Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:20:41

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Tyler Trafford wrote:

> John I wrote:
>> Nick wrote:
>> 
>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Reagan = Imagined that he saw action, was corrected by "Mommy". 
>>>> Devotees claim this counts as military service and seek to emulate
>>>> his saintly example.
>>>> Bush = Navy
>>>> Clinton = civilian
>>>> Bush = wartime deserter
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "civilian" 
>>> LOL!  As you can see, John's contact with reality is as thin as
>>> ever. Well, I suppose technically you are a civilian if you refuse
>>> to report for duty. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bush Sr probably had the best military record in the last 40 years.
>>> 
>>> From the Encyclopedia Americana:
>>> "World War II interrupted Bush's education. He enlisted in the U.S.
>>> Navy at the age of 18, was commissioned an ensign, and for a time
>>> was the navy's youngest pilot. Serving in the Pacific theater, he
>>> flew 58 combat missions. He was once shot down and rescued by a
>>> submarine." 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Yeah.  if you ignore Kennedy's and Eisenhower's and Carter's.
> 
> I think Nick misread what you wrote as "Bush = civilian".

From snopes.com:
"That Bill Clinton went to great lengths to avoid the Vietnam-era draft, 
that he used political connections to obtain special favors, and that he 
made promises and commitments which he later failed to honor, are all 
beyond dispute."

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