Subj : Re: Ethics test
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 15:45:25

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble <troubleNOSPAM@tekfactory.com> wrote in
news:U96dnVBSV8YpUL7eRVn-pA@comcast.com: 

> John Iwaniszek wrote:
> 
>> Joining the guard in and of itself is a great thing.  However what
>> Bush did was not wholly honorable.  he used family connections to
>> leapfrog 100,000 oher applicants and landed  a position that by
>> rights someone else should have had.
> 
> Yes whereas Clinton's political connections got him a place in the
> naval reserves, and then using numerous political contacts leapfrogged
> other candidates to get a two hour interview with Colonel Holmes of
> the Arkansas no limit ROTC program, which he then abandoned
> 
> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/politics/clintondraft.asp
> 
> I can definately see why Clinton was so much better than Bush... ok,
> maybe I can't, but John can
> 

Speaking strictly from a utilitarian point of view:  There seemed at the 
time more value in saving Clinton than there did in saving Bush.  History 
has since borne out the validity of that judgement.

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