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List of CON Chickenhawks who have NOT served in military!
It's a long list, get ready:

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Conservatives make great fun of President Clinton for questioning the Vietnam War, standing up to his beliefs and questioning his own participation in that war as well, i.e., being honest and walking the walk of his own belief system [and then giving up his student deferment to subject himself to the draft!]. On the other hand there were literally millions of dishonest hypocritical, cowardly right-wing loonies who supported the Vietnam war while refusing to personally participate."

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 (1), too busy being a Republican.

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich - avoided the draft, did not serve (1, 2) then had two extra-marital affairs and then presented wife with divorce papers while in hospital dying of cancer. A self-proclaimed "compassionate CON-servative"

Former President Ronald Reagan - due to poor eyesight, served in a noncombat role making movies for the Army in southern California during WWII. He later seems to have confused his role as an actor playing a tail gunner with the real thing.

"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 -served as fighter pilot and NOW a Convicted felon & traitor. Now serving 8 years in the slammer.

Senator Jeff Sessions U.S. Army Reserves, 1973-1986

Colin Powell. What are we to make of Powell? On the one hand, a long career as a military manager. On the other hand, accused of covering up the My Lai massacre. Back on that first hand, one of the seemingly sane voices in this administration when it comes to Iraq (or at least he used to be). On the other hand, a clear hypocrite ("I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units...")

Representative Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), served in USMC in Vietnam;
wounded in action.

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, fifth-ranking Republican in Congress - did not serve. (1)

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 bodybuilding competition

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

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.

I'm sure there's many,many more. By the way, it was liberal democrats like Pres. FDR & Wilson that led WW1 & WW2 in defeating RIGHTWING Fascism. Republicans in congress were against helping Britain against Germany. (see book,"Illustrious Dunderheads" by Rex Stout) This book documents ALL floor speeches of repugnants in Congress argueing AGAINST in helping Britain against the Fascists! Gee, I wonder why?

Its the same old story, no rich kids
joined the service in viet nam they
all fled to canada and were welcomed
back?? while those who openly oposed
the war were put in jail?? the Rich
and super wealthy whos names are never
mentioned and if they were we the average
person whould not even know who they are
have the rich whos names we do know
do their bidding.