TSO and I were having an email conversation about this so I thought I’d share<\/p>\n
Let’s pretend for a minute that Richard Blumenthal didn’t lie to Connecticut about his military service in Vietnam. He got five deferments from the draft while he was in college – not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’ve always said on this blog that deferments were common in the era of the draft – five deferments is about right for someone to attend college. And in an era when all military service was disparaged, Blumenthal joined <\/p>\n
But let’s look at how the Democrats have traditionally addressed deferments and service in the Reserves, shall we?. Dick Cheney had five deferments and we heard about for eight years. Blumenthal’s deferments were 1965 to 1970 – while we had combat troops in Vietnam. Cheney’s deferments were all before 1965, while there were no ground combat forces in Vietnam.<\/p>\n
Dan Quayle got hammered during the GHW Bush years because his Vietnam Era time was spent in the Reserves like Blumenthal. GW Bush was a pilot in the Texas National Guard and we heard about it for eight years.<\/p>\n
More recently, I wrote about Gordon Duff’s attack on SC Congressman Joe Wilson<\/a> who had five deferments and served in the Guard and Reserves. <\/p>\n