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TRUMP BOMBSHELL: The REAL Reason He Avoided Vietnam
Business Insider ^ | 04/29/2011 | Joe Weisenthal

Posted on 04/29/2011 11:22:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

And this might be why he never runs... not the F-bombs... it sounds like Trump has the quintessential rich politician problem: Vietnam.

According to a new document unearthed by The Smoking Gun: Donald Trump received 4 student deferments, and one medical deferment, which is in contradiction to a previous quote explaining his draft status: “I actually got lucky because I had a very high draft number. I’ll never forget, that was an amazing period of time in my life.”

Technically, that doesn't have to be a lie. Eventually Trump got a high draft number, but it appears that it's definitely not the only way he avoided the war.

Again, that Vietnam service has been an issue for many candidates is known to everyone, and for someone who was born wealthy -- and going to Wharton at the time -- the deferrals look worse.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


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To: newzjunkey
That wasn't my point. The "bombshell" was my point. He lied.

Besides, conservatives should not be defending a scumbag like Trump anyway.

141 posted on 04/29/2011 3:47:58 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man
I'm not seeing the lie when he said something that was factually true.

He spoke to the lottery period and mentioned his high number. You even agree it's a fact.

When people call something a lie that isn't a lie it dilutes the power of the charge.

You claim he's a "draft dodger." Was he ordered to report? Did he lie, cheat, beg and break commitments like Bill Clinton?

This "bombshell" shows a man who has commented often on his "great education" got student deferments? I'm shocked! Shocked!

142 posted on 04/29/2011 4:33:31 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: Conservative Vermont Vet
How is it that just about EVERYONE's personal documents are accessible and/or leaked by someone, EXCEPT, Barack Hussein Obama's?

That's how Barack got elected to the Senate - his opponent pulled out after his divorce records were unsealed.

143 posted on 04/29/2011 4:39:39 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Hot Tabasco

hey you didn’t finish the rest of the statement, just pick out what you want to huh. Tellñs me everything I need to know about you too.


144 posted on 04/29/2011 4:45:22 PM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: newzjunkey
You can make light of Trump not telling the whole story on his multiple draft deferments and instead just mentioning his high draft number. That is called deception. What I see with Trump and his ENTIRE record, is a willingness to obfuscate the truth and create falsehoods that cover his tracks. More proof why Trump is a charlatan.

Let me ask you something. Why did you take exception with my post at #8, but ignored the earlier post at #4?

145 posted on 04/29/2011 4:48:26 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: carmody

++ The left is going to keep picking at him, just as they did Palin, difference is he has the lawyers and the clout to go back at them.


146 posted on 04/29/2011 4:48:26 PM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: Ditto
My only question is why the 1-Y in 1968. Did he really have some medical issue or was that a scam?

His subsequent reclassification to 4-F makes me think that the 1-Y was for legitimate medical reasons.

147 posted on 04/29/2011 4:52:12 PM PDT by Bob
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To: SeekAndFind

Did BHO register for the draft?


148 posted on 04/29/2011 4:56:10 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh. Didn’t he have to register? They stopped the draft but had everyone register for a few years afterward, but I’m not sure when it ended.


149 posted on 04/29/2011 5:17:02 PM PDT by eartotheground
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To: SeekAndFind

Here it is:

http://usa-wethepeople.com/2008/12/obama%E2%80%99s-draft-registration-raises-serious-legal-questions/

and of course there are “problems” with it


150 posted on 04/29/2011 5:21:49 PM PDT by eartotheground
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To: brownsfan
Funny, Trump’s, (a private citizen), draft records appear, but BHO’s birth certificate was like pulling teeth from a chicken, and his college transcripts are still MIA.

I want to see Trump's medical records dating back to his 4-F medical disqualification.

151 posted on 04/29/2011 6:58:08 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: trumandogz; SatinDoll

Rush Limbaugh was 4-F, he was not a “draft dodger”.

By the way avoiding military service is the same whether it is 1970 or 1990 or 2010, funny how even many none veteran conservatives only want to count the Vietnam war, which ironically, was overwhelmingly fought by volunteers, not draftees.


152 posted on 04/29/2011 7:48:59 PM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")
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To: ansel12

I never said he was a draft dodger.


153 posted on 04/29/2011 7:52:05 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NOT FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: SatinDoll

It looked like you were throwing him in with them to me, I thought it made sense to include you in the ping.


154 posted on 04/29/2011 7:55:07 PM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")
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To: Bob
His subsequent reclassification to 4-F makes me think that the 1-Y was for legitimate medical reasons.

I looked it up earlier. In the 72-73 time frame when they ended the draft, they ended the 1-Y classification and moved everyone in 1-Y to 4-F. It seems if was a bureaucrat paper shuffling thing and the individual never even knew that happened.

The guy could have a hay fever problem of a case of psoriasis that the SS deemed 1-Y before and changed to 4-F without even looking at him again.

It does not mean he was not able to serve. It just means they didn't want to deal with accommodating that particular condition. In WWII, they were no where near as accommodating.

155 posted on 04/29/2011 8:04:00 PM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: ansel12

You’re forgiven.


156 posted on 04/29/2011 8:04:22 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NOT FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: Bob
His subsequent reclassification to 4-F makes me think that the 1-Y was for legitimate medical reasons.

All 1-Y's became 4-F's in December of 1971 automatically. So just because one was reclassified to 4-F doesn't mean that one was legitimately classified originally as a 1-Y.

I would like to see the records of Trump's September 1968 physical exam to see if his October 1968 1-Y classification was legitimate.

157 posted on 04/29/2011 8:49:43 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: wtc911

So you just refused to serve in the military?


158 posted on 04/30/2011 7:17:06 AM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")
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To: ansel12

What, you just get released and now you’re back with your bullshit? It was better when you were gone.


159 posted on 04/30/2011 8:15:52 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: wtc911

I don’t know what the personal attack is about, I was only trying to make sense of your misleading post that was giving the impression that good Americans did not care about military service and patriotism when it was your time to serve, and so it justified your decision to avoid military service, if indeed you never ended up serving.

You never served in the military?


160 posted on 04/30/2011 8:40:07 AM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")
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