Reply #8: Agree - [View All]

[beaconess]

He should say, "I don't have anything to do with the memos, so what I think about them isn't important. What is important is whether George Bush is being truthful with the American people when he says that he completed his service when there is absolutely no evidence that he actually showed up for duty. I did show up for duty, over and over, yet Bush stood by silently while my service, my integrity and my fellow soldiers were mercilessly attacked by his partisans. And he is still standing by silently as his partisans attack anyone and everyone who raises reasonable questions about his service.

"The issue is not what Bush did during the Vietnam War - we all made different and difficult choices during that time. If Bush's choice was to use his family connections to avoid going to Vietnam, I'm sure the American people are willing to let that pass, if only he owned up to it.

"The issue is whether he is being straight with the American people about the choices he made. So far, he has not been and that raises serious concerns about whether he can be trusted about anything else."