I seem to recall that Edwards was in deferrment world during Vietnam. Not sure of the details though.
"I seem to recall that Edwards was in deferrment world during Vietnam. Not sure of the details though."
Believe he graduated from high school in 1971.
The point is, he's a small town southern boy who, until he was elected Senator from NC (where he has done little for the people who elected him) had no executive leadership experience, no experience in government, no experience with the military, and has never met a payroll or learned anything about creating productivity and wealth in an economy.
He did learn, during his law practice, that you can ACQUIRE a lot of wealth quickly. He did this by pretending to be for the "little people," knowing full well that if he won lawsuits, the bulk of the award would go to the lawyer. Meanwhile, thousands of people's insurance premiums and other costs would go up to pay for the wealth transfer into his bank account.
Now, he wants to promise help for the "little people" with taxpayer dollars (using government taxing power to take the hard-earned dollars of many for the benefit of others) in exchange for votes. Trading promises for votes is how unscrupulous politicians attain power.
Let him go out on this Vietnam hero limb as far as he is willing to go. Perhaps he has hitched his wagon to the wrong star.