From: niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent)
Subject: Re: Was Clinton a Moral Draft Dodger? (was Re: Better Off Than Four Years Ago NOT)
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:57:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.062252.23869@anasaz> billy@anasaz (Bill Moore) writes:
>In article <1992Sep2.164219.12716@anasazi.com> john@anasazi.com writes:
>->In article <81741@bcsaic.boeing.com> rwojcik@atc.boeing.com writes:

>->]    Bill Clinton sought to avoid the draft and stay in school through 
>->]perfectly legal means.  He did nothing worse than what Quayle did with
>->]his "quickstep" into the National Guard, except that the legality of 
>->]the influence peddling which went on in Quayle's behalf is not at all
>->]clear.  A bigger difference was that Clinton never hid his opposition
>->]to the war, and he is honest about it now.  Quayle, who thought the war

>Damn!  Crap like this really makes it hard for us newly converted liberals.
>I can't resist (but I'm still going to vote for him)

>Remember 4 years ago when Quayle got up to 20 minutes on the evening news
>for three weeks running?

>He was only running for VICE president and he SERVED.

>Clinton's running for President, he did NOT serve and he did exactly the

Except for the fact that "serving" in the Indiana National Guard isn't
exactly "serving" in the military.  Not when other people were serving
in Vietnam.  People who OBJECTED to the war.  When they asked Dan Quayle
in 1988 why he didn't volunteer to serve in Vietnam, he said, "Because I
wanted to go to law school."

Quayle SUPPORTED the war, as long as other people got sent there.
Clinton opposed it.

>same kinds of things Quayle did - exercise powerful "insider" connections 
>to get the "best" deal.  It was not "illegal" in either case.  The liberal
>press can't ignore it altogether of course, or somebody might notice the
>bias, but it doesn't look like Clinton will get anywhere near the coverage
>Quayle got.  

Furthermore, Clinton had NO powerful insider connections.  News flash.
Clinton was some average guy, with no multi-millionaire parents who
could exercise influence.  

>Quayle spelles a worde wronge monthes agoe ande its stille gettinge coverage.
>Clinton shows 3rd grade level grammar in his acceptance speech and it
>hardly gets a notice.

First of all, George Bush isn't exactly a winner when it comes to
grammar.  But Quayle's "spelling" simply reinforced the popular view of
him as stupid.  He's ALSO the guy who said "What a waste it is to lose
one's mind..."  And the guy who claimed that Mars had oxygen on it.  And
the guy who couldn't explain target prices.  And who explained that his
work in the Senate involved "making missiles more accurate so we can
have precise precision."  

Of course, George Bush thinks Arkansas is between Texas and Oklahoma, so
maybe it's a Republican thing.

>Clinton's my guy now but it sure feels yucky.

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