from the underground
5th April 2003, 20:46
There are stories of avoiding service in Vietnam about almost every other prominent rightwing Republican of recent vintage. The best story concerns Rush Limbaugh, the ferociously bellicose radio personality, who allegedly had either "anal cysts" or an "ingrown hair follicle on his bottom". It is not my custom to mock others' ailments, but anyone who has listened to Limbaugh's programme can imagine the dripping scorn he would bring to the revelation that a prominent Democrat had skipped a war over something like that.
Newt Gingrich, ex-Speaker of the House, went the Cheney route [of obtaining deferments]; Kenneth Starr, Clinton's legal nemesis, had psoriasis; Jack Kemp, Dole's running mate in 1996, was unfit because of a knee injury, though he heroically continued as a National Football League quarterback for another eight years; Pat Buchanan had arthritis in his knees, though he soon became an avid jogger.
Trent Lott, bottom row, second from right, was a University of Mississippi cheerleader during the Vietnam war. (Ole Miss Yearbook)
http://www.nader.org/interest/040303.html
http://www.nwcrc.com/pilonidal-cysts.htm
Newt Gingrich, ex-Speaker of the House, went the Cheney route [of obtaining deferments]; Kenneth Starr, Clinton's legal nemesis, had psoriasis; Jack Kemp, Dole's running mate in 1996, was unfit because of a knee injury, though he heroically continued as a National Football League quarterback for another eight years; Pat Buchanan had arthritis in his knees, though he soon became an avid jogger.
Trent Lott, bottom row, second from right, was a University of Mississippi cheerleader during the Vietnam war. (Ole Miss Yearbook)
http://www.nader.org/interest/040303.html
http://www.nwcrc.com/pilonidal-cysts.htm