[llandres]

“The simple fact that Gingrich gets all defensive and never actually tells us exactly HOW & WHY he never served should be a BIG RED FLAG to all voters.”

He tried to say he wasn’t eligible for the draft, but Paul talked over him so he couldn’t be heard very well.

[patlin]

No, what he said that he was exempt because of some family relationship and if that is the case, it IS a case of deferment. Not eligible is a case like our ONLY son who spent 3 yrs in ROTC in high school, but because of a severe head injury in a car accident in the beginning of his senior year, he therefore was NOT eligible for active duty and was not allowed back in the ROTC program after he healed. It devastated him.

Anyone who has a choice as Gingrich had falls under deferment. Inelgibility is a non choice on the part of the applicant as was the case for our ONLY son who had already served 3 yrs and was in the top of his ROTC class.