Originally Posted by shakran

I can only assume that by this statement you include past republican campaigns in which candidates such as Clinton were bashed for not having military service in their background. See, this is where the republicans don't get it. They want to set the ground rules (not having had military service is bad) but then they want to change them whenever it suits them (Bush skipped out on duty!)

Trouble is, if you have as a major point in entire campaigns that not having military experience means a poor leader, then you have to expect it to bite you in the butt when you back a guy without military experience.