Reprinted from mail I got...

Prominent Republicans who did not serve in the military:



Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert -- avoided the draft, did not serve.

Majority Leader, and soon to be retired, Dick Armey -- avoided the draft, did not serve.

Majority Whip Tom Delay -- avoided the draft, did not serve.

Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott -- avoided the draft, did not serve.

President G. W. Bush -- decided that a six-year National Guard commitment really means four years.

Vice President Dick Cheney -- several deferments, the last by marriage (in his own words, "had other priorities than military service").

Attorney General John Ashcroft -- sought deferment to teach business education at Southwest Missouri State University.

Karl Rove -- avoided the draft, did not serve, too busy being a Republican (see this Washington Post article.)

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich -- avoided the draft, did not serve.

Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas) -- avoided the draft, did not serve, four (?) student deferments.

And don't forget Bill Kristol, Elliott Abrams, Pat Buchanan, Jack Kemp, Vin Weber, George Will, Ken Starr and Rush Limbaugh -- comedian and author Al Franken devoted a chapter to conservative chicken hawks in his best-selling book "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot." (For more on these gentlemen, see: [link|http://www.rackjite.com/chawks.htm|Chicken Hawks]) Pat Robertson enlisted, went over to Korea and was sent home at his father's request when the fighting started...

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