Service Records- Comparing Dems To Repukes

[BamaLefty]

Democrats

David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72
Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, etc
Jimmy Carter: Lt. Commander in the Navy 1946-53
Wesley Clark: Army 1966-2000, Vietnam, Silver star, purple heart
Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver/Bronze stars, Vietnam
Bill Clinton: Did not serve
Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72
Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze star
Michael Dukakis: Army 1955-57
John Edwards: Did not serve
Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71
John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs; Air Medal w/18 Clusters
Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam as journalist
Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74
Howell Heflin: Silver star
Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze star
Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII
Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53
Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam
John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver/Bronze stars, purple hearts
Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII
Jim McDermott: Navy 1968-70
George McGovern: Silver star & DFC during WWII
Zell Miller: Marine Corps, 1953-56
Walter Mondale: Army 1951-53
Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver star, etc
Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze star, Korea
Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-79; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91
Chuck Robb: U.S. Marine Corps, 1961-70, Vietnam
Pete stark: Air Force 1955-57
Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart


Republicans

Spencer Abraham: Did not serve
Eliot Abrams: Did not serve
Richard Armitage: Navy, three tours in Vietnam
John Ashcroft: Did not serve
Roy Blunt: Did not serve
Michael Bloomberg: Did not serve
George H.W. Bush: Youngest Navy pilot in WW II; awarded DFC
George W. Bush: Texas Air Nat. Guard; didn't take physical; suspended from flying
Jeb Bush: Did not serve
Saxby Chambliss: Did not serve. Attacked Cleland's patriotism
Dick Cheney: Did not serve
Christopher Cox: Did not serve
Tom DeLay: Did not serve
Bob Dole: Army in WWII, Bronze star, two purple hearts
Bob Dornan: Enlisted after fighting was over in Korea
John Engler: Did not serve
Douglas Feith: Did not serve
Gerald Ford: Lt. Commander, Navy in WWII
Bill Frist: Did not serve
Newt Gingrich: Did not serve
Rudy Giuliani: Did not serve
Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer
Phil Gramm: Did not serve
Chuck Hagel: Served in Vietnam, two Bronze stars and purple heart
Dennis Hastert: Did not serve
Tim Hutchison: Did not serve
Jack Kemp: Did not serve. "Knee problem," continued in NFL for 8 years
Jon Kyl: Did not serve
Trent Lott: Did not serve
Richard Lugar: Intelligence officer in Navy 1957-60
John McCain: POW in Vietnam, Legion of Merit, Silver star, DFC, many more
Mitch McConnell: Did not serve
John McHugh: Did not serve
George Pataki: Did not serve
Richard Perle: Did not serve
Colin Powell: 35 years in Army, 4-star general
Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard
Ronald Reagan: Served in WWII making movies
Tom Ridge: Army in Vietnam, Bronze star
Dana Rohrabacher: Did not serve
Karl Rove: Did not serve
Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor
Rick Santorum: Did not serve
Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base
Richard Shelby: Did not serve
JC Watts: Did not serve
Vin Weber: Did not serve
Paul Wolfowitz: Did not serve

Pundits, Preachers, and Judges

Bill Bennett: Did not serve
Wolf Blitzer: Did not serve
Pat Buchanan: Did not serve
William Buckley: Army in WWII
Charlie Daniels: Did not serve
Lou Dobbs: Did not serve
Paul Gigot: Did not serve
Sean Hannity: Did not serve
Bill Kristol: Did not serve
Jim Lehrer: U.S. Marine Corps
Rush Limbaugh: Did not serve
Chris Matthews: Did not serve
Michael Medved: Did not serve
Ted Nugent: Did not serve
Bill O'Reilly: Did not serve
Dan Rather: Army Reserve
Ralph Reed: Did not serve
Michael Savage: Did not serve
Antonin Scalia: Did not serve
Kenneth Starr: Did not serve
Clarence Thomas: Did not serve
John Wayne: Did not serve
George Will: Did not serve

[NMDemDist2]

1. kick n/t

[tabasco]

2. Amazing how the right has brainwashed millions to believe ...

that they are more patriotic than the Democrats.

The republicans consider the military as a tool of empire, and consider the lives of soldiers to be expendable for corporate profits.
The republicans hold the military in contempt, as was shown with their disgusting Purple Heart bandaids.

The Nation is in dire straits if the people can be this easily manipulated.

[BamaLefty]

3. And The Nation Is In Dire Straits

those Purple Heart Bandaids is what really got to me. Okay, could he not have died in the time he was over there? :eyes:

Sad, actually. Pretty dang sad.

[woodsprite]

15. Somebody needs to do 2 bumperstickers

One listing the repubs and one listing the democrats, put them both on your car, THEN put a "I support the troops" magnetic ribbon. THAT would make a statement!

[Valerie5555]

4. As for Bill Clinton didn't he think Vietnam was immoral???????????????????

eom. BTW, Weren't all the Repubs chickenshit chickenhawks????????????????????????????????

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Yes on Clinton

He was outspoken against the war while Bush praised it and didn't go.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. That claim

from Jack Kemp makes me laugh. He had a "knee problem" not to serve in the military but he could play football? HAHAHAHA!

[BamaLefty]

7. That Is Golden Ain't It?

Bad knee--- plays in NFL. :rofl:

Time to break out that word again... "HYPOCRITE!"

[dbeach]

8. chikenhawks runnin and ruinin the US of A...

God they coulda released that anger ..in VN..I mean Uncle ho had an Army..a real Army..had real uniforms.
they could killed for the thrill and killed commies for christ..

bolton....negroponte

mikey big bro chertoff..mitt romney Rowland RI gov

and the wall st. brigades like kennie boy lay..skilling...
repukes are a TRAITOROUS bunch of patriots
I do like "still in Saigon " by charlie daniels..

[StaggerLee]

9. You left out John Conyers

Army service

http://www.nndb.com/people/236/000036128/

http://www.fra.org/leg-center-2/106th-congress/106-cong-mil-lst.html

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. Get your facts straight Bammer!

You left out such brave Americans as........

John Bolton
Roger Ailes (Fox)
Andy Card
Condi Rice
Anne Coulter
Don Nichols
Fred Barnes
Gary Bauer
Neil Bortz

Oh hell, I will be here all night typing up the list of chickenhwaks from the repuke side.

:sarcasm:

[AlmightyTallest]

11. Ah yes

I believe it was a list much like this that lead a my friends and I to a discussion of what would happen if a Senate death match ensued. We decided safe money would be on the Democrats. :silly:

BTW check out this flash video about chickenhawks from toostupidtobepresident.com. It's hilarious.

[flygal]

12. This is going out to my freeper in-laws

and others who keep sending me repug shit. Thanks!!

[magellan]

13. The discrepancy might also be partially explained by elitism on the Right

You know, only the rich kids get to go to school. The rest go to war.

There are a lot more silver spoons on the Republican side of the aisle.

[FSogol]

14. Zell Miller is a democrat? NT

[sojourner]

16. How much do billboards cost? Get this up and out there!!! n/t

[RubyDuby in GA]

17. I'm so glad you just put that up. Here's why:

My local county party is sponsoring on ongoing collection drive for our troops serving in Iraq right now (one of our member's brother is there. And I've had several friends over there come back to tell me what a hellhole it is). We put announcements in our local papers and were finally starting to get decent coverage about it. We've had some people call to get info and they all say they are Republicans and thank us for doing this. But in this past Sunday's edition, some asshat writes: "I read with interest the story about the troop support drive. I'm glad to see the Democrats are finally getting on board with supporting our troops overseas in harm's way. The only thing I thought Democrats could do was make anti-American picket signs and protest our military."

Ok, fuckers like this make me mad. Especially since I'm basically running the Dem show in my town now and we're beginning to make some good headway.

So, using your info I fire off a pretty good letter that I think stands a good chance of getting published because the editor always publishes my stuff:

Why do you crazy people think all Democrats hate America and all we can do is make "anti-American" protest signs. You are so far from the truth that it's kind of sad. But I thought I'd take this opportunity to educate you on how much we Dems "hate America" and how much you Republicans love it:

<the list>

And every single one of the members of the Newton County Democrats either has family currently serving now or knows someone serving in Iraq or Afghanistan - just ask our chairman, the Vietnam Veteran.
We don't make anti-American protest signs, we make anti-Bush signs. If you can't tell the difference, I feel very sorry for you.
We love our country. We love our troops. We absolutely hate that they are dying because of a lie that was perpetrated in our names. You may not like us - that's fine. But perhaps you'd like to assist us in our drive to help the brave men and women that fight in our names? I'll end with what my Air Force veteran father tells me: Put Up or Shut Up!

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You cannot let these assholes get the best of you. We are fighting a war in the red states and we must stay on guard and on message at all times.

Thanks for the list. It helped tremendously!

[BamaLefty]

18. Awesome Ruby!

I'm glad I helped ya... in a round about way. ;)

[tabasco]

20. Ruby, please let us now if your letter is published.

And post a copy of it here at DU! Thanks.

[RubyDuby in GA]

21. Sure thing.

We must stay on top of these people. No let up at all.
As I said, this is a war and we can't afford to give these people an inch of ground.

:)

[FrenchieCat]

19. Gee.....Why the minimizing?

Although possibly inadvertent, I could have sworn there was a 4 star general among the Dem's list.

Dem = Wesley Clark: Army 1966-2000, Vietnam, Silver star, purple heart
vs.
Repug = Colin Powell: 35 years in Army, 4-star general

I am missing something?