Do You See A Pattern Here?

Democrats

Richard Gephardt

Air National Guard, 1965-71.

David Bonior

Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.

Tom Daschle

1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.

Al Gore

enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.

Bob  Kerrey

Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor,  Vietnam.

Daniel Inouye

Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.

John Kerry

Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.

Charles  Rangel

Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.

Max Cleland

Captain,  Army 1965-68; Silver Star &  Bronze Star, Viet Nam.

Ted Kennedy

Army, 1951-53.

Tom Harkin

Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.

Jack Reed

Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army  Reserve 1979-91.

Fritz Hollings

Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.

Leonard Boswell

Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars,  and Soldier's Medal.

Pete Peterson

Air Force Captain, POW.  Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of  Merit.

Mike Thompson

Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple  Heart.

Bill McBride

Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.

Gray Davis

Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.

Pete Stark

Air Force 1955-57

Chuck Robb

Vietnam

Howell Heflin

Silver Star

George  McGovern

Silver Star & DFC during WWII.

Bill Clinton

Did  not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received #311.

Jimmy Carter

Seven years in the Navy.

Walter  Mondale

Army 1951-1953

John Glenn

WWII and Korea; six DFCs and  Air Medal  with 18Clusters.

Tom Lantos

Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.

Republicans

Dick Cheney

did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.

Dennis Hastert

did not serve.

Tom Delay

did not serve.

Roy Blunt

did not serve.

Bill Frist

did not serve.

Mitch McConnell

did not serve.

Rick Santorum

did not serve.

Trent Lott

did not serve.

John  Ashcroft

did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.

Jeb  Bush

did not serve.

Karl Rove

did not serve.

Saxby  Chambliss

did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.

Paul Wolfowitz

did not serve.

Vin Weber

did not serve.

Richard Perle

did not serve.

Douglas Feith

did not serve.

Eliot Abrams

did not serve.

Richard  Shelby

did not serve.

Jon! Kyl

did not serve.

Tim  Hutchison

did not serve.

Christopher Cox

did not serve.

 Newt Gingrich

did not serve.

Don Rumsfeld

served in Navy (1954-57) as flight  instructor.

George W. Bush

failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to Alabama so he could  campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.

Ronald  Reagan

due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.

B-1 Bob Dornan

enlisted after fighting  was over in Korea.

Phil Gramm

did not serve.

John McCain

Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dana Rohrabacher

did not serve.

John M. McHugh

did not serve.

JC Watts

did not serve.

Jack Kemp

did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years.

Dan Quayle

Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.

Rudy Giuliani

did not serve.

George Pataki

did not serve.

Spencer Abraham

did not serve.

John  Engler

did not serve.

Lindsey Graham

National Guard  lawyer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

AWOL from Austrian army base.

Pundits  & Preachers

Sean Hannity

did not serve.

Rush Limbaugh

did not  serve (4-F  with a 'pilonidal cyst.')

Bill O'Reilly

did not serve.

Michael Savage

did not serve.

George Will

did not serve.

Chris  Matthews

did not serve.

Paul Gigot

did not  serve.

Bill Bennett

did  not serve.

Pat Buchanan

did  not serve.

John Wayne

did not  serve.

Bill Kristol

did not serve.

Kenneth Starr

did not serve.

Ralph Reed

did not serve.

Michael Medved

did not serve.

Charlie  Daniels

did not serve.

Ted Nugent

did not  serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot back.)

Supreme Court Justices

Antonin Scalia

did not serve.

Clarence Thomas

did not serve.