Joe Doakes from Como writes:<\/p>\n
John Kerry graduated from Yale in 1966 and served in Vietnam. It was one of his major qualifications for office.<\/p>\n
George Bush the Younger graduated from Yale in 1968. He caught a lot of flack because his National Guard time wasn’t “real” military experience. Democrats commonly accused him of shirking his duty to serve his country – a draft dodger – implying he was unqualified for office.<\/p>\n
Mark Dayton graduated from Yale in 1969. He then . . . what? Taught school in New York? What happened to that duty to serve the country? Was he deferred? 4-F? Is he unqualified for lack of military service?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s a good question. \u00a0With most people who were of draft age back then, there’s some <\/em>kind of story; one relative of mine who graduated earlier than Dayton described getting several deferrals because he was a teacher in a place that was drastically short of ’em.<\/p>\n
Is that what Dayton did?<\/p>\n
Just curious.<\/p>\n
I grant that Tom Emmer’s closest brush with military service was going to St. Thomas Academy. But Emmer did his college and law school in the 1980’s when there was no huge military push. Dayton graduated six months after the\u00a0Tet Offensive, at the height of the Vietnam War, when every gentleman’s son knew where his duty laid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Look – other than Jesse Ventura, I’m at a loss to remember a recent Minnesota governor who did <\/em>serve in the military.<\/p>\n
But how did <\/em>Dayton get out of the draft?<\/p>\n
We do <\/em>know how the Dems mocked Dick Cheney for getting five deferments; how they discredited Dan Quayle’s time in the National Guard, and tried to do the same with President Bush’s in the Air Guard.<\/p>\n
It’s an appropriate question.<\/p>\n
Does that ‘military service’ requirement only apply to the Presidency because he serves as Commander in Chief? Governors command their own National Guards – are overnors exempt from any duty to serve their country?<\/p>\n
Or does it only apply to Republicans?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As far as the media is concerned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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