Armyvet35 wrote:and then vote for the guy that dodged the draft.
People voted for clinton based on that info as well...
if you say so. i voted for him for other reasons. and only the second time i voted for a democrat presidential candidate.
but, don't you find it interesting that in clinton's case, conservatives were absolutely outraged that there was a president that "dodged the draft".
in bush's case? well, he served in the guard. sort of.
before people get all uptight about the guard, it is important to note that the role the guard is playing today is a verry, very different one than that of the vietnam era.
as i understand it, of the +/- 2.5 million people that served in vietnam, about 18,000 were national guard and were used for rear line duties such as transportation and warehousing.
in other words, it was a pretty safe bet that, if you joined the guard during the vietnam era, you were not going to see combat.
dan quayle went the same way.
so i'm wondering how republicans or conservatives square the enthusiasm for bush the draft dodger with their hatred of clinton the draft dodger ?
same issue, different political affiliations