>Here's an interesting list:
>
>Democrats:
>
> > Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
> > David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
> > Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
> > Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as
> > an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
> > Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
> > Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
> > John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with
Combat V,
> > Purple Hearts.
> > Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
> > Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star,
>Vietnam.
> > Paraplegic from war injuries. Served in Congress.
> > Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
> > Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
> > Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
> > Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven
campaign
> > ribbons.
> > Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze
Stars,
> > and Soldier's Medal.
> > Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star
and
> > Legion of Merit.
> > Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
> > Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam;
Bronze
> > Star with Combat V.
> > Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
> > Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
> > Chuck Robb: Vietnam
> > Howell Heflin: Silver Star
> > George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
> > Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but
> > received #311.
> > Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
> > Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
> > John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and AirMedal with 18
Clusters.
> > Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by
Raoul
> > Wallenberg.
> >
> > Republicans -- and these are the guys sending people to war:
> >
> > Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by
marriage.
> > Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
> > Tom Delay: did not serve.
> > Roy Blunt: did not serve.
> > Bill Frist: did not serve.
> > Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
> > Rick Santorum: did not serve.
> > Trent Lott: did not serve.
> > John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
> > Jeb Bush: did not serve.
> > Karl Rove: did not serve.
> > Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked
Max
> > Cleland's patriotism.
> > Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
> > Vin Weber: did not serve.
> > Richard Perle: did not serve.
> > Douglas Feith: did not serve.
> > Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
> > Richard Shelby: did not serve.
> > Jon! Kyl: did not serve.
> > Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
> > Christopher Cox: did not serve.
> > Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
> > Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
> > George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got
> > assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running
> > for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam;
> > disappeared from duty.
> > Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role
> > making movies.
> > B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in
Korea.
> > Phil Gramm: did not serve.
> > John McCain: Vietnam POW, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of
Merit,
> > Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
> > Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
> > John M. McHugh: did not serve.
> > JC Watts: did not serve.
> > Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in
NFL
> > for 8 years as quarterback.
> > Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
> > Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
> > George Pataki: did not serve.
> > Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
> > John Engler: did not serve.
> > Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
> > Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.
> >
> >
> > Pundits & Preachers
> >
> > Sean Hannity: did not serve.
> > Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'polynoidal cyst.')
> > Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
> > Michael Savage: did not serve.
> > George Will: did not serve.
> > Chris Matthews: did not serve.
> > Paul Gigot: did not serve.
> > Bill Bennett: did not serve.
> > Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
> > John Wayne: did not serve.
> > Bill Kristol: did not serve.
> > Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
> > Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
> > Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
> > Ralph Reed: did not serve.
> > Michael Medved: did not serve.
> > Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
> > Ted Nugent: did not serve.
> > (He only shoots at things that don't shoot back.)
> >
> >
> > keep this information circulating
>
>