1# Representative Patrick McHenry, R-NC - did not serve. Saw fit to endanger American troops’ lives after a visit to Iraq by violating operational security and helping militias target their mortar attacks on the Green Zone.
2# Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY - did not serve (1)
3# Senate Assistant Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-MI - avoided the draft, did not serve.
4# Senate Republican Conference Chairman Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve.
5# Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair John Cornyn, R-TX - did not serve.
6# National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Ensign, R-NV - did not serve.
7# House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH - did not serve.
8# House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-MO - did not serve.
9# House Republican Conerence Chair Adam Putnam, R-FL - did not serve.
10# House Republican Policy Committee Thaddeus McCotter, R-MI - did not serve.
11# National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-OK - did not serve.
12# Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani - did not serve.
13# Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney - did not serve in the military but did serve the Mormon Church on a 30-month mission to France.
14# Former Senator Fred Thompson - did not serve. avoided the draft, did not serve (1). “So many minority youths had volunteered … that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.”
15# Former House Majority Whip Roy Blunt - did not serve
16# Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - did not serve. (An impressive medical resume, but not such a friend to cats in Boston.)
17# Rick Santorum, R-PA, formerly third ranking Republican in the Senate - did not serve.
18# George Felix Allen, former Republican Senator from Virginia - a supporter of Nixon and the Vietnam war, did not serve. (1)
19# GW Bush - decided that a six-year Nat’l Guard commitment really means four years. Still says that he’s “been to war.” Huh?
20# VP Cheney - several deferments (1, 2), the last by marriage (in his own words, “had other priorities than military service”) (1)
21# Former Att’y Gen. John Ashcroft - did not serve (1, 2); received seven deferment to teach business ed at SW Missouri State
22# Jeb Bush, Florida Governor - did not serve. (1)
23# Karl Rove - avoided the draft, did not serve (1), too busy being a Republican.
24# Former Speaker Newt Gingrich - avoided the draft, did not serve (1, 2)
25# “B-1″ Bob Dornan - avoided Korean War combat duty by enrolling in college acting classes (Orange County Weekly article). Enlisted only after the fighting was over in Korea.
26# Phil Gramm - avoided the draft, did not serve, four (?) student deferments
2# Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY - did not serve (1)
3# Senate Assistant Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-MI - avoided the draft, did not serve.
4# Senate Republican Conference Chairman Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve.
5# Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair John Cornyn, R-TX - did not serve.
6# National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Ensign, R-NV - did not serve.
7# House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH - did not serve.
8# House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-MO - did not serve.
9# House Republican Conerence Chair Adam Putnam, R-FL - did not serve.
10# House Republican Policy Committee Thaddeus McCotter, R-MI - did not serve.
11# National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-OK - did not serve.
12# Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani - did not serve.
13# Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney - did not serve in the military but did serve the Mormon Church on a 30-month mission to France.
14# Former Senator Fred Thompson - did not serve. avoided the draft, did not serve (1). “So many minority youths had volunteered … that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.”
15# Former House Majority Whip Roy Blunt - did not serve
16# Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - did not serve. (An impressive medical resume, but not such a friend to cats in Boston.)
17# Rick Santorum, R-PA, formerly third ranking Republican in the Senate - did not serve.
18# George Felix Allen, former Republican Senator from Virginia - a supporter of Nixon and the Vietnam war, did not serve. (1)
19# GW Bush - decided that a six-year Nat’l Guard commitment really means four years. Still says that he’s “been to war.” Huh?
20# VP Cheney - several deferments (1, 2), the last by marriage (in his own words, “had other priorities than military service”) (1)
21# Former Att’y Gen. John Ashcroft - did not serve (1, 2); received seven deferment to teach business ed at SW Missouri State
22# Jeb Bush, Florida Governor - did not serve. (1)
23# Karl Rove - avoided the draft, did not serve (1), too busy being a Republican.
24# Former Speaker Newt Gingrich - avoided the draft, did not serve (1, 2)
25# “B-1″ Bob Dornan - avoided Korean War combat duty by enrolling in college acting classes (Orange County Weekly article). Enlisted only after the fighting was over in Korea.
26# Phil Gramm - avoided the draft, did not serve, four (?) student deferments
1 comment:
and rumsfeld still turns my stomach.
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