I was looking for an old George Will article on the economy (he assured all is well and we are not entering a recession...he was right we are probably headed for worse) and found this.
George F. Will - The Knock on the Door - washingtonpost.com
I have always been amazed at the number of "conservative" opinion writers and talk radio heads that have not spent one day in service to the country that they claim to love with such vigor. Read the article by Will. He wrights a truly moving piece about a Marine Major that has a very difficult job. And yet if you look at the biographies of George Will, Neil Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill (6'4") O'Reilly, Cal Thomas, Michael Savage, Britt Hume, and Roger Ailes you will find a group of white men that had family connections that helped them avoid service in Korea and Viet Nam. We can even find Jonah Goldberg, a right wing commentator at the The National Review Online, whooping up the war, and when called on the fact that he is of age, no physical deferments and totally qualified...he claimed, I'm married, have children, I have an important job, I can't go to Iraq. That is typical right wing biography, qualified but to scared to serve. And these are just the bloviators, not the actual politicians that at least have the guts to run for something...safe.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Won't you get off the "service to the country" bit. There have been and always be people of wealth and or class that can get away from serving in the military. We are about to have a President that is going to serve for 4 years that has not been in the military and has a dislike rot the military.
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