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Originally posted by Superbelt
Honorable Discharge doesn't mean much when your father is able to get you into the Texas Air National Guard with the lowest possible passing score (a 25) and get him in on the same day when the waiting list was a year long when he applied.
If a Texas congressman can get around those problems he can get his son an Honorable Discharge.
You are right that this won't turn into a big issue. It won't cost Bush many votes I'd wager.
The intense rhetoric accusing Clinton of being a "draft doger" never cost him votes. Military record just isn't important in America anymore.
I still think it should be brought out, so the average american knows it.
... Is there any statute of limitations on the military prosecuting someone for aWol/Desertion?
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The repubs have already started claiming this is a 30 year old issue, and irrelevant. The voters might, however, disagree since Bush is using his military background to garner public support for this war.
Also, when Clinton was accused of draft-dodging, we weren't in the middle of a war.
According to some posters here, Bush won Florida by military votes. If this issue pans out, they might shift allegiance to someone they feel understands them better--someone who actually fought (bravely too, by accounts I've read) in the field.