That was then. This is now.
Rooty's spokeswoman Katie Levinson told New York magazine Rooty was opposed to the war in Vietnam on "strategic and tactical" grounds.......
The thought of this slick dodger Rooty plotting to send even one American soldier into battle is nauseating.
If Rudy were a real draft dodger, I’d be among the first to attack him. But being granted a 2-A deferment is not a draft dodger. Being drafted and then running, or leaving the country before being drafted is a draft dodger. Next they’ll be saying that anyone that served in the national guard is a draft dodger...and that’s not the case. Only if you can prove that a person gets drafted AND THEN after being drafted is allowed to join the national guard...are they a draft dodger.
We don’t know the circumstances around the decision to grant him a deferment. So in my opinion, he gets the benefit of the doubt.
I’m not voting for him though. And it’s got nothing to do with his lack of military service.
My grandfather was sent back home from boot camp durning wwii because his employer cried and cried that if his construction superintendent(my grandfather) left the company, the company would not be able to function. I wouldn’t call him a draft dodger for that. I have 5 uncles served during the early part of vietnam and not one of them ever set foot in vietnam, but they are all considered vietnam vets. That makes no sense to me, but the army says they are veterans, so that’s what they are.
I will not vote for Giuliani, but I have a feeling this “draft dodger” story came up when Giuliani was Mayor. (Just a guess.) The Post is probably bringing it up now just to cause trouble, or at the behest of another campaign.
Whoopee. He’s a professional politician. What should we expect?