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{Politics.811.13}: T.J. McGovern {tj2} Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:25:29 EDT (16 lines)

Has to live with that??

Whatever makes you think it would cause him a moment's distress?

I have stories of friends who escaped the draft by marrying.
Another's father was a bartender who was acquainted with a power
company executive who gave my friend a job in a "sensitive industry"
to make him ineligible for service. Yet another's father was an
officer in the NG and the governor's pilot. That one secured a spot in
the NG and went on to become a general and the head of the Guard for
many years. At least he stayed on and served. The other guy quit the
power company job as soon as he got his deferment.

None of these people were rich or influential on any broad scale,
they just had one friend or relative with a connection. It will be no
different the next time.

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