Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:38:50 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:52:17 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:30:20 -0400, BAR wrote:

http://www.courant.com/news/politics...,2934547.story
I guess you are too young to remember how the draft worked in that
era. If you were enrolled as a full time student, you got that
deferment unless you requested NOT to get it. People also got defrred
for all sorts of other reasons. If you were an only child, I think
that may have been grounds for a deferment. Then there was the lottery
system. Many people got high lottery numbers and were never called.
Some rich and powerful folks could get their kids into the Air Force
reserve, guaranteeing they would never be shipped to Viet Nam. Heck,
some of them didn't even complete THAT alternative service, but were
never prosecuted.

If you are depending on that to be a "problem" for Biden, you are
really out of luck in a very big way. It's a complete non-starter.
Rush Limbaugh bellowing about it as he eats more pills isn't going to
make that into anything.

I don't think it was the II-S, even though that is what we crucify
Cheney and the rest of the "chicken hawks" over. I bet they question
the asthma. He must of got over it. He seems plenty long winded now.

Excellent point (-:

--Vic


No it isn't. Asthma was a disqualifier, and for many asthmatics, the
ailment is one that in the majority of cases, "goes away" as one emerges
from childhood-teenhood into adulthood.

On the other hand, McCain's military service is an non-qualifier, except
for those who think it has some meaning 35 years after the fact.

What is important is McCain's health. I wonder what the longevity tables
say about a 72-year-old man who has had four bouts of cancer? My guess
is the odds are against him completing one term.