More bad news for bush - new national guard article by AP

[DemsUnited]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20041026/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_guard_3

You know what to do DUers -- rate this one a 5 and keep it kicked.

On edit: 4 (no more no less) paragraphs of the rather lengthy article:

But the culture apparently did not apply to everyone. Although no records mention any punishment against Bush other than being grounded, the Texas unit's files show another airman was ordered to involuntary active duty in March 1972 as punishment.

There are also unresolved questions about what, if any, work Bush did while temporarily assigned in 1972 to an Alabama unit and why the future president suddenly switched back to training jets shortly before giving up as a pilot.

White House spokesmen say Bush fulfilled all of his obligations and was never disciplined for any wrongdoing while he was in the Texas Air National Guard from 1968 to 1973. While Bush did not meet requirements for pilots in 1972 and 1973 and skipped months of training, there is no record of his commanders ordering him to active duty or initiating an investigation.

The biggest questions about Bush's service focus on 1972 and 1973. Payroll records show Bush failed to show up for training between mid-April and late October of 1972. At the time, he had relocated to Alabama to work on the ultimately unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign of Winton M. Blount, a friend of his father. He was also supposed to do some training with an Alabama unit.

[shawmut]

1. done and kicked

:kick:

[Cha]

2. Done!

More questions than answers!

[sandnsea]

3. cut/paste

I hate to join the ranks of the whiners, but come on, can we get a clue on this posts.

"But gaps in the records leave unanswered questions about the final two years of his military service in 1972 and 1973. Chief among them: Why did Bush's commanders apparently tolerate his lapses in training and approve his honorable discharge?"

[JohnnyCougar]

4. I'm curious as to why this has come up again

I wonder if there is yet another part to this story. Is this priming the public's interest for some startling new documents?

[high density]

7. Or is it just distracting us from the Al Qaqaa situation?

If people don't care about what Bush has done in the last four years, they sure as hell aren't going to care what he did over 30 years ago.

[DemsUnited]

10. AP has been pursuing this story for a while, they're the organization

that pushed the freedom of information act to get all the records released. I would guess that this is their final story pulling together all the bits and pieces uncovered over the past months.

I don't believe this will gain traction since it's pretty much old news and the disappearing explosives story is much more, well, explosive, but anything that casts Bush* in a negative light works for me!

Plus, kudos to AP for not giving up.

[riverwalker]

5. poetic justice

to see rat poop and the chimp mentioned in the same article. ;)

"The government's only explanation was that dust and rat excrement in the boxes made it hard to review the files."

[xultar]

6. DUne - I used all 3 of my yahoo accts n/t

[shelley806]

8. Done

[efhmc]

9. Reality=ultimate bush propaganda

That was a good one.