Posted on 10/08/2011 10:32:15 PM PDT by fightinJAG
O'Donnell: I misread your book and its references to the Navy. I thought you served in the Navy. You're now telling me you didn't. Can you explain how you avoided military service during the Vietnam War and during the draft, and why you should be commander in-chief if you did successfully avoid service during the war that came during what would have been your war years? After avoiding the Vietnam War, why should you be commander-in-chief?
Cain: Lawrence, you know, do you stay up nights coming up with the wording of these questions?
O'Donnell: Just thought of that one now ...How did you do that?
Cain: You say, "How did I avoid the Vietnam War?" I wasn't trying to avoid the Vietnam War! Here's what happened, Lawrence. I was working in a critical area called exterior ballistics. I worked on something called rocket assisted projectiles for the Department of the Navy. It was my local board in Atlanta, Georgia, that told me, "We would rather have you continue to do that analytical work, to help the Navy, rather than us draft you." Secondly, when they had the lottery, I made myself available. The year that they had the lottery for the draft, they did not draft me because they didn't get to my number. So I think that's a poor choice of words on your part to say that I "avoided" the Vietnam War. I made myself available to my country, and they did not draft me. The rest of the time I was serving my country in a critical role called exterior ballistic analysis. So I am offended with your choice of words in terms of what I was doing during the Vietnam War.
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OMG Cain/Newt or Newt/Cain Versus Obama/Biden....
I would record that and watch it every week the rest of my life :-)
I like Perry also but can’t get excited about his debating skills. Obama will eat him alive.
I personally despise draft-dodgers like Clintoon.....
J/S
I get emails from another conservative site.
it says ex-gov Ventura is asking Ron Paul to drop out of Republican ticket and join him in a Paul/Ventura independent ticket.
Anyone else hear this?
The term is Paulestinians.
Sounds like these pieces of feces are getting worried about Herman. He can hold his own from what I’ve seen.
Did this really happen?
I don’t know if they really dislike Cain, or are doing a trick to get Cain some sympathy.
I think I remember that.
Isnt that the night he lost it on Matthews show?
If so, they pulled him from the air for a couple of years.
I will never forget this man’s insane rants in MSNBC.
When they brought him back, they gave him his own show.
go figure!
I think I remember that.
Isnt that the night he lost it on Matthews show?
If so, they pulled him from the air for a couple of years.
I will never forget this man’s insane rants in MSNBC.
When they brought him back, they gave him his own show.
go figure!
Really? Ron Paul people are here, now, talking down Cain? Mostly Ron Paul’s people are elsewhere.
That’s my thought too.
That’s my thought too.
It’s not something that Ron Paul supporters are aware of or care about.
The Values Voters victory with an impressive 37% and the black this out moneybomb are the focus. Also being pissed about moving Iowa caucus to Christmas break. but mostly the black this out moneybomb.
Not trying to defend 0bama, far from it, but didn’t the draft end in 1973 and the Vietnam War ended a couple years later? He was born in 1961, which made him only 12-14 years old. I’m just pointing this out in the context of serving in Vietnam War or not, which was the point of King v. Cain discussion.
Yeah, that would be funny. I doubt Biden would agree to it. Do we even know if biden was selected be barry’s vp while campaigning this time around? Maybe, suddenly, biden will feel the need to spend more time with the family - or they will leave it be since they know barry ain’t winning.
What? You mean it’s suddenly not too late to enter the race?
Marxist AMERICAN AND FULL-OUT Liberty and Truth HATER O’Donnell can go straight to Hell and get Hell on Earth brought to bear to him.
Oh yes, when you read complaints about his time at the KC Fed, you will know.
Why would I want him fired? Leave the idiot where he is, an open sore exposed for all to see.
His hatred for any non-white who doesn’t believe the government GAVE them rights needs to be witnessed. This is one of the key elements of Leftist thought in this country—minorities who aren’t liberal/socialist minorities are to be despised, and there’s nothing racist about that, in their eyes. The truth is revealed as soon as minorities don’t show proper gratitude for wonderful libs.
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