>>>>Sam, some of them do sign up. They just never get sent to where the fighting is. Remember Dubya's stellar military career?
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>>>I do, but I can't seem to recall any of Bill Clinton's or Ted Kennedy's.
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>>This isn't about Republican vs Democrat. It's about high ranking politico's sons and daughters never having to go where there is fighting. This is just as true regardless of which party you want to talk about.
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>But didn't JFK captain an MTB (PT boat) during WWII? There's even a movie of it.
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>BTW what DOES PT stand for - Patrol Torpedo? The UK version, MTB, I think is Motor Torpedo Boat.

Different day, different time. Even then, JFK was a commander, not some grunt and who knows what really happened (ala John Kerry and his swift boat incidents). Kerry was trying to be the new JFK, even had the initials, but just couldn't pull it off.

The rich and powerful always get away with not having to go through the drudgery we face, irrespective of party affiliation.