In article , wrote:
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:01:39 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

Johnson, Nixon, and Ford all served in the Navy during WWII. IIRC, Johnson as
an observer, Nixon in logistics, and Ford on combat ships. Clinton is the only
President in the last sixty years with no military service of any sort.

I'm sorry, which branch did FDR serve in? Assistant Secretary of the
Navy hardly qualifies as "military service;" it's a civilian
appointment.

Excuuuuuuuse me, the last fifty-nine and a half years. Picky, picky, picky.

Moreover, the fact that the greatest president in the
20th Century didn't have any military service (just the AsstSecNav
position), yet successfully led us to victory in the mother of all
wars proves the point that it isn't a qualifying distinction.

Ummm... you might be a little confused here. Ronald Reagan was never
Assistant Secretary of anything, but he *did* serve in the Army several
decades prior to leading us to victory over the Sovs in the Cold War.

In fact, to put this in a little better perspective, no president in
the 20th Century from Roosevelt to Roosevelt served in the military. I
wish the chest thumping neo-cons (who have little to brag about in the
phantom national guard record of their standard bearer) would quit
trying to make such a big deal out of military service.

Who's trying to make a big deal out of anything? Somebody said that since
Kennedy, only Carter, Reagan, and Bush I had served in the
active-duty military, and all I did was to point out that Johnson, Nixon, and
Ford also served. And Clinton didn't.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

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