Posted on 08/27/2004 3:46:59 AM PDT by kattracks
I don't see it either
Looks like he could have been drafted if they called him up
And he didn't even do like Bill Clinton and leave the country!!!!
That only applies to Republicans ... Democrats were allowed to get deferments
Maybe we need someone that is more informed in this area
But the way I am reading this .. Cheney only rec'd 1 deferment when he first went to college after graduating from high school
The same as Kerry when he went off to college back then
I believe that's the one that I linked in #42.Whoops! You are right! My bad. (Doh!)
Anyway, I have collected the info/links to this article and the ones you and
Howlin have posted here now, for future reference. Only I have included the
dates of the articles and the titles now as well .....I am willing to bet that Kerry brings this cra* up again, even though it has
been rehashed and rebutted to the end of the earth and back already.
Yes, a lot of us are waiting impatiently to find out why Edwards didn't volunteer.
That baby face is fooling a whole lot of people.
Correction .. that would be 2
Love the way the WP gets this in there at the very top .....
George W. Bush, right, during his Harvard Business School years. (Harvard Yearbook)
It goes into why he wasn't drafted, the lottery, etc., but of course he could always have volunteered, and didn't.
Starting with this post #76 and following, including mine and kabar's on the next page of posts over at the link.
Be sure to check out kabar's posts 109 and 111 for further information.
I still say Edwards shouldn't be let off the hook, and should not be allowed to criticize those who enlisted and volunteered, when he didn't lift a finger!
I'm told ANG jet fighter plane training takes a year. Apparently, during that year GWB was himself given a nickname by some in his unit, Captain Data. He spent a great deal of time studying the F102, becoming so thoroughly knowledgable with every detail that his fellow trainees came to him for help in understanding the aircraft and its capabilities.. Now, that doesn't sound like someone who tried to avoid service, just the opposite, in fact.
Moreover, we know the President not only loves his father but has enormous respect for him, his accomplishments and the way he has lived his life. There is no way GWB would not have tried his very best to be a pilot his dad could be proud of and more than ready had he been called up. This is a loser issue for the dems just as Kerry's 4 months in VN has been.
bump and bookmark
Well, look at that thread now; I made some comments.
And Edwards WAS elgible for the draft from June 10, 1969 until the end of the draft; he had a student deferrment.
Cheney and Bush Campaign Distort Record of Cheney's Deferments. The Washington Post reported in 1991 that Cheney received five deferments, four 2-S student deferments and one under the 3-A classification -- "registrant with a child or children; or registrant deferred by reason of extreme hardship to dependents." In his Senate confirmation hearing, Cheney said he "would have obviously been happy to serve had I been called," which contradicting his earlier statement, "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service." Bush staff members said Cheney received only three deferments, two for school and one for being a new father. [Washington Post, 4/3/91; Des Moines Register, 8/2/00]
Now here we have John Edwards' bio:
Education: JD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1977 BS, North Carolina State University, 1974.
So, according to this, since John Edwards graduated from high school in 1969 and there most certainly WAS a draft then, we can assume that John Edwards was elgible for the draft in 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972, and 1973.
So, following along, does that mean that John Edwards received 4 2-S deferments, too???
Am I right in that thinking??
I forgot to include you in post 94.
Thats how I read it. The Breck Girl refused to serve.
Am I reading this right??
They are they counting 1 deferment per year he attended college?
Also .. if they are counting 1 deferment for each year they attended college .. then wouldn't that mean Kerry rec'd 4 2-S deferments between 1962 to 1966?
Here's a link
http://www.sss.gov/lotter1.htm
posted by kabar over on that other thread, which shows who was eligible to be drafted each year, according to their lottery number. (Other links at the bottom of that link.)
I think Edwards was only eligible to be drafted one of those years, but I may be reading it wrong.
He had high enough numbers otherwise, so was not drafted, in which case he didn't need the deferments, and I believe kabar said in that post that Edwards was only eligible the one year, 1973, at which point no one was being drafted anymore.
However, Edwards could have volunteered at any time! But did not. Chose to sit it out drinking beer in college with his pals.
That's what I'm seeing. Could we ALL be that wrong?
If they want to count legitimate 2-S deferments, let's count everybody's!
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