Democrats

David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72

Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, etc

Jimmy Carter: Lt. Commander in the Navy 1946-53

Wesley Clark: Army 1966-2000, Vietnam, Silver star, purple heart

Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver/Bronze stars, Vietnam

Bill Clinton: Did not serve

Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72

Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze star

Michael Dukakis: Army 1955-57

John Edwards: Did not serve

Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71

John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs; Air Medal w/18 Clusters

Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam as journalist

Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74

Howell Heflin: Silver star

Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze star

Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII

Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53

Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam

John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver/Bronze stars, purple hearts

Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII

Jim McDermott: Navy 1968-70

George McGovern: Silver star & DFC during WWII

Zell Miller: Marine Corps, 1953-56

Walter Mondale: Army 1951-53

Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver star, etc

Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze star, Korea

Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-79; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91

Chuck Robb: U.S. Marine Corps, 1961-70, Vietnam

Pete stark: Air Force 1955-57

Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart

Republicans

Spencer Abraham: Did not serve

Eliot Abrams: Did not serve

Richard Armitage: Navy, three tours in Vietnam

John Ashcroft: Did not serve

Roy Blunt: Did not serve

Michael Bloomberg: Did not serve

George H.W. Bush: Youngest Navy pilot in WW II; awarded DFC

George W. Bush: Texas Air Nat. Guard; didn't take physical; suspended from flying

Jeb Bush: Did not serve

Saxby Chambliss: Did not serve. Attacked Cleland's patriotism

Dick Cheney: Did not serve

Christopher Cox: Did not serve

Tom DeLay: Did not serve

Bob Dole: Army in WWII, Bronze star, two purple hearts

Bob Dornan: Enlisted after fighting was over in Korea

John Engler: Did not serve

Douglas Feith: Did not serve

Gerald Ford: Lt. Commander, Navy in WWII

Bill Frist: Did not serve

Newt Gingrich: Did not serve

Rudy Giuliani: Did not serve

Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer

Phil Gramm: Did not serve

Chuck Hagel: Served in Vietnam, two Bronze stars and purple heart

Dennis Hastert: Did not serve

Tim Hutchison: Did not serve

Jack Kemp: Did not serve. "Knee problem," continued in NFL for 8 years

Jon Kyl: Did not serve

Trent Lott: Did not serve

Richard Lugar: Intelligence officer in Navy 1957-60

John McCain: POW in Vietnam, Legion of Merit, Silver star, DFC, many more

Mitch McConnell: Did not serve

John McHugh: Did not serve

George Pataki: Did not serve

Richard Perle: Did not serve

Colin Powell: 35 years in Army, 4-star general

Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard

Ronald Reagan: Served in WWII making movies

Tom Ridge: Army in Vietnam, Bronze star

Dana Rohrabacher: Did not serve

Karl Rove: Did not serve

Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor

Rick Santorum: Did not serve

Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base

Richard Shelby: Did not serve

JC Watts: Did not serve

Vin Weber: Did not serve

Paul Wolfowitz: Did not serve

Are you kidding? Compared to the old NYT political forums, Salon is tame.

I haven't gotten a single death threat here, and the right-wingers here don't seem to feel free enough to promise to exterminate Democrats and anybody else who gets in the way of the Bush Regime.

You'd be amazed at the things that have been posted just on the Krugman forum, much less the dreaded Maureen Dowd forum:

"It's a heads up that you've come to the attention of some people who have a lot to lose.

"I've said to much already."

pez_rules - 9:30 PM ET November 5, 2004 (#16523 of 16590)

Religion is a tool to control the masses. We of the state can use it to our own ends. We are legion.

pez_rules - 11:26 AM ET November 7, 2004

http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/editorialsoped/todayseditorials/index.html?offset=18968&fid=.f67c632/18968

pez_rules - 8:12 PM ET November 7, 2004 (#17127 of 17409)

The pain of the left is the icing on the cake.

I am fully in agreement that they will be tracked down and intimidated or destroyed. That was the word that came down.

Whether that is "right" or not is a different question. I do not worry about that aspect.

http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/editorialsoped/todayseditorials/index.html?offset=19388&fid=.f67c632/19388

Honestly, guys, count your blessings. I expected the Radical Right to roaming the streets with Bush's tanks by now, looking for librul victims.

Calling them misogynists and rapists and wife abusers and trolls just confirms their point and the points of others here that Salon's readers are not as open minded as we would like to think, and that we do insist on and enforce a uniformity of thought and opinion.

--Anonymous

Oh really?

Who are you, Anonymous?

Is the Unitary Executive himself mulling a run?

I hope to God not, and I'm an atheist.

With enough brainwashed conservative voters and rigged voting machines you can do anything, and he's got the Great Right-Wing Noise Machine bought and paid for besides. Don't be surprised if he still manages Great Media Support to win even though his ratings are in the teens.

You don't just write off an Ultimate Corporatist like Cheney, no matter how deeply he's been exposed as a greedy militaristic con man.