Tuesday, November 29, 2005

CONGRESS- WHO'S A WAR VET? - Not Tricky Ricky Santorum

CONGRESS- WHO'S A WAR VET?: "CONGRESS- WHO'S A WAR VET?
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com

Now that the pols in the Bush administration have chosen to attack Korea and Vietnam veteran and Congressman John Murtha for coming out in favor of a withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, 'Net commentators are taking off the gloves.

A post earlier this month at the Daily KOS, titled, "The Little Piggies Who Tell You To Support Our Troops," by johninwisconsin, attempted to compare the roster of warmongers with their military service records … and found very little to work with. As their listing notes (after matching a surprising number of Democrats now in office, who did serve in some fashion), a list of 24 Republicans supporting the Bush invasion includes exactly TWO with any military service: Donald Rumsfeld (1954-57, Navy flight instructor, a time when no wars were being fought) and George W. Bush himself (whose National Guard exploits and evasions are now legendary).

The other 22 avoided service entirely, including the biggest sabre-rattlers on the scene today: Dick Cheney, Dennis Hastert, Tom Delay, Roy Blunt, Bill Frist, Mitch McConnell, Rick Santorum, Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, Jeb Bush, Karl Rove, Saxby Chambliss, Paul Wolfowitz, Vin Weber, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith, Eliot Abrams, Richard Shelby, Jon Kyl, Tim Hutchison, Christopher Cox, or Newt Gingrich.

Moreover, of the top pundits and talk show hosts agitating for more battles, NONE of them spent any military time either, including Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, George Will, Chris Matthews, Paul Gigot, Bill Bennett, Bill Kristol, Ralph Reed, and Michael Medved. The lists also included past politicians, movie stars and even a few pop musical favorites. It was initially compiled by Illinois State Sen. Howard W. Carroll.

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