Republican War Heros?
*Majority Whip Tom Delay - avoided the draft, did not serve. "So many minority youths had volunteered ... that there
was literally no room for patriotic folks” like himself. Do you smell something?
*Representative Saxby Chambliss, Georgia - did not serve, had a "bad knee" (yet somehow feels he has a right to attack
Max Cleland's patriotism. Max doesn't have any knees.)
*Att'y Gen. John Ashcroft - sought deferment to teach business ed at SW Missouri State.
* Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert - avoided the draft, did not serve.
* Majority Leader Dick Armey- avoided
the draft, did not serve.
*Trent Lott - avoided the draft, 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 - served in a noncombat role. He later seems to have confused his role as an actor
playing a tail gunner with the real thing.
* Bob “B-1 Bob” Dornan - avoided Korean War combat duty by enrolling in college acting classes (Orange
County Register article)
*Phil Gramm - avoided the draft, did not serve, four (?) student deferments
* Don Nickles, Senate Minority Whip
- Did not serve
* Senator Richard Shelby, did not serve
*Jack Kemp, did not serve (was fit enough for pro football,
but "failed" the physical?)
* Dan Quayle, avoided Vietnam service, got a slot in the journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard when the unit
was at 150% capacity.
* Eliot Abrams, did not serve
* Vin Weber, did not serve
* Richard Perle, architect of Gulf War II, did not
serve.
* Rudy Giuliani, did not serve
* George Will, did not serve
* Chris Matthews, did not serve.
* Bill O'Reilly,
did not serve
* Bill Bennett, did not serve. Didn't want to gamble on fate?
* Pat Buchanan, did not serve, lots of bar
fights though.
*Pat Robertson - did not serve, apparently used Daddy's connections to get off the ship in Tokyo while his buddies
went on to Korea. Praise the Lord!
