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Old 05-08-2008, 01:21 PM   #162
poetsheart
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I know Cheney used five deferments, because "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service." (Check out this article for decisive action Cheney took to secure one of his deferments: How Dick Cheney dodged the draft. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine)
Cheney can state that "he had other priorities in the '60's than military service" and nobody gets their knickers in a twist. But let Jeremiah Wright point out the contrast between his own voluntary enlistment in the Marines during that time (he actually left college to do so), to Cheney's lack of service, and now you have the words of a "divisive hate mongerer"
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