Allen, though, is 14 years younger than Webb. He'd have barely made it into the draft, and then only at the tailend of the war.
He ended up getting fewer years of draft deferment than Webb, or me for that matter.
And your point on hanging around with sorority girls was what? Certainly Webb got his share, and probably girls you knew, or wished you knew (back when he was sane) ~ but now he's on his third known wife.
You simply can't win this one. Allen didn't dodge the draft. I didn't dodge the draft. Webb could have exposed himself to greater risk by joining the Marines earlier, but he didn't.
It was a very long war, with many different phases, and the Democrats were totally responsible for it and made all the mistakes anyone could ever make. No one who served in the military in that period could possibly be a patriot and a Democrat today.
That may all be true but my point stands...it was a deperate play by Allen and backfired.
Listen Allen is prolly a good guy .....bot when he became a senator he like the rest of his GOP buddies were spending money like it was going out of style.
Tons of FR's were saying how he was POTUS material and I kept sayin unless he grows up and stops the cowboy boot wearin good ol boy shtick he's gonna get painted as a mini-W and get creamed. W has a 38% approval rating and the voters ain't buyin that model again...He should of hired me.