[Archangelsk]

That stuff is all Government propaganda. The sons of the rich or politically well-connected did not serve, and the few who did (like Al Gore) got cushy billets with less risk than they would have have experienced at a fraternity kegger! (Or they got a nice slot in the National Guard...)

This sounds like an indictment of not only Al Gore and Lloyd Bentsen but also the President and Dan Quayle. Sorry, Ranger, but you can't have it both ways.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

This sounds like an indictment of not only Al Gore and Lloyd Bentsen but also the President and Dan Quayle. Sorry, Ranger, but you can't have it both ways.

In my mind it depends somewhat on how these people characterized their service. I seem to recall Al Gore bragging about his 'service', which by most accounts was cushy, preferential, and nowhere near combat. I don't know if President Bush would have the nerve to equate his time in the Guard with soldiers who enlisted in the regular army.