Reply #141: And tell me what medical school did you graduate from?

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You seem to have more knowledge of how back conditions are agravated by combat and traiing than the draft board doctors. So where'd you get your medical degree again?

Also did Dean ski with 60 or 70 pounds of gear on his back?


"Showing up at the draft board with a letter from an orthopedic specialist and an X-ray demonstrating a bad back was not an option for most Americans — only the sons of priviledge were given that way out."

Once again, where do you get this retarded idea that only the rich had acess to doctors in the 60's? An X-ray wasn't some space aged million dollar procedure, even in the 60's. Most people had access to basic levels of care.

And the fact is even if they did not have an x-ray and a doctor's note, the average kids who told the draft board doc that they had pain in their back when they ran, would get that checked out in the physical.

And even if they made it passed the physical, the problem would have shown up the first time they had to run 5 or 10 milies in full gear.

So this whole argument is stupid and desperate.

But I guess the war hawk candidates, Kerry, CLark, and Bush all have nothing else to run on so they will all campaign the same way, use the same tactics, and harp on Dean being rejected by the draft board.