Saturday, April 25, 2009

Challenge to Readers III - Commitment to Service

It seems like we had some fun with the last challenge, so I've decided to post another one. Below you will find an equal list of famous people from both major political parties and a third list of famous political pundits. The question is this; What is the total amount of time the people listed in each group (in aggregate) served in the military? I'm looking for 3 numbers, an estimate of joint military service for each group.

The Challenge has ended: To view additional information, read the comments.

Democrats - 46 years of Service - 12 major service medals

  1. Barack Obama
  2. Tom Daschle
  3. Bill Clinton
  4. Al Gore
  5. John Kerry
  6. Charles Rangel
  7. Ted Kennedy
  8. Walter Mondale
  9. Tom Harkin
  10. George McGovern
  11. Max Cleland
  12. Jimmy Carter

Republicans - 0 years of military service

  1. Mitch McConnell
  2. Tom Delay
  3. Karl Rove
  4. Paul Wolfowitz
  5. Richard Perle
  6. Phil Gramm
  7. Dick Cheney
  8. Jeb Bush
  9. Newt Gingrich
  10. Dennis Hastert
  11. Trent Lott
  12. John Ashcroft

Political Pundits - 0 years of military service

  1. Sean Hannity
  2. Rush Limbaugh
  3. Bill O'Reilly
  4. George Will
  5. Michael Savage
  6. Bill Bennett
  7. Pat Buchanan
  8. John Wayne
  9. Bill Kristol
  10. Kenneth Starr
  11. Antonin Scalia
  12. Clarence Thomas
When somebody responds and gets within +/- (4) years for all three groups, I'll then give you some more numbers regarding the 3 groups in a follow up comment. I'll provide hints along the way.

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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 27, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    Democrats have spent more time in the military

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  2. tomtoakApril 27, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    Thank you for responding. You are right, Democrats have spent more time in the military, but how much more time?

    Try this format:

    Democrats: XXX years
    Republicans: XXX years
    Pundits: XXX years

    Feel free to throw some numbers out there.

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  3. AnonymousApril 28, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    Dems 20
    Rep 10
    Pun 8

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  4. tomtoakApril 29, 2009 at 12:49 AM

    The pattern is right, but the numbers are wrong!

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  5. AnonymousApril 30, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    DEmocrats 36
    Republicans 8
    Pundits 0

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  6. tomtoakApril 30, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    Democrats are low
    Republicans are high
    Pundits are correct - good job!

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  7. AnonymousMay 2, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    Dems 50

    Republics 15


    Pundits 0

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  8. tomtoakMay 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    Dems are a little high

    Rep are too high: The last guess of 8 was too high

    Pundits = 0

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  9. tomtoakMay 2, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    One more day for the challenge!

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  10. tomtoakMay 4, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    OK: That's enough. I'm shocked that nobody nailed this one. The answer is Dems 46, Rep 0, Pundits 0

    That's right: Not one day of military service for all of those Republicans and not one day of service for all of the pundits.

    Here's a little more information:

    Democrats:
    46 years of service
    12 major service medals (bronze stars, silver stars or purple hearts
    I believe only 2 deferments (Bill Clinton)
    Neither Clinton nor Obama served, every other Democrat in the list did.

    Republicans:
    0 years of military service
    0 medals
    Ashcroft had 7 deferments and Chaney 5 - so the number of deferments is too large to count.

    Pundits:
    0 years of military sevice
    100's of years of combined false patriotism.

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  11. SandyMay 7, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    I think those numbers --differences between the Dems and the other 2 groups--is astounding. It speaks Volumes about reality!!!!!!!

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