[twyn1]

Rush just talked about this a little bit more -- he explained (paraphrasing here) that the "draft-dodging" or "chickenhawk" label is being used against guys who, in many cases, would have served had their number been called or if they had been able (we do know that many guys with high numbers were never called up, others were medically disqualified, even for simple things like heart murmurs or flat feet) -- the ones who are calling "names" are most likely whiney "peacenicks" who would never, ever have served, they would have run off to Canada or gone to college, gotten married or anything they could in oreder to avoid war, they know this (in their hearts) and now they have to call others "chickenhawks" in order to "assuage their guilt" over not only not serving, but in many cases actually protesting and dissing the troops who did go over there (and dishonoring those who did serve, esp. the ones who did not make it back)

[Non-Sequitur]

So in other words Rush is saying that people like Dick Cheney and Trent Lott and Phil Graham and Pat Buchanan and Newt Gingrich and Danny Hastert and maybe even Rush himself would have served if they had been forced to serve? Thanks, I feel so much better about it now.

[Fury]

the ones who are calling "names" are most likely whiney "peacenicks" who would never, ever have served, they would have run off to Canada or gone to college, gotten married or anything they could in oreder to avoid war, they know this (in their hearts) and now they have to call others "chickenhawks" in order to "assuage their guilt" over not only not serving, but in many cases actually protesting and dissing the troops who did go over there (and dishonoring those who did serve, esp. the ones who did not make it back)

You are so right. One of the most ardent users of the "chickenhawk" monikor at work is someone who makes no bones about his going to Canada if he were drafted. What a clueless twit.