Chickenhawk

by: Scarce

Sun May 28, 2006 at 17:08:28 PM EDT

Above:
From a poster Sen. Frank Lautenberg used as a visual aid 4/28/04 on the Senate floor in his famous defense of his fellow Senator John Kerry entitled "An Illustrated Guide to Chickenhawks."

With a story in today's NY Times which further casts doubt on the validity of the Swift Boaters allegations smears against Senator John Kerry..

Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss

...I'm reminded that Kerry was one of the very few of his generation of politicians (along with John McCain and Wesley Clark) who actually served in Vietnam. It's remarkable how many of these men who ran for President in 2004 either got student or medical deferments (Dean, Kucinich, Cheney) or had strings pulled to let them into the National Guard (Bush, Gephardt). The draft ended before John Edwards was called upon.

And of Joe Lieberman, that venerable chickenhawk we love to hate, can there be any doubt of his chosen route?

Joseph I. Lieberman, 61 Received student deferments from 1961 through 1967 while at Yale and Yale Law School. After finishing law school, received a parental deferment with his wife pregnant.

Joe would have been 25 or 26 then, with the maximum draft age during that period 26, I think, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have anymore information to clear this up? I realize it's probably been covered ad nauseum after 2004 but I'd still like to see a source.