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The problem I have with the lack of military service of some on the right wing is only that they decried Bill Clinton's lack of service. Like Dwight said, it's a goose, gander kind of thing
Also they need to disparage the service of those who are combat veterans who oppose their agenda in order to reduce the negative effect to their own campaigns.



The problem with Clinton was not that he had never been in the military. The problem was that he was on record saying he despised the military. That he lied his way out of military service. That he was on record saying the only reason he didn’t run to Canada to avoid the draft was to “Preserve his political viability.” That he had protested against the US military while in Europe. High ranking military officers were routinely shunned or insulted by his staffers. The military attaché who carries the nuclear codes was required to wear civilian clothes so as not to upset their staffers and political supporters. The list goes on and on.

Gore was a senators son who was purposely kept far from combat and had a bodyguard assigned to him to keep him safe. Once he had his Viet Nam service ribbon he left.

Kerry was only there to get his political ticket punched. He admitted that he panicked when he was reassigned from a very safe area to a zone where he might actually see combat. He wrote his own commendation recommendations because his superior officers knew he didn’t deserve them. He got out of there far short of a normal tour of duty and when he returned he acted as a propaganda agent of the enemy. He went before congress and told complete lies, accusing our troops of atrocities that never happened as if he had seen them. To top it off, he then tried to portray himself as a hero and a patriot.

The Democrats have lots of potential candidates who served honorably and a few who really were what John Kerry pretended to be. But they could never be nominated by their activist base. Bob Kerrey comes to mind.

As for the “Goose and Gander Thing.” When the Republicans nominate someone whose military career is as sordid as Kerry’s I’ll be glad to attack him too.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.