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Cheney’s “five deferments.”
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| Sept 3
| Bob Hyneman
Posted on 09/03/2004 7:15:01 AM PDT by Bob Hyneman
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To: NEBO
The LIBERALLY BIASED Media is LOSING more readers daily. Soon they will be HISTORY like the Kerry campaign. Which brings up the question, will there be a paper left to run the obituary for the liberal media ?
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:26:34 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Red Badger
I am too young (49) to have been worried about going to Vietnam when I was 18, so I don't know a lot about the deferment process in the 60's. But were they not legal? If one got a deferment, was it not the government that gave it to you? If the VP got a deferment, then ipso facto it was the same govt that drafted that gave it out, no? And, if the Vietnam war was considered a bad war by the Left, then he should be praised by them for not going to fight it, no?....... Your logic is impeccable, as always, Mr. Spock.
To: EllaMinnow
From what my husband told me, no one born in 53 was drafted.Not precisely true, but the draft had leveled off considerably by then.
I believe that the first Vietnam draft lottery took place in December 1969 and the last in February 1972.
Everyone born in 1953 was 18 years old by February 1972 and therefore legally subject to the draft.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:27:07 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: aragona
So you're saying--
"He actually TRIED to get a deferment before didn't?"
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:27:46 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(the real enemy seeks to devour what is good)
To: Bob Hyneman
Thanks for taking the time to illuminate this "sound bite" that is being used against Mr. Cheney. I'm the same age as the VP and, while he and I both could have volunteered for Vietnam, we were a bit "over the hill" by that time. The Cuban missile crisis (Oct. 1962, when he and I were already 21), if it had turned into a war, is the event that would probably have gotten both of us into service. Age matters: Cheney (b. 1/30/41) is almost three years older than Kerry (b. 12/11/43), who in turn is 2 years and 8 months older than President Bush (b. 7/6/46). Those age differences make a tremendous difference in how their records should be viewed.
To: Bob Hyneman; no more apples
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:28:48 AM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Pax et bonum!)
To: Bob Hyneman
I'll bet Dick Cheney's got two words for John Kerry, and they ain't "Merry Christmas"
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:28:59 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: wideawake
WHY IS NO ONE ASKING WHY THE hE_ _ DIDN'T JOHN EDWARDS VOLUNTERR FOR ACTIVE DUTY, IF THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. INSTEAD OF BEING A "girly man".
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:29:14 AM PDT
by
wvromania
(CHALLENGE KERRY TO GO TO IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Semi Civil Servant
Logic has no meaning in the politics of hate practiced by the Left......Danke!.....
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:29:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Hillary has a Coke Bottle figure....3 LITER!)
To: aragona
Kerry actually tried to get a deferment before he didn't try to get a deferment.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:29:43 AM PDT
by
Piranha
To: Bob Hyneman
Gee didn't Cheney also serve his country as WH Chief of staff, a congressman, and Sec of Defense. The last time I looked these roles are called public service too.
BTW Cheney being VP, shouldn't Flippy be comparing his record to John-boy Jr's(Edwards) record?
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:29:54 AM PDT
by
Mister Baredog
((Part of the Reagan legacy is to re-elect G.W. Bush))
To: Big Guy and Rusty 99
Do anything beside lies come out of sKerry's mouth? Well, there's also bluster and braggery, and the occasional "Do you know who I am? directed at some poor working stiff who's not moving fast enough for his Highness. The man is a jerk, and a thin-skinned one at that.
To: EllaMinnow
I beg to differ. People born in 1953 certainly WERE drafted.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:30:40 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
To: xzins
hi xzins...
That's immoral.
Immoral = Democrats
Democrats = Immoral
What's new? LOL
Deacon Francis
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:30:56 AM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Pax et bonum!)
To: EllaMinnow
My brother, born on August 9, 1953 received number seven in the draft lottery in 1973, was classified 1A, passed his physical and was ready to go when the draft ended later that year.
Anybody who has Edwards' birthday can look up his number here.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:31:08 AM PDT
by
LisaFab
To: ClearCase_guy
At this point, John Kerry would say: "How dare you question my patriotism!?"I'm so tired of that phrase. Geez...
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:31:12 AM PDT
by
SquirrelKing
("It's just a movie. ... I'd rather go to the bar across the street." - Kid Rock, on Fahrenheit 9/11)
To: Bob Hyneman
Didn't I read somewhere that Cheney led the military as Secretary of Defense from 1988 to 1992? Didn't I read somewhere that during this watch the US became embroiled in a shooting war? If that's all true, then didn't Cheney serve the US in a military capacity (though not in uniform) for approximately four years?
If all that is so, I wonder who had a greater influence on military policy during his time in that spotlight, Cheney or Kerry. I wonder who said more things in support of the troops in his life, Cheney or Kerry.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:32:02 AM PDT
by
stevem
To: aragona; doug from upland
I saw it reported recently that Kerry actually first tried to get a deferment or out the draft altogether but failed. His next plan was to go for as short a time as possible - successfully achieved in 4 months. I will google around and try to find that report. If anyone knows the facts please post them. Doug, did you hear that extensive report Larry Elder (KABC radio 79.0, Los Angeles) did on this last week? With all the citations? Claiming that Kerry applied for a deferrment after Yale and was denied, so he enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officer's Training School?
I meant to send Larry an e-mail asking for those citations or go to his website and see if he has that info posted, but I haven't had time.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:32:24 AM PDT
by
truthkeeper
(Yeah, I have a 1998 signup date. So?)
To: Austin Willard Wright
Spin it anyway you want.Sounds like you're spinning.
Cheney stayed home while fifty thousand Americans died in a war he supported.
So, unless one volunteered, it was their moral duty to oppose the war? Reply when you start making sense.
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:33:21 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: litehaus
"...chose the Navy because he wanted to fight the fierce North Vietnam Navy..."
Are you saying that all those in the Navy during the Vietnam War were some kind of wussies? Sure sounds that way to me - how about the Air Force? If you deride 1 sailor's service - you deride them all - jerk!!!
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posted on
09/03/2004 7:34:05 AM PDT
by
familyofman
(people think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time)
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