XPost: calgary.general, can.general, can.politics
XPost: edm.general
From: shhh@donttell.org
In Don Wagner wrote:
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> wrote in message
> news:1105911628.864007.140910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> "Press your nose and make a buzzer sound" Glen
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>> The question was: "How many Presidents have fought in combat in the
>> last 200 years?"
>> .
>> The answer is still "zero". No Presidents have *ever* been in
>> combat.
>
> In no particular order
>
> Garfeild -- Colonel in the Civil War. May have been at the battle,
> but may not have seen action. Wealthy family, you see.
> George Bush -- The elder? Flew torpedo bombers in the Pacfic. Was shot
> down and recovered.
> Gerald Ford -- Who cares?
> U.S. Grant -- About the only real fighting he did was in the Mexican
> War. Commanded during the Civil War as a general, but generals never
> see action anyway.
> Benjamin Harrison -- Another higher-ranking officer. Never really saw
> combat. Wealthy family.
> William Henry Harrison -- Ditto
> Rutherford Hayes -- Same
> Andrew Jackson -- Actually did fight and really did kill. One of a
> very few number.
> John F. Kennedy -- Some question as to his combat record. Likely
> commanded a PT boat because they were unlikely to see action. Just J.F.
> K's luck it didn't turn out that way.
> A. Lincoln -- Really did fight.
> William Mckinley -- Actually was an member of command staff. Secretary
> will a rank.
> James Monroe -- he fought.
> Theodore Roosevelt -- He said he did.
> Zachery Taylor -- Fought, but who cares? It's Zachary Taylor.
>
> Nixon, Ford and Johnson were all in WWII and may or
> may not have seen combat
Are you kidding? Only the media or the motor pool was shot at.
>
> Jimmy Carter was in the Navy and may have seen service
> in Korea
Was in the US Navy so little got so match as a scratch in Korea.
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> Don Wagner
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