"And Clinton was not the son of a privileged family, he was just smart and figured out how to avoid going to war."

Clinton used his connections with Senator Fulbright, a very heavy hitter of the time, to pressure the local draft board and the commandant of the University of Arkansas ROTC to put him in over other candidates when his deferments ran out. He lied about his intentions in regard to the ROTC during the interview and then refused to honor his commitment to them when the time came. No one pulled more strings to get out of Viet Nam than he did.

"And Strick, as has been raised previously by others, you simply CANNOT post without mentioning Clinton, whether it has anything to do with the point under discussion or not, can you?"

Greg, what I can't stand is people who rail about Bush doing something and ignore others they cherish doing the same thing. Again, it's either ignorace or hypocracy. I'm trying to assume ignorance. So far.

Rapaire made a comment where a direct comparison was completely appropriate. Where Bush may or may not have been hard to find for a period of time when the Guard knew the war was all but over for the US and didn't care, Clinton ducked out of his obligation during some of the heaviest fighting of the war. Clinton's behavior during Viet Nam is just a relevant to this thread as Bush's was.

Ebbie, how did I get from purient interest in Dale Earnhart's autopsy to anything to do with any Kennedy?