Pilonidal Cyst
Over at Tiny Little Dots there's some great stuff on Dick Cheney's shooting accident asking: "Is Cheney hiding his Lewinsky? Does a bloody shirt trump a semen dress?" On a separate but not unrelated point he also has a good question asking: "Who is fit to lead this country in war?" Okay - maybe you don't want soldiers in office but the point of hypocrisy is valid enough, and often those who have been in war are the least likely to start them...(PS I don't get the Ted Nugent joke either)
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.
Republicans
* 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.
* 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.
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. “Knee problem,” although continued in NFL for 8 years.
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.
Pundits & Preachers
* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a ‘pilonidal cyst.’)
* Bill O’Reilly: did not serve.
* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
* John Wayne: did not serve.
* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
* Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don’t shoot back.)
8 comments
fantastic, where did you get this from?
left by tubthumper on 21 February 2006
oops, didn't scroll down on the link. i get it now
left by tubthumper on 21 February 2006
do you mind if i post this as well, with a link and an acknowledgement over to you??
left by tubthumper on 21 February 2006
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the plug. Sorry I never got those pics up, by the time I got around to it, it was no longer timely. Been busy lately with that little thing called "life". Unfortunately kids and money come before blogging. I know I know, where are my priorities.
The list isn't complete,
http://tinylittledots.com/wordpress/?p=547
I hope you're not "cherry picking the intelligence" from my site to go to war with me. As for Ted Nugent, he's a rabid outspoken hunter. He has property in Michigan where he ships in animals so he can have canned hunts, much like Cheney.
Cheers!
t
left by tiny on 21 February 2006
Hey Tubthumper - post away - its Tiny Liottle Dots you should credit.
As for Tiny, what is this 'Life' you speak of?
left by Gus on 21 February 2006
Rush Limbaugh, ha ha, that guy was the funniest I've ever seen, superb. Gus you gotta do a Rush Limbaugh special!
left by Davey O on 21 February 2006
This cuts both ways: I can see the point about flabby flag-waving Republicans who shirked facing action sending out largely poor and ethnic minority young Americans to die and be maimed in Iraq but....I went to university [in Scotland] in 1967 and demonstrated and protested and argued against the war in Vietnam, I knew American exchange students whose cry was 'Hell, no, I won't go' and I feel queasy about applauding those Democrat politicians who signed up to an imperialist war, to the smell of napalm in the morning.
left by delescluze on 21 February 2006
Yeah I know what you mean delescluze, as I said: "...but the point of hypocrisy is valid enough."
left by Gus on 22 February 2006
