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[Susie924]

This is an excerpt from The Family
I laughed out loud when I read the last sentence.

At a time when 350 Americans were dying in combat every week, George W was twelve days away from losing his student deferment from the draft. He had taken the Air Force pilot aptitude test and scored only 25 percent - the lowest acceptable grade - but because he had the powerful intercession of Ben Barnes, the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, George W was allowed to jump over the year and a half waiting list of 150 names and be admitted to the Guard. He was given one of the last two slots for pilots, was sworn in on the day he applied, and became a second lieutenant without ever going to Officers' Training School. On his application, he specifically checked the box that read: "Do not volunteer for overseas service".

The last time such magic occurred Cinderella's fairy godmother had waved a wand over a pumpkin and said, "Bippity boppity boo".