I didn’t have anything to do with choosing any draft deferment.. Yet Dean

[phirili]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/912159.asp

Snip:
In the winter of 1970, a 21-year-old student from Yale walked into his armed services physical in New York carrying X-rays and a letter from his orthopedist, eager to know whether a back condition might keep him out of the military draft.

Snip:
So, he came to his physical armed with X-rays and a letter from his orthopedist.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/22/politics/campaigns/22DRAF.html?hp

Sounds like Dean took all the documentation necessary to avoid being drafted.

[roughsatori]

1. That would be the logical thing to do if one had a physical problem

that might qualify one for a deferment. (I am a Kucinich supporter.)

[Don Claybrook]

2. And? So?

Is there a point to this post, which is already being covered in other threads?

[dajabr]

3. Glad this fascinates you....Hope you buy his book! (nt)

[bluestateguy]

4. What are you doing?

Real helpful. Provide soundbites for the other side to use, "Well EVEN DEMOCRATS like phirili have been critical of Dean's statements about the draft."

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. I'm locking this as it is a dupe

please continue your examination of Candidate Dean's Back history here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=754701&mesg_id=754701

thanks

Big McLargehuge
DU Moderator