Bush a no-show at Alabama base in '72, say these two

[newsguyatl]

i saved this article from back in february when the bush/national guard story was at its height... i remember thinking that these two guys would come in handy in the coming year... i hope their names will get spread around to news/media outlets... let's do our part. there's no time to waste.


http://www.memphisflyer.com/content.asp?ID=2834&onthefly=1

BUSH A NO-SHOW AT ALABAMA BASE, SAYS MEMPHIAN
FedEx Pilot Bob Mintz, backed up by a Carolina colleague, recalls no Dubya at Dannelly AFB in 1972.
JACKSON BAKER
MEMPHIS - Two members of the Air National Guard unit that President George W. Bush allegedly served with as a young Guard flyer in 1972 had been told to expect him and were on the lookout for him. He never showed, however; of that both Bob Mintz and Paul Bishop are certain.

The question of Bush’s presence in 1972 at Dannelly Air National Guard base in Montgomery, Alabama - or the lack of it - has become an issue in the 2004 presidential campaign.

Recalls Memphian Mintz, now 63: “I remember that I heard someone was coming to drill with us from Texas. And it was implied that it was somebody with political influence. I was a young bachelor then. I was looking for somebody to prowl around with.” But, says Mintz, that “somebody” -- better known to the world now as the president of the United States -- never showed up at Dannelly in 1972. Nor in 1973, nor at any time that Mintz, a FedEx pilot now and an Eastern Airlines pilot then, when he was a reserve first lieutenant at Dannelly, can remember.

“And I was looking for him,” repeated Mintz, who said that he assumed that Bush “changed his mind and went somewhere else” to do his substitute drill. It was not “somewhere else,” however, but the 187th Air National Guard Tactical squadron at Dannelly to which the young Texas flyer had requested transfer from his regular Texas unit - the reason being Bush’s wish to work in Alabama on the ultimately unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign of family friend Winton "Red" Blount.

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[number6]

1. kick

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[yardwork]

2. Thanks! Chimpy has made an issue of this.

It's time to take off the gloves.

[napi21]

3. Kerry has this, doesn't he? How about sending it to Aaron Brown

I actually6 agree with Aaron when he said "We can do the chit for chat on this from not till Nov., but common guys, STOP! Forget about that many years ago, and talk about now."

GUT, if the Pugs don't want to do that, these two guys you mentioned could put a stop to it with an offensive blow.

[goclark]

5. Arron will probably wimp out

Is he a cousin of the owner of CNN? Why else does he keep showing up on my TV every night?!He just loves to read those boring headlines from tomorrow's news!
How I wish he would take this bull by the horns and TAKE A STAND on something that is meaningful.

[seabeyond]

4. remember a couple months ago

this got so much press, bush said he would put out records, we saw he went to the dentist adn then it ended,. now the news is saying bush put out his record, i beg you pardon. they laughed at it a mere couple months ago, and now they are saying he did it.

as boring as it is, looking like we have to go back there

[SpiralHawk]

6. Please don't kick this thread (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)

We certainly don't want to go back over the Appointee in Chief's shameful AWOL record again. That would be a shame -- his shame.

[blm]

8. I'll see your winks and raise you 2 nods.

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[KittyWampus]

7. Maybe Someone Would Like To Bookmark This Info

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