The issue is one of the credibility of George Bush. Many conservative voices told us that John Kerry's service was not legitimate and therefore he was not to be trusted with our national security and yet they accepted almost without question the words of someone who chose not to face combat. Bill Clinton's service or non-service has no relevance to this. Last night George Bush again told us how he was to be trusted in this goal and the question remains why we should trust him. -----Original Message----- From: Brice Yokem [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:The Century Ahead When there was a draft what did these security loving people do? George got into the NG with daddy's help Dick became a member of the hippie-movement and prefered love instead of war and had other priorities. Jeb Bush ???? Karl Rove ???? Condi Rice ????? Laura Bush ???? Tom DeLay ???? Donald R. Pilot in Korean-War (not forgetting him) So, if these people love the security so much, why didn't they fight for the security back then? Its so easy to keep the costs for a good education high and then offer then poorer a chance for a good eductation by joining the military. That way you always have enough volunteers for a good education that just have to join the military to afford it. I know, Bill Clinton was a draft-dodger. But he's Democrat so that was to be expected, right? Michael ------------------ Are you out of your mind, Michael? Including people like Laura Bush who is not even holding a position in government, did not get drafted because she is a woman, and would not have been in combat even if she did join up because they did not do that with women back then. Bill Clinton the draft dodger did more than dodge the draft, he went to foreign countries which were hostile to this one and bad-mouthed his own country to them. And peoples reason for not joining up is important, too. I don't have any respect for people who dodged the draft because then just did not want to serve their country, but if they did not want to participate in a war we did not have permission to win, that makes a difference. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *