DMac wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:02 am
kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:31 am
Left crucifies Trump for bone spurs. And seems to be cool with Clinton pursuing his education during Vietnam and Biden's sudden case of 1Y "Asthma."
This is BS. There was no "sudden" case of asthma.
"As a result of a physical exam on April 5, 1968, Joe Biden was classified 1-Y and disqualified from service because of asthma as a teenager," said David Wade, a campaign spokesman."
It's also BS to say all were cool wth Clinton, he's taken plenty of heat for his (successful) efforts to avoid the draft.
Neither of these two took the most chickenschidt way out like our Prez did. He deserves all the criticism he gets about that. Gen Bone Spurz is befitting for the Prez.
Nailed it.
Clinton was criticized plenty:
https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/st ... index.html
"Memorial Day, perhaps more than any other day year-in and year-out since Clinton took office in early 1993, has been fraught with extra meaning for veterans' groups, and extra anxiety for the president, who never served in the military, and is often reminded of that fact by his many detractors.
And, the circumstances surrounding Clinton's draft deferment at the height of the Vietnam war only accelerate the rush of negative emotions felt by many veterans when the president's name is brought up. The president's record as commander-in-chief, as assessed by many in the veterans' community, has demonstrated a marked disregard for military comportment and tradition, and some have gone so far as to describe his outlook as contemptuous....
Bill Clinton's avoidance of military service in the late 1960s has become the stuff of legend in some circles. To many, he's the man who skirted the draft when many of his peers fought and died in the jungles of Vietnam. He is the man who participated in a series of anti-war demonstrations, and he is the man who denounced his own country on foreign soil.
In a grand sense, Clinton has drawn the same sort of focus and ire that actress Jane Fonda attracted when she made her infamous trip to Hanoi. But while you won't here the phrase the "Hanoi Jane" too much anymore, you'll still hear plenty of people denounce Clinton for his wartime activities.
And in truth, Clinton hasn't done a lot to help himself in that regard.
Early on in the 1992 presidential campaign, Clinton said it was a "fluke" that he was never called into military service in the late 1960s, and went so far as to say that he "never received any unusual or favorable treatment" intended to keep him out of uniform and out of harm's way.
There was some amount of truth to the first statement, but not a lot of truth to the second. When Clinton entered the draft in 1969, he was issued a high number by the Selective Service Board (311), significantly reducing the chances that he would ever be called to active duty."
How about we go back to impeachment on this thread now?
and not be criticized by the social media smart people.
