[Corin Stormhands]

I don't know. Maybe, like rudy, he was so vital to national security in his job as a law clerk that he couldn't be spared either!

Well, snark all you want, but it's a serious question. Thompson was in college and law school just ahead of Rudy.

Rudy was in the Air Force ROTC but couldn't fly because of an ear problem. And IIRC, he had a high draft number. So, yes, he got the deferments. We know that story.

But what's Fred's story?

If you support him (and I will if he wins the primary), don't be foolish enought to think I'm the only person who will ask this question.

[flashbunny]

He was in law school and had three kids to support.

Then he worked as an assistant us attorney near the end of US involvement in vietnam.

Quite a bit of difference from being somebody's favorite law clerk.