There were a lot of young men in the '60s

[Ironpost]

who took the deferment route to keep out of the service, (Viet Namn). All of those I know, I'm sure voted for bush. This coming from an ole' boy who is easy to talk to and fast to start a new conversation so I have met many. I guess they were embarrassed to vote for John Kerry because he didn't take the easy way out. Just my observation

[Roland99]

1. Too much of a generalization to me

I'm sure there were plenty, perhaps moreso, who found ways to keep from going that were anti-war all the way.

[DURHAM D]

2. I completely agree. Everyone I know who either took deferments

or used connections to stay out of Vietnam has now changed their personal history. Funny thing is, they believe their own revisions.
I am glad that all of my college friends and family members avoided the situation but I wish they had not all become repugs.

[jswordy]

3. You know, there are several thousand who had to leave...

...and are still in Canada. By the time Carter got around to pardoning them, they had lives and families there.

I know one, my brother in law. He had scoliosis (sp/), a back defect that should have made him ineligable for duty. But he lived in a small town and a couple members of the draft board there didn't like his daddy, so he was 1A til he crossed the border. Too bad, too, he was one hell of a car designer then for Chrysler...we lost a real talent there.

Now he's a Canadian professor who teaches kids to become product designers. And instead of "The Star Spangled Banner," my niece and nehew (born there) sing, "O Canada."