Few Can Offer Confirmation Of Bush's Guard Service (WP - Latest Info)

[VolcanoJen]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42735-2004Feb14.html

Few Can Offer Confirmation Of Bush's Guard Service
Friends and Acquaintances Lack Firsthand Knowledge

By Manuel Roig-Franzia and Lois Romano
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, February 15, 2004; Page A01

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Page A01 in the Washington Post. Not exactly the headline Bush and the Rovians would be looking for, following the release of the "complete" George W. Bush military record...

Excerpts (emphasis mine):

Trying to quell a growing political storm, President Bush on Friday evening released all his military records to counter Democrats' suggestions that he shirked his duty in the Air National Guard at the height of the Vietnam War.

But the hundreds of pages of documents did little to answer questions about Bush's military history. Why, for example, is there no definitive documentation -- except a single dental exam -- that places Bush at Dannelly Air National Guard Base in 1972-73 and shows how he performed his temporary duty in the Alabama Guard?

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Only one person has vivid recollections of serving with Bush at Dannelly field. John B. "Bill" Calhoun, 69 -- whose name was provided by a Republican ally of Bush's -- said he saw Bush sign in at the 187th eight to 10 times for about eight hours each from May to October 1972.

But Calhoun remembers seeing Bush at Dannelly at times in mid-1972 when the White House acknowledges Bush was not pulling Guard duty in Alabama yet; his first drills were in October, according to the White House. White House press secretary Scott McClellan on Friday was at a loss to reconcile the discrepancy.

The last paragrpaph and line provide an editorial gem, the final word in a front-page Sunday Washington Post item:

...In the spring of 1973, the younger Bush was accepted to Harvard Business School, quickly finished up his Guard requirements and asked for an early discharge.

The young man finally had a plan.


on edit: added final excerpt

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. None can provide any eyewitness verification....

...all that have come forward have been debunked.

[buckeye1]

2. If you don't want register try this.

http://bugmenot.com I think that posters should post the article to avoid this problem.

[0007]

6. No thanks, LOL!!

[izzie]

3. I frankly think he has made one big error and has moved into the....

defending himself. On top of no one having any belief in him now, but the few right wing nuts, he is in trouble. The drip, drip, drip has worn him down. It did the same with Clinton and I can not say I am un-happy to see if happen to Bush. It looks like the Republicans are getting what they dished out for 8 years. I do think it was a personal thing on Clinton ,as he was not doing a job on our countries name around the world but Bush seems to be killing off the American way.Will any one take a bet that Bush will try and drag out poor MaCain to help save him?

[NNadir]

4. I have heard Kerry will be travelling with a "Band of Brothers,"

...people who have remained close with him after their service in Vietnam together.

That would be some great political theater...

[opihimoimoi]

5. Bush has his Band of Thieves and Liars

They are stealing America blind lying the whole time. Evidence:??: Look it the National debt going up while the tax cuts give millionares a blessing of hundreds of thousand$ in tax savings.
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These Pub creeps have the audacity to laugh all the way to the Swiss Bank.

[0007]

7. The mafia has no problem finding witnesses -

I got a kick out of the the article that said daddy bush got junior a job doing community service in Houston cuz junior ran over some garbage cans and wanted to go "mano to mano" with daddy bush. junior had been carousing with his girl friend's brother which was 16 years old.
What a bullshit story.

[madmom]

8. usefull story

I assume this is the article in msnbc.If you study the time line in this story you can see the thief in chief dodging the F4 Phatom our main plane in Nam.

[boobooday]

9. the invisible Bush

Maybe he was working undercover. hahaha

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[LiberalFighter]

10. DANG?? Dannelly Air National Guard??

Are they the same? I have not seen anything official that designates DANG to be Dannelly Air National Guard.