Subj : Re: BSG To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:42:22 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John I wrote: > 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". > > No. He repeated the canard that Clinton dodged the draft, or that his > evasion of the draft was something reprehensible while Bush's wartime > desertion was good or at least tolerable. I did no such thing. I was merely pointing out your deluded view of the exact opposite. Let me copy exactly what you wrote here: Clinton = civilian Bush = wartime deserter My 3 year old is more objective than you are. .