- President George W. Bush - served four years of a six years Nat'l Guard commitment, some say after daddy's friends pulled some strings to keep him out of Vietnam. The circumstances of his early separation from state-side service are still controversial (details)
- Karl Rove, occasional Deputy Chief of Staff and alleged full time smear artist, escaped the draft and did not serve
- VP Dick Cheney - several deferments, by marriage and timely fatherhood
- Former VP Chief of Staff I. Lewis Scooter Libby - did not serve
- Secretary of State and former NSA Condaleeza Rice - did not serve
- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - did not serve.
- Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert - did not serve.
- Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay - did not serve
- House Majority Whip Roy Blunt - did not serve
- Majority Whip Mitch McConnell - did not serve
- Rick Santorum, third ranking Republican in the Senate - did not serve.
- Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott - did not serve
Illustration provided by Karen Wehrstein
Recently while stammering out a convoluted apology for avoiding service, one budding Yellow Elephant mentioned in part that he 'can support the Yankees without wearing their uniform.' Not too far off: Your average Chicken-hawk does not play for the Yankees because they lack the physical skill required to walk out on that field and compete; likewise, maybe they do not serve in Iraq because they lack the simple courage required to walk into a recruiting office and sign up. But how about his role models?
- Rush Limbaugh - did not serve
- Sean Hannity - did not serve
- Pat Buchanan - did not serve
- Ann Coulter - did not serve
- Ralph Reed - did not serve
- Bill O'Reilly - did not serve
- Michael Savage - did not serve
- Bill Kristol - did not serve
