Rancor against Al Gore is IMHO pretty much proof of a severely biased
attitude, and shows that one's opinions are chiefly formed by the
farther right wing propaganda.


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Quit getting your boxers in a bunch Doug - he was what he was - a son
of a Southern Senator who was tossed into the military for no other
reason than the fact that it wouldn't look good for the future Senator
Gore to have been a CO. He was given a nice safe job where he couldn't
get himself into trouble and it worked exactly as planned.

Like it or not, that's exactly the way it was.


Actually, you're very wrong. Look up the facts, you won't believe me. Al
Gore's father, the Senator, did NOT want Al to go into the Army and was
on record as being vocally against the war from pretty early on.

I think it's likely that Gore did get some preferential treatment. I
also think it's likely that he encountered a heck of a lot of rancor &
abuse from guys who thought he was 1- a pussy for being a conscientious
objector in the first place and 2- a traitor for his father's public
stance against the war.

So in short, since you've fallen hook line & sinker for the right-wing
propaganda (which they've spent millions of dollars on, so maybe it's
nice that they didn't waste all that money), I hope that you'll never
ever try to connect the dots. It will make you dissatisfied with your
opinions & statements.

BTW becoming a corpsman was a good option for draftee consientious
objectors, but you had to agree to a longer term of service than college
grad officer types like Gore were obligated for. If Gore had become a
corpsman, there really wouldn't be as much room for criticism, would there?

And a lot of 'pecker checkers' got hassled, big time, for being cont obj'rs.

DSK