Michael Moore: An Open Letter to George 'I'm a War President!' Bush

[Say_What]

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Dear Mr. Bush,

Thank you for providing the illegible Xeroxed partial payroll sheets (or whatever they were) yesterday covering a few of your days in the National Guard. Now we know that, not only didn't you complete your tour of duty, you were actually paid for work you never did. Did you cash those checks? Wouldn't that be, um, illegal?

Watching the press aggressively demand the truth from your press secretary – and refusing to accept the deceit, the dodging, and the cover-up – was a sight to behold, something we really haven't seen since you took office.

More than one reporter pointed out that those pieces of paper your press secretary waved at them yesterday mean nothing. Even if they aren't forged documents, getting paid does not necessarily mean you showed up to do your duties. As retired Army Col. Dan Smith, a 26-year veteran, told the AP:

"Pay records don't mean anything except that you're in or you're out," said Smith. "It doesn't necessarily reflect what duty you've actually performed because pay records simply record your unit of assignment and then all of your pay and benefits per pay period."

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17822

[emanymton]

1. Keep Hammering Away ...

the Shrub is on the defensive. But this in it self will not lose the election.

Shrub lied, people died.