I am ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS that the awol story wasn't pursued in 2000

[AngryYoungMan]

I mean, what the hell? Thanks to Michael Moore, we're finally examining whether this man is even fit for public office.

Meanwhile Andrew Sullivan is picking on Bush because of the TV interview, asking questions like "What is he talking about?" and "Is he crazy?" (That's right, Andrew...he's a stupid figurehead. I guess you're the last to know.)

When I think about how all this stuff was in plain sight in 2000...back when my city had a World Trade Center and my friends all had jobs...it makes me want to cry.

[Benhurst]

1. As an angry old man, I share your feelings completely. n/t

[NWHarkness]

2. I liked the line someone used earlier

Bush was AWOL in '72, the press was AWOL in 2000.

[drdigi420]

3. and the whole bush cabal

was AWOL on Sept 11th, 2001

[priller]

4. Yeah, me too, but to be fair

No one back then knew how completely Bush would use the military for political purposes. I mean, no national leader outside of tin-pot dictatorships puts on military garb and pulls stunts like landing on the carrier. So if he's going to do stuff like that, then I think the press now has a more valid reason for looking at his past Vietnam-era history. If Bush is going to pretend that he's a soldier too, then it's perfectly fair to see exactly what kind of a "soldier" he was.

[Wapsie B]

5. I am too.

This was all available in '00. And most of the press just sat on it. Any mention of chimpy's AWOL by an individual was quickly brushed off and discounted. So the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of this country goes AWOL, and for over 3 years this didn't matter. The Fourth Estate has a load of explaining to do.

[Michael Harrington]

6. Just like the story of his father

Strafing the boat with the unarmed sailors in it. It was in plain sight (Harper's published the memo), but the U.S. press knows which side it's bread is buttered on and (for the most part), never even acknowledged it.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

11. You mean there is something to those stories that Bush Sr.'s war

record is suspicious? I never heard much about it except rumors, but I respect "Harper's" as a source. What did they print?

[Stephanie]

7. Cheer up! Check out LBN - this story is kicking ass! Burkett has WITNESSES

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=359502&mesg_id=359502

[JCMach1]

8. No shite... don't forget cocainegate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1113099

[Karenina]

9. Complete with photo...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=34375

[Malva Zebrina]

10. I don't understand why either--

I wonder if the Bush gang actually did threaten people and their families with violence if they dared bring up anything that would show Bush for the slime that he is. Perhaps they have someting on a lot of these people with which to blackmail them Scott Ritter is an example

We know the history of the Bush family and the almost pathological obsssession with "revenge" that permeates wherever they hang their hats--I assume those sycophants around him don't stay long unless they share that cheap, little adolescent propensity. I think the whole kit and kaboodle are all sick puppies.

[Nlighten1]

12. The AWOL story is one of a hundred that has been ignored...

by the corporate media...I think it is time to get serious about busting the grip the corporate media has on the US.

[NNN0LHI]

13. After Bush was selected and I resigned myself to 4 years of the Chimp...

...I can still remember saying to my wife that I just hope he don't get us into any wars...

Don

[dbt]

14. I'll see your resignation and raise you an emigration

Some dear Irish friends of mine went back home because they feared bu$h was going to "take us to war."

:freak:
dbt

[Loonman]

15. The press didn't even really interview the bastard at all

Media whores.