Help! Some freepers argue that Clinton was AWOL in the 70's

[Flagg]

what do I do ?

[Frodo]

1. You can't BE "AWOL" if you aren't IN the military.

He never joined up.


Maybe he's using "AWOL" as an acronym for something else? "A Wild Old Liberal" or similar?

[tsakshaug]

2. Which do they want

The freepers always call him a draft dodger, so how could he have been AWOL? They cannot have it both ways. They just have their presidents mixed up, it is the present one that was AWOL.

[mhr]

3. He Never Served In The Military Ergo He Could Never Be AWOL

Tell your freepers that they need to learn the definition of AWOL.

Further, remind them that Bush was in fact AWOL and a Deserter to Boot.

That should send them into conniptions.

[Flagg]

4. thanx for the help

[BeatleBoot]

5. Bush was AWOL only after Daddy

got him in the Air National Guard, leap-frogging about 200,000 others ahead of him.

George W. Bush: Protecting the skies of Texas from Ho Chi Minh.

Clinton was a Rhoade Scholar attending Oxford University at the time.

[Loonman]

6. You can't be AWOL if you never served

Freepers are mentally absent.

[Flagg]

7. the freepers

used this 'article ' http://www.webneck.com/sites/bjclinton/index.asp?pg=L23&col=1

[OldSoldier]

14. The best part of that article...

was the assertion that Clinton used "family influence" to get out of the draft.

Last I checked, families with no money don't have "influence."

[scottcsmith]

18. You beat me to it!

Yes, a dirt-poor Arkansas single mother can work magic in getting their child out of the draft!

What a crock of shit.

[MarianJack]

8. Typical freeper CRAP!

They can't defend their moron, so they attack Bill Clinton. After 13 years it's getting boring, but they have nothing else!

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Clinton is the most investigated president in the history of the U.S.

The Republicans even tried to photograph the man's penis for God's sake! If there was any truth to an AWOL, it would have turned up long before now. The freepers are just lying because they know Bush is vulnerable on this issue.

[ellie]

10. Who cares?

Clinton is no longer the president. I would point out that irrefutable fact to them and then watch their heads explode.

[imax2268]

11. here's what was posted

on another site...

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Bill Clinton's Military Record
Bill Clinton registers for the draft on September 8, 1964, accepting all contractual conditions of registering for the draft. Given Selective Service Number 3 26 46 228.

Bill Clinton classified 2-S on November 17, 1964
Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on March 20, 1968
Bill Clinton ordered to report for induction on July 28, 1969
Bill Clinton dishonors order to report and is not inducted into the military
Bill Clinton reclassified 1-D after enlisting in the United States Army Reserves on August 07,1969 under authority of Colonel E. Holmes.
Clinton signs enlistment papers and takes oath of enlistment
Bill Clinton fails to report to his duty station at the University of Arkansas ROTC, September 1969
Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on October 30, 1969, as enlistment with Army Reserves is revoked by Colonel E. Holmes and Clinton now AWOL and subject to arrest under Public Law 90-40 (2)(a) "registrant who has failed to report...remain liable for induction"
Bill Clinton's birth date lottery number is 311, drawn December 1, 1969, but anyone who has already been ordered to report for induction, is INELIGIBLE!
Bill Clinton runs for Congress (1974), while a fugitive from justice under Public Law 90-40
Bill Clinton runs for Arkansas Attorney General (1976), while a fugitive from justice
All these facts come from Freedom of Information requests, public laws, and various books that have been published, and have not been refuted by Clinton.
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Now I have not seen any sources for this info...so I don't know how accurate it is...if it's accurate at all...

[Gman]

12. This is going around in an email too

I did a "reply all" with links to documents from when Bush was AWOL.

[imax2268]

13. yea...but where are the sources...?

I keep asking for them but never get them...

[rustydog]

15. Tell them to get over it.

:beer:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. can't be AWOL unless in military and he did NOT dodge the draft..his #

never even got called up....Clinton had a high SS number....so all the spin about clinton being a draft dodger is bullshit...and moot

[HuckleB]

17. If they don't have legitimate sources, they don't have a claim.

The Freepers have been making up stuff about Clinton since forever. It won't stop. It's their fictional outlet.

[scottcsmith]

19. Good ole' Snopes

The Urban Legend Reference Pgaes.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/politics/clintondraft.asp

There's some ammunition for you.