Did Karl Rove dodge the draft?

[Dover]

Did Karl Rove dodge the draft?
By Rebecca Walsh
The Salt Lake Tribune


Except for a lapse of several months, Selective Service records show presidential adviser Karl Rove escaped the draft for nearly three years at the height of the Vietnam War using student deferments.

Rove's avoidance of military service during the Vietnam War has become an issue in an ongoing presidential campaign debate retreading the military records of President Bush and challenger Sen. John Kerry. Bush's supporters have attacked Kerry's war decorations and statements he made opposing the war. And Kerry backers insist Bush was quietly ushered into the protective ranks of the National Guard to avoid combat, then failed to fullfil the last months of his service obligation.

Democrats cast Rove as the mastermind of a hypocritical Bush team that managed to avoid the draft and now cynically encourages questions about Kerry's three Purple Hearts. Last April, Kerry even mentioned Rove by name, along with Vice President Cheney, saying the two men "went out of their way to avoid their chance to serve." ..cont'd

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[benddem]

1. of course

he's just another chickenhawk

[renegade000]

2. did nixon go to china?

eom

[agingdem]

3. Some explain this...

Rove dropped out of school and he still got a deferment...how is that possible? I remember the guys who quit school were denied deferments and they were eventually drafted. So how did Rove, a college drop-out keep his deferment?

[cheshire]

4. $ MONEY MONEY MONEY $