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A Draft Dodger Shouldn't Be Elected President. Right, Democrats?

Dawg

President
Supporting Member
And you'd rather call her a liar because it fits your narrative...no other reason.
Ol' Joe has you lying and looking like a fool with you asthma excuse...……….

Joe claimed he didn't get his draft notice at 18 :)


 

Marcus Aurelius

Governor
Supporting Member
In “Promises to Keep,” a memoir that was published last year and became an instant best-seller after he was tapped as Obama’s running mate, Biden never mentions his asthma, recounting an active childhood, work as a lifeguard and football exploits in high school.

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you'd think something like that would be mentioned. at least once.
 

Barbella

Senator
Let's set aside Bill Clinton. We all knew he hated the military when we elected him.

I do recall hearing about Dick Cheney being a draft dodger quite a bit before and after Bush defeated loser Al Gore.

Now comes 2020. And look what we have here. Hidin' Joe Biden took as many deferments as Dick Cheney. Why was Hidin' Joe Biden such a coward?

I have a feeling being a draft dodger isn't such a big deal to DemocRATS in 2020.

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/01/bidens-draft-deferments-equal-cheneys-during-vietn/
DIFFERENT!
 

Dawg

President
Supporting Member
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middleview

President
Supporting Member
In “Promises to Keep,” a memoir that was published last year and became an instant best-seller after he was tapped as Obama’s running mate, Biden never mentions his asthma, recounting an active childhood, work as a lifeguard and football exploits in high school.

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you'd think something like that would be mentioned. at least once.
I guess you've never known anyone with asthma. As long as you have an inhaler nearby you can play sports. The military would not allow someone with asthma to enlist back then. Don't know about now.

I had a friend who had an attack and didn't have his inhaler. He was 22. Died before the EMTs could get there.
 

Barbella

Senator
Biden went to college and got a deferment each year...when he graduated he went in for his physical and was given a 1y due to his asthma. Trump got a fake medical deferment for bone spurs....
Hmmmm.....

He was 6 feet tall and had an athlete’s build. He played football in high school and was active in sports throughout college. He spent one summer as a lifeguard at a local pool.




Opinion

Michael Graham
InsideSources.com


But after he graduated from college in the spring of 1968 and became eligible for the draft and — possibly — combat duty in Vietnam, he received a diagnosis that let him avoid military service.

No, not bone spurs. Asthma.

And his name was Joe Biden.

Just a few months before Donald Trump received his now-infamous diagnosis of “bone spurs in the heels,” former high school football star Biden got the same 1-Y draft deferment for “asthma as a teenager.” It was one of five deferments Biden received (the same number as notorious GOP “draft dodger” Dick Cheney) and allowed him to avoid being drafted at the height of the war. The year 1968 was one of the bloodiest of the Vietnam conflict with 296,406 Americans drafted into military service — the second-highest during the war.

Fifty-one years after the Summer of Love, the draft records of the sitting president, and at least one of the Democrats who want to replace him, are issues in the 2020 campaign. In recent weeks, two of the military veterans in the race — Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton — have been highlighting Trump’s draft record and their own military service.

“You have somebody who thinks it’s all right to have somebody go in his place into a deadly war and is willing to pretend to be disabled to do it. That is an assault on the honor of this country,” Buttigieg told ABC’s “This Week.” He served in the Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer, spending six months in Afghanistan.

Veterans Running on Their Service Records Isn’t New
Moulton, a former Marine officer who served in Iraq, also accused Trump of dodging the draft. “I’d like to meet that American someday who went to Vietnam in Donald Trump’s place,” Moulton said. “I hope he’s still alive.”

“Seth is running to take on Donald Trump and has been leading the field in challenging him directly as commander in chief. There’s nothing more to read into this than Trump is a draft dodger and Seth is a decorated four-tour combat veteran who is calling the president out.”Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton
Military veterans running on their record of service is nothing new. And criticism of an opponent’s military background — or lack thereof — isn’t unusual either, as the Bill Clinton and John Kerry campaigns can attest. But by highlighting Trump’s record, they’re also turning a spotlight on other candidates who were eligible for service during the Vietnam War, including Biden.

In fact, some Democratic strategists believe that’s their true goal.

“They’re not talking about Donald Trump. They’re talking about Joe Biden,” one longtime Democratic activist said.

The Moulton campaign, which was the first to highlight the draft issue, denies any intra-party purpose. “Seth is running to take on Donald Trump and has been leading the field in challenging him directly as commander in chief,” Moulton campaign representative Matt Corridoni told InsideSources. “There’s nothing more to read into this than Trump is a draft dodger and Seth is a decorated four-tour combat veteran who is calling the president out.”

The Biden and Buttigieg campaigns declined repeated requests for comment. But it’s naive to think that raising the issue of Trump’s Vietnam-era behavior isn’t going to blow back on Biden.

There’s no denying that, by all appearances, the Joe Biden of 1968 was the picture of health. During his time at Archmere Academy, Biden excelled at sports. And while he once falsely claimed he played for the University of Delaware football team, he considered playing on the team (he chose to focus on his double-major in history and political science instead, he says) and he was active in intramural sports.

https://gvwire.com/2019/06/07/bidens-draft-record-looks-a-lot-like-trumps-do-democrats-care/
 

Dawg

President
Supporting Member
I guess you've never known anyone with asthma. As long as you have an inhaler nearby you can play sports. The military would not allow someone with asthma to enlist back then. Don't know about now.

I had a friend who had an attack and didn't have his inhaler. He was 22. Died before the EMTs could get there.
So he made touchdowns how inhaling --LMFAO

You not man enough to admit you got fooled.....
 

Marcus Aurelius

Governor
Supporting Member
The end results is that rich people got out of serving in Vietnam, poor did not. If you're gonna whine and bitch about 'bone spurs' getting out of serving, you're a hypocritical douche-nozzle if you dont feel the same about Biden.
 

middleview

President
Supporting Member
Hmmmm.....

He was 6 feet tall and had an athlete’s build. He played football in high school and was active in sports throughout college. He spent one summer as a lifeguard at a local pool.




Opinion

Michael Graham
InsideSources.com


But after he graduated from college in the spring of 1968 and became eligible for the draft and — possibly — combat duty in Vietnam, he received a diagnosis that let him avoid military service.

No, not bone spurs. Asthma.

And his name was Joe Biden.

Just a few months before Donald Trump received his now-infamous diagnosis of “bone spurs in the heels,” former high school football star Biden got the same 1-Y draft deferment for “asthma as a teenager.” It was one of five deferments Biden received (the same number as notorious GOP “draft dodger” Dick Cheney) and allowed him to avoid being drafted at the height of the war. The year 1968 was one of the bloodiest of the Vietnam conflict with 296,406 Americans drafted into military service — the second-highest during the war.

Fifty-one years after the Summer of Love, the draft records of the sitting president, and at least one of the Democrats who want to replace him, are issues in the 2020 campaign. In recent weeks, two of the military veterans in the race — Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton — have been highlighting Trump’s draft record and their own military service.

“You have somebody who thinks it’s all right to have somebody go in his place into a deadly war and is willing to pretend to be disabled to do it. That is an assault on the honor of this country,” Buttigieg told ABC’s “This Week.” He served in the Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer, spending six months in Afghanistan.

Veterans Running on Their Service Records Isn’t New
Moulton, a former Marine officer who served in Iraq, also accused Trump of dodging the draft. “I’d like to meet that American someday who went to Vietnam in Donald Trump’s place,” Moulton said. “I hope he’s still alive.”

“Seth is running to take on Donald Trump and has been leading the field in challenging him directly as commander in chief. There’s nothing more to read into this than Trump is a draft dodger and Seth is a decorated four-tour combat veteran who is calling the president out.”Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton
Military veterans running on their record of service is nothing new. And criticism of an opponent’s military background — or lack thereof — isn’t unusual either, as the Bill Clinton and John Kerry campaigns can attest. But by highlighting Trump’s record, they’re also turning a spotlight on other candidates who were eligible for service during the Vietnam War, including Biden.

In fact, some Democratic strategists believe that’s their true goal.

“They’re not talking about Donald Trump. They’re talking about Joe Biden,” one longtime Democratic activist said.

The Moulton campaign, which was the first to highlight the draft issue, denies any intra-party purpose. “Seth is running to take on Donald Trump and has been leading the field in challenging him directly as commander in chief,” Moulton campaign representative Matt Corridoni told InsideSources. “There’s nothing more to read into this than Trump is a draft dodger and Seth is a decorated four-tour combat veteran who is calling the president out.”

The Biden and Buttigieg campaigns declined repeated requests for comment. But it’s naive to think that raising the issue of Trump’s Vietnam-era behavior isn’t going to blow back on Biden.

There’s no denying that, by all appearances, the Joe Biden of 1968 was the picture of health. During his time at Archmere Academy, Biden excelled at sports. And while he once falsely claimed he played for the University of Delaware football team, he considered playing on the team (he chose to focus on his double-major in history and political science instead, he says) and he was active in intramural sports.

https://gvwire.com/2019/06/07/bidens-draft-record-looks-a-lot-like-trumps-do-democrats-care/
Odd..an athlete's build? How could someone with asthma have an athlete's build?

David Beckham has asthma. Jackie Joyner Kersee has asthma. Greg Louganis has asthma. Paula Radcliffe has asthma. Jerome Bettis has asthma.

https://www.healthline.com/health/famous-athletes-with-asthma#8

Biden was treated for asthma as a teen. He wasn't suddenly diagnosed during the draft physical.
 
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