Loved Their Country So Much, They'd Die For It...

This used to be up at the Ed Schultz Show website, but I haven't seen it in a while.
Democrats

Senator Bill Nelson Astronaut, NASA, 1986 United States Army Reserves, 1965-1971 United States Army, 1968-1970

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle,1st Lt., U.S. Air Force SAC 1969-72

Former Vice President Al Gore enlisted August 1969; sent to Vietnam January 1971 as an army journalist, assigned to the 20th Engineer Brigade headquartered at Bien Hoa, an airbase twenty miles northeast of Saigon

Former Senator Bob Kerrey Lt. j.g., U.S. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam

Senator Daniel Inouye US Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, World War Two

Senator John Kerry Lt., U.S. Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat

Representative Charles Rangel Staff Sgt., U.S. Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea

Former Senator Max Cleland Captain, U.S. Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) U.S. Army, 1951-1953. (WHAT?!!)

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Lt., U.S. Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.

Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) U.S. Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91

Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) served as a U.S. Army officer in World War II, receiving the Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.

Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA) Lt. Col., U.S. Army 1956-76; two tours in Vietnam, two Distinguished Flying Crosses as a helicopter pilot, two Bronze Stars, and the Soldier's Medal.

Former Representative "Pete" Peterson Air Force Captain, POW, Ambassador to Viet Nam, and recipient of the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-CA Staff sergeant/platoon leader with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S. Army; was wounded and received a Purple Heart.

Bill McBride, Democratic Candidate for Florida Governor volunteered and served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam; awarded Bronze Star with a combat "V."

Gray Davis, California Governor Army Captain in Vietnam; received Bronze Star

Chuck Robb, US Senator from Virginia served in Vietnam

George McGovern awarded Silver Star & DFC, dozens of missions during WWII.

Former President Jimmy Carter most recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, seven years in the Navy Except for his fellow service-academy graduate Dwight Eisenhower, no President of the twentieth century spent more years in uniform than Carter.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale U.S. Army 1951-1953

Former Senator John Glenn, D-OH (1974-1999) Served in WWII and Korea; extensive military commendations include the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions, and the Air Medal with 18 Clusters.

Congressman Tom Lantos, D-CA Did not serve in the US military; did serve in the Hungarian anti-Nazi underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg, is the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.

Republicans

Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeldserved in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. Served as President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East and met with Saddam Hussein twice in 1983 and 1984

Senator John McCain McCain's naval honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross Senators Cleland (D-GA), Kerry (D-MA), Kerrey (D-NE), Robb (D-VA) and Hagel (R-NE) defended him when smearedby Bush campaign circa 2000

Former President Gerald Ford served in the Navy, WWII

Senator Ted Stevens, R-AK WW II pilot two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Air Medals, and the Yuan Hai medal awarded by the Republic of China.

Chuck Hagel two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, Vietnam.

Representative Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) served in USMC in Vietnam; wounded in action

Chuck Hagel two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, Vietnam.

Former Senator Bob Dole WWII veteran, Purple Heart.

Representative Sam R. Johnson combat missions in both Korea and Vietnam POW in Hanoi from April 1966 to February 1973

Tom Ridge Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam

George Herbert Walker Bush pilot in WWII. Shot down by the Japanese; was lone survivor out of airplane

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA/49th there were some problems with his service. (see: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/05/29/NEWS12714.dtl )

Interesting…

House Majority Leader Tom Delay, did not serve

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist did not serve

Rick Santorum, R-PA, third ranking Republican in the Senate did not serve.

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, did not serve.

GW Bush decided that a six-year Nat'l Guard commitment really means four years

VP Cheney several deferments, the last by marriage (in his own words, "had other priorities than military service")

Att'y Gen. John Ashcroft did not serve ; received seven deferments to teach business ed at SW Missouri State

Jeb Bush, Florida Governor did not serve

Karl Rove avoided the draft, did not serve, too busy being a Republican.

Representative Saxby Chambliss, Georgia did not serve had a "bad knee" (yet somehow feels he has a right to attack Max Cleland's patriotism)

Jack Kemp did not serve (was unfit because of a knee injury, though he heroically continued as a National Football League quarterback for another eight years)

Arnold Schwarzenegger, CA went AWOL from his Austrian army base to enter a bodybuilding competition

Eliot Abrams did not serve,

Paul Wolfowitz did not serve,

Richard Perle did not serve,

Rudy Giuliani did not serve,

Michael Bloomberg did not serve

George Pataki did not serve,

Pat Buchanan did not serve

Rush Limbaugh did not serve (Anal Cyst of something like that)

Michael Savage (aka Michael Alan Weiner) did not serve

George Will did not serve

Bill O'Reilly did not serve

Paul Gigot did not serve.

Bill Bennett did not serve

Pat Robertson claimed during 1986 campaign to be a "combat veteran." In reality, was a "Liquor Officer."

Spencer Abraham did not serve,

John Engler did not serve, Rep.

Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA did not serve