These colors dont run....but these republicans do!

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


Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey - avoided the draft, did not
serve.

House Majority Leader Tom Delay - avoided the draft, did not serve (1).
"So many minority youths had volunteered ... that there was literally
no room for patriotic folks like himself."

House Majority Whip Roy Blunt - did not serve

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - did not serve.

Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-KY - did not serve

Rick Santorum, R-PA, third ranking Republican in the Senate - did not
serve.

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

GW Bush - decided that a six-year Nat'l Guard commitment really means
four years. Still says that he's "been to war." Huh?

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

Att'y Gen. John Ashcroft - did not serve; received SEVEN deferment to
teach business ed at SW Missouri State

Jeb Bush, Florida Governor - did not serve.

Karl Rove - avoided the draft, did not serve, too busy being a
Republican.

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

Former President Ronald Reagan - due to poor eyesight, served in a
noncombat role making movies for the Army in southern California during
WWII. He later seems to have confused his role as an actor playing a
tail gunner with the real thing.

"B-1" Bob Dornan - avoided Korean War combat duty by enrolling in
college acting classes. Enlisted only after the fighting was over in
Korea.

Phil Gramm - avoided the draft, did not serve, four student deferments



LESS PROMINET REPUBLICANS.....



Senator Richard Shelby, did not serve

Senator Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve

Senator Tim Hutchison, R-AR - did not serve

Rep. Christopher Cox, R-CA, fifth-ranking Republican in Congress - did
not serve.

Representative Saxby Chambliss, Georgia - did not serve , had a "bad
knee"

Former Representative JC Watts - did not serve

Jack Kemp, did not serve (1, 2) (was unfit because of a knee injury,
though he heroically continued as a National Football League
quarterback for another eight years)

Former Vice President Dan Quayle, avoided Vietnam service, got a slot
in the journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard when the unit was
at 150% capacity (at least he showed up for his duty, unlike GW)

Eliot Abrams, did not serve

Paul Wolfowitz, did not serve

Former Representative Vin Weber, did not serve

Richard Perle, did not serve

Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy - did not serve.

Rudy Giuliani, did not serve

Michael Bloomberg, did not serve

George Pataki, did not serve

Spencer Abraham, did not serve

John Engler, did not serve

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA, did not serve

Rep. John M. McHugh, R-NY - avoided the draft, did not serve

Arnold Schwarzenegger, CA Republican Governor - went AWOL from his
Austrian army base to enter a bodybuilding competition





AND NOW FOR THE RIGHT WING LOUD MOUTH KNOW IT ALL PREACHERS........


George Will, did not serve
Chris Matthews, Mediawhore, did not serve.
Bill O'Reilly, did not serve
Paul Gigot, did not serve.
Bill Bennett, Did not serve
Pat Buchanan, did not serve
Rush Limbaugh, did not serve
Michael Savage (aka Michael Alan Weiner) - did not serve
John Wayne, did not serve
Pat Robertson - claimed during 1986 campaign to be a "combat veteran."
In reality, was a "Liquor Officer."
Bill Kristol, did not serve
Sean Hannity, 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
Radio Host Phil Hendrie, did not serve.

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