No, otherwise all 1 million other NAM vets would be qualified to run for PUTOUS.
What on earth was that?!
Not Quite. Not all million vets volunteered for combat duty in the Airborne rangers.
Not all went on to law degrees and opened their own practice.
Not all got elected to Congress with the Gipper in 1980.
Not all were Reagan’s soulmate and righthand man in the House.
Not all formed the Conservative Opportunity Society in the 1980s with Newt and Vin Webber that led to the Contract with America and the 1994 GOP revolution.
Not all have served 27 years on the Armed Services Committee or chaired it for 4 years.
Not all are bona fide military experts.
Not all are rock ribbed conservatives.
Not all represent the last vestiges of the Reagan wing of the Party.
Not all have by far and away the most impressive record on military matters and ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
Not all avoided stupidity such as suing gun manufacturers and marching in gay pride parades (rudy).
Not all avoided being a moderate, middling Senator falling for Algores global warming wet dream and pushed us towards a binding international treaty (fred).
Not all avoided wiping their butts with the 1st amendment (Fred and McCain).
Not all avoided pandering to illegal aliens through their careers and raising taxes like a democrat (huck).
And not avoided running to the left of Ted Kennedy to get elected in Mass and becoming a flip-flopper extraoridinaire (Mitt).
All of them are much more qualified than some of the loons with their name on the ballot.