Originally Posted by
oladub
No one was questioning your personal patriotism. But if you want to call Trump a draft dodger, show us what he did that was illegal [[post 132). Lots of rich people legally get draft deferments and use tax exemptions. When I was at Fort Wayne getting a draft physical, I noticed that everyone getting off the charter bus from Ann Arbor seemed to have a file. They had been doing their homework and were well prepared for their physical. Small town whites and inner city blacks didn't come with such files. That's one reason conscription is tilted in favor of the rich. In the 20th. Century, Democrats have been the party supporting involuntary servitude. When you attack Trump for not volunteering for Vietnam, you inferred support for conscription and the Vietnam War. Why else would you have criticized Trump for not volunteering for Vietnam even though Bill Clinton did not volunteer? Neither did Obama or Hillary but after Vietnam. Carter, Bush the Elder, and Kerry did. It would have been ok to criticize that lot for not volunteering but none of them illegally dodged the draft.
Whether or not John McCain was patriotic, he was quite possibly in Annapolis because his father was an admiral, graduated second from the bottom of his class, lost three planes while in the Navy, some fellow prisoners do not respect him, and he had a horrible neocon record in Congress having supported needless wars that left millions of dead people and refugees. I wish him the best dealing with his medical situation but he as been a blight in the Senate.