Bush releases records -- it backfires

[Robb]

GEORGE W. BUSH RELEASES MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS. IT BACKFIRES.

President George W. Bush has had the White House release his disputed military pay records, and the results are not what George Bush obviously hoped for and what his PR man is spinning so superficially. Looking closer, the military service pay and retirement records prove that George Bush is GUILTY AS CHARGED by Sen. John Kerry and others.

The records show George W. Bush was paid for only 9 days' service between May 1972 and May 26, 1974, when his 6 years in the Texas Air National Guard were up. That's 9 days out of 2 years while your fathers, sons, brothers, comrades-in-arms, uncles, and friends were dying in Vietnam. In 2 years (24 months), a "normal" ANG member would have attended twenty-four 2-day weekend drills and two 2-week summer encampments: a total of 68 days. Bush served 9, according to the records just released.

The records basically show that Bush did not attend required drills for the final two years of his ANG service: guilty as charged. He had been ordered to attend "nine certain duty days in person during Summer Camp at Ellington AFB between May 22 and June 7." THOSE ARE THE 9 DAYS THE WHITE HOUSE HAS JUST UNEARTHED. THAT'S 9 DAYS OUT OF 2 YEARS. Apparently he did not serve at all - for 2 years - except for 9 days during one 2-week period.

President Bush was prematurely discharged from the Texas ANG on October 1, 1973 (the guys in the rice paddies should have been so lucky) to attend Harvard. BASICALLY, THE FACT REMAINS THAT, BETWEEN MAY 1972 AND OCTOBER 1, 1973, BUSH WAS ABSENT WITHOUT PERMISSION. THIS WOULD HAVE CONSTITUTED AWOL IF ANYONE NOTICED AND CARED. Senator Kerry and the Democrats have been generous in limiting claims of shirking to only the year between May 1972 and May 1973.


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[brainwashed_youth]

1. excellent article my friend

but it kinda makes me wonder, did the White House even review this before they released it?

[Caution]

2. Ouch...i wonder wha the spin on this will be

[radfringe]

14. heard a bit of spin on this yesterday

it was mentioned in passing by a GOPer...

GOPer said that at the time bush* "served" the record keeping was a mess, so it wouldn't be unusual for inaccuracies in the documents or for some documents to be lost...

It's the National Guards Fault.....

[littlejoe]

15. If anyone knows how to put a spin on something,

it's a republican.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

3. I'm SO enjoying this

The tide is turning, folks. *'s critical mass of lies got too heavy and it's payback time. Let's stay on them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Let's not get too excited.

You're giving the general public a lot of credit here. These are the same people who STILL think, in rather large numbers, that WMDs were not only found, but were USED against our troops. They see a headline and that's all they read. So a lot of people see that proof was offered, and that's all they care about. It will be our job to get this message to the people and literally spoon feed it to them. Otherwise, they will not eat it.

[Mixxster]

12. Exactly.

Just take a look at the responses underneath the story.

[indepat]

9. On with it but don't stop here: on with Harken, et al, on with every

crucial issue in his past that was glossed over or ignored in 2000. A war president can take the heat and knows where the buck stops.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Stay on the story

The best people to spread this information are our vets. I'd love to hear my brother say, "While Bush was serving his 9 days, I was in Viet Nam earning a Silver Star...."

[lovedems]

6. This is an excellent article, my question is, will the mainstream

media pick up on this and continue to investigate or will they just be lazy and only report on what was handed them.

I didn't see the WH press conference today, but I saw some reports posted on DU. Hopefully that is an indication this is far from over.

[Hand]

7. Hell, ths is easy...

"NINE DAYS IN TWO YEARS!" "NINE DAYS IN TWO YEARS!"

Makes a nice sign, an excellent chant... you name it! The Chimp's a-goin' down if this gets hammered hard enough.

Ah... this beats the Nixon tapes. I feel much better today.

:evilgrin:

[Rainbowreflect]

8. Isn't that about the same percentage of time he's spent in

the White House?

[polmaven]

10. Ooooooooo!

LOL!!! Very perceptive, Rainbow.

[Nay]

11. HA HA HA, Rainbow! Perfect!

That dumbass has no idea of what it means to work, does he??

[DinahMoeHum]

13. * had the equivalent of a political patronage "no-show" job.

Wise-ass.

:kick: