The monotonous right-wing Clinton bashers' cries of draft dodger are amusing and inconsistent. (He's not the President any more you know.) Why aren't those same charges being leveled against other present and former members of congress who managed to avoid military service. (Many during Vietnam!) A short list includes Trent Lott, Dennis Hastert, Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, etc. Partisan politics?
While I consider service in the National Guard to be noble and honorable, anyone of draft age during Vietnam knows it was seen as a safe way to fulfill one's military obligation without having to make any personal decision about the war.
I know from first hand experience that the guard was very difficult to join without connections. Dan Quayle and George W. Bush had those connections.
Those of us without connections had to decide whether to serve or to protest. Some of us chose service, others did not.
I've much more respect for those who made the decision than for those who avoided it.
I've no respect at all for those who, 30 year later, still play dirty partisan politics with the issue.
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