Senator Phil Gramm said that he got a draft deferment because having a Ph.D., he wouldn't have been sent to Vietnam. Say, there's a novel excuse -- "I wasn't stupid enough to go."

- Why am I suddenly reminded of Leona Helmsley's famous quote: "Only the little people pay taxes"?- What Gramm is saying is that he wanted to go to Vietnam but there was no place in the war for a Ph.D.

- At least Gramm admits to being openly Ph.D. However, he got the degree at Texas A&M, which some Texans will tell you can be received along with a year's subscription to Road & Track magazine.

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- Mark Russell

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