[EternalHope]

Wish you guys would quit with the "Dubya inflation"...

You're leaving out a couple of small details:

1. Kerry had a draft number that guaranteed he would be drafted if he did not volunteer.

In other words, Kerry volunteered to avoid the draft, thus keeping himself from having to sit in a foxhole and/or crawl through the mud.

2. Dubya had a draft number in the 300s. That means he had no chance of being drafted. He joined the Guard ANYWAY.

[deport]

2. Dubya had a draft number in the 300s. That means he had no chance of being drafted. He joined the Guard ANYWAY.

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Check your info regarding when the Draft Lottery went into effect..... President Bush had no such number....

[USMCVet]

Real men didn't look at their draft number. Real men signed up for the big stuff back then: we had a war on.

I save all my admiration for those guys - particularly the platoon commanders, squad leaders, company commanders, etc. that picked the small shrapnel out themselves, applied the first aid cream, and stayed with their men. I admire the F-4 and A-4 drivers that got down on the deck and took hits for us. I admire the medevac pilots that flew to us no matter what to get the wounded out.

I don't waste my time trying to build up George or John.

[stocksthatgoup]

1. Kerry had a draft number that guaranteed he would be drafted if he did not volunteer.
In other words, Kerry volunteered to avoid the draft, thus keeping himself from having to sit in a foxhole and/or crawl through the mud.
2. Dubya had a draft number in the 300s. That means he had no chance of being drafted. He joined the Guard ANYWAY
Thank you for this post.......I had a number in the high 300's as well. Dems no doubt would think I won life's lottery.