candidate -
lengthy military career.

Prominent Republicans

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert - avoided the draft,
did not serve. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey -
avoided the draft, did not serve. House Majority Leader Tom
Delay - avoided the draft, did not serve (1). "So many
minority youths had volunteered ... that there was literally
no room for patriotic folks like himself." House Majority
Whip Roy Blunt - did not serve Senate Majority Leader Bill
Frist - did not serve. (An impressive medical resume, but
not such a friend to cats in Boston.) Majority Whip Mitch
McConnell, R-KY - did not serve (1) Rick Santorum, R-PA,
third ranking Republican in the Senate - did not serve. (1)
Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott - avoided the
draft, did not serve.

Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld - served in the U.S. Navy
(1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. (1) Served as
President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East and met
with Saddam Hussein twice in 1983 and 1984.
GW Bush - decided that a six-year Nat'l Guard commitment
really means four years. Still says that he's "been to war."
Huh? VP Cheney - several deferments (1, 2), the last by
marriage (in his own words, "had other priorities than
military service") (1) Att'y Gen. John Ashcroft - did not
serve (1, 2); received seven deferment to teach business
ed at SW Missouri State

Jeb Bush, Florida Governor - did not serve. (1)

Karl Rove - avoided the draft, did not serve Former Speaker
Newt Gingrich - avoided the draft, did not serve (1, 2)
"B-1" Bob Dornan - avoided Korean War combat duty by
enrolling in college acting classes (Orange County Weekly
article). Enlisted only after the fighting was over in
Korea.
Phil Gramm - avoided the draft, did not serve, four (?)
student deferments Senator John McCain - McCain's naval
honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of
Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. Why
did the Bush campaign smear him so? At least Senators
Cleland (D-GA), Kerry (D-MA), Kerrey (D- NE), Robb (D-VA)
and Hagel (R-NE) defended him. Former Senator Bob Dole -
an honorable man. http://www.bobdole.org/bio/ wwII.php
Chuck Hagel - two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star,
Vietnam. http:// www.senate.gov/~hagel/Information/bio.htm
Duke Cunningham - nominated for the Medal of Honor,
received the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, fifteen Air
Medals, the Purple Heart, and several other decorations
Recently entered plea bargain on felony charges of bribery,
etc. etc. Senator Jeff Sessions U.S. Army Reserves,
1973-1986 Colin Powell-Obviously served. Representative
Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), served in USMC in Vietnam; wounded
in action. Back to AWOLBush.com home page
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Democrats

Chuck Robb, US Senator from Virginia, served in Vietnam
Howell Heflin... Democrat... Silver Star George McGovern,
famous liberal, awarded Silver Star & DFC, dozens of
missions during WWII. Former President Bill Clinton -
avoided the draft through student deferments; in the
autumn of 1969, Clinton entered the draft but received a
high number (311) and was never called to serve. (CNN
article.) "...it was his doubts about the morality of the
war and the Selective Service system that led him to
abandon the ROTC idea and to subject himself to a draft
lottery. Only the luck of the draw - a high lottery number
- kept him out. " (Jeff Greenfield, ABC News, quoting
Gov. Clinton.) Former President Jimmy Carter, most recent
recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, seven years in the
Navy. "Except for his fellow service-academy graduate
Dwight Eisenhower, no President of the twentieth century
spent more years in uniform than Carter." (New Yorker
Magazine) Former Vice President Walter Mondale, U.S. Army
1951-1953 Former Senator John Glenn, D-OH (1974-1999) -
Served in WWII and Korea; extensive military commendations
include the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions,
and the Air Medal with 18 Clusters. Congressman Tom Lantos,
D-CA - Did not serve in the US military; did serve in the
Hungarian anti-Nazi underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul
Wallenberg, is the only Holocaust survivor to serve in
Congress.

Republicans/Conservatives

Political
Senator Richard Shelby, did not serve (1) Senator Jon Kyl,
R-AZ - did not serve (1, 2) Senator Tim Hutchison, R-AR -
did not serve (1, 2) Rep. Christopher Cox, R-CA, (formerly)
fifth-ranking Republican in the House - did not serve. (1)
Rep. John T. Doolittle, R-CA, sixth-ranking Republican in
the House - did not serve. Representative Saxby Chambliss,
Georgia - did not serve (1, 2), had a "bad knee"
(yet somehow feels he has a right to attack Max Cleland's
patriotism) Former Representative JC Watts - did not serve
(1, 2) Jack Kemp, did not serve (1, 2) (was unfit because
of a knee injury, though he heroically continued as a
National Football League quarterback for another eight
years - source) Former Vice President Dan Quayle, avoided
Vietnam service, got a slot in the journalism unit of the
Indiana National Guard when the unit was at 150% capacity
(at least he showed up for his duty, unlike GW) (1, 2)
Eliot Abrams, did not serve (1, 2) (however, played a key
role in subverting democracy in South America) Paul
Wolfowitz, did not serve (1, 2) Former Representative Vin
Weber, did not serve (1, 2) Richard Perle, did not serve
(1, 2) (is the current bloodshed in the Middle East a
direct result of his treasonous meddling in Clinton
Administrstion foreign policy?) Douglas Feith,
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy - did not serve. (1)
Rudy Giuliani, did not serve (1, 2) Michael Bloomberg, did
not serve (1, 2) George Pataki, did not serve (1, 2)
Spencer Abraham, did not serve John Engler, did not serve
(1, 2) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) - website used to claim
service as a "Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm
veteran." A current biographical website makes no such
claim. In reality, was a National Guard lawyer who never
left South Carolina during the Gulf War. Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher, R-CA, did not serve (1) Rep. Darrell Issa,
R-CA/49th, there were some problems with his service.
Rep. John M. McHugh, R-NY - avoided the draft, did not
serve (1) Arnold Schwarzenegger, CA Republican Governor -
went AWOL from his Austrian army base to enter a body-
building competition.
George Herbert Walker Bush, pilot in WWII. Shot down by
the Japanese; was lone survivor out of airplane.
Tom Ridge, Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam (1)
Representative Sam R. Johnson, combat missions in both
Korea and Vietnam, POW in Hanoi from April 1966 to February
1973 (1) (don't ever run for president Sam, they'll spread
rumors that you're crazy) Senator Ted Stevens, R-AK, WW II
pilot, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Air Medals,
and the Yuan Hai medal awarded by the Republic of China.
Sen. John Warner, R-VA - Served in the Navy during WWII as
a RM3 Congresswoman Heather Wilson, R-NM, served in the Air
Force 1978-1989 Former President Gerald Ford, served in the
Navy, WWII Former Senator Strom Thurmond - apparently
believes, along with Trent Lott, that America should
have been a segregated society. Still, he served.
Fighting Democrats

Back from the front lines and headed for Congress in 2006.

Paul Hackett - U.S. Senate - Ohio
Website: www.hackettforohio.com
Charles Brown - California 4th District - 26-year career in
USAF; jet and helicopter pilot; recently retired as Lt.
Colonel
Website: http://www.charliebrownforcongress.org
Patrick Murphy - Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District
Website: www.murphy06.com
Bryan Lentz - Pennslyvania's 7th Congressional District
Website: www.lentzforcongress.com
David Ashe - Virginia's 2nd Congressional District
Website: http://www.davidasheforcongress.com/
Andrew Duck - Maryland 6th Congressional District Website at
http://duckforcongress.org Eric
Massa - New York’s 29th District
Website: www.massaforcongress.com
Punditocracy and Preacher-types (See also Media Whores
Online) George Will, did not serve Chris
Matthews, Mediawhore, did not serve.
Bill O'Reilly, did not serve
Paul Gigot, did not serve.
Bill Bennett, Did not serve
Pat Buchanan, did not serve
Rush Limbaugh, did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst'
[see "The Rush Limbaugh Story" by Paul D. Colford, St.
Martin's Press, 1993, Chapter 2: Beating the Draft.])
Michael Savage (aka Michael Alan Weiner) - did not serve,
too busy chasing herbs and botany degrees in Hawaii and
Fiji John Wayne, did not serve Pat Robertson - claimed
during 1986 campaign to be a "combat veteran." In reality,
was a "Liquor Officer."
Bill Kristol, did not serve
Sean Hannity, 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
Country Singer Toby Keith, did not serve. (1) Radio Host
Phil Hendrie, did not serve.
Ollie North - Convicted in the Iran-Contra scandal, at
least he served.
Charlton Heston - served in WWII, but went AWOL when
Michael Moore asked him some tough questions.

Independents

Gov. Jesse Ventura, U.S. Navy SEAL training, did UDT work
Senator Jim Jeffords, U.S. Navy 1956-1959 And let's not
forget the Coast Guard...