Bush spokesmen give shifting reasons for events in his Guard service

[Kadie]

Bush spokesmen give shifting reasons for events in his Guard service

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

(10-26) 12:39 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

A look at some of the shifting explanations President Bush and his spokesmen have given for events in Bush's Texas Air National Guard service:


THE QUESTION
Why did Bush skip a required yearly medical examination in 1972?


THE EXPLANATIONS
July 1999: Campaign spokeswoman Karen Hughes tells reporters Bush missed his physical because he was working on a political campaign in Alabama and had no access to the "special" doctors who perform the examinations.

July 2000: Campaign spokesman Dan Bartlett tells the Boston Globe that Bush doesn't remember being grounded.

October 2000: Bartlett tells the Boston Globe he can state unequivocally that Bush was never grounded.

November 2000: Bartlett tells reporters Bush had no reason to take the exam because he was transferring to Alabama and his Texas unit was phasing out use of the F-102A fighter. Bartlett says Bush chose not to take the exam.

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[ogradda]

1. they forgot choice d: other

my personal pick:evilgrin:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. in LBN it says more papers were released

the bottom line is Bush is evasive about the whole thing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x934171

[Supersedeas]

3. a credible pResident calls his opponent a flip-flopper

and tries to convince us he is the opposite of what he actually does