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Here's exactly what you said above, you lying piece of crap:

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Matter Eater Man said:
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What Mr. Williams failed to highlight is our current slate of Republican leaders who dodged Vietnam for the very worst reasons. Some of them include: President George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Hastert, George Will, Bill Bennett, Trent Lott, Kenneth Starr, Newt Gingrich, John Ashcroft, Dick Armey, Phil Gramm, Dan Quayle and, the biggest coward of them all, Tom DeLay. The difference between Clinton and these spineless chickenhawks is that Clinton, rightly so, was opposed to the war, whereas these cowards merely sought deferment, without speaking out against a terrible war that even the architects of the war now say was a pointless one.
   Currently, many of these chickenhawks are in positions of power to send our troops into harm's way even though they avoided dangerous duty themselves. Why is it conservatives ignore their own cowardly draft-dodgers, but are all too ready to attack Democrats? The last time I checked, Democratic leaders Tom Daschle, Daniel Inouye (Congressional Medal of Honor winner), Ted Kennedy (yes, Ted Kennedy), Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, Bob Kerrey (another Congressional Medal of Honor winner) and John Kerry, a highly decorated Vietnam War hero, all served in the military, while the GOP leaders listed above skipped out.
   As the GOP list of draft-dodgers points out, Mr. Williams' jibe at Clinton is hypocritical nonsense. And if you must continue calling Clinton a draft-dodger, please don't forget to include some of the names listed above in your conversation.

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And the Powell quote, as I just said in my last post, is about the difference in draft service for rich and poor in the Vietnam era, not blasting Republicans, as you imply.
Anyone who was upper middle class or wealthy, Republican or Democrat, could defer their child's draft into Vietnam by keeping them in college, and other avenues not open to the poor.
Which again, is not an attack by Powell on Republicans in the National Guard, as you allege.