Blumenthal: Now it's Bush's turn to squirm

[RamboLiberal]

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Bush campaigns before the faithful; distressing facts are dismissed with sarcasm and ideology is implacable. Yet at this moment of disdain a discovery that cast light on Bush's character suddenly emerged, having the potential to alter the momentum of the campaign.

On Wednesday, the Boston Globe published documents proving that Bush, whose spotty record in the National Guard was always mysterious, "fell well short of meeting his military obligation". Maj Gen Paul A Weaver Jr., who retired in 2002 as the Pentagon's director of the Air National Guard, was quoted: "It appears that no one wanted to hold him accountable."

That night, CBS's 60 Minutes broadcast the first interview with former Texas lieutenant governor Ben Barnes, who explained how he contrived to get young George his safe posting in the "champagne unit" of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war. The programme also revealed further documents showing he never fulfilled his service.

Abruptly, the Republican marchers stumble as Kerry is galvanised. "His miscalculation was going to war without planning carefully and without the allies we should have had," he said yesterday. Meanwhile in the White House, aides anxiously wonder how to explain the president's haunted past and his long years of hiding it and who will have the task of facing the cameras.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1300188,00.html

[coloradodem2005]

1. I like reading this.

n/t

[loveable liberal]

3. i like reading it...

then thinking about what it says, and savoring the thought of george worrying about having to explain his chickenhawkness. then i think about the debates....that makes me happy too.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Music to my eyes! (and candy to my ears!)

This is a sweet way to end the day!

Cheers to all at DU!

T_C_O

[RamboLiberal]

4. Yes I hope it's all downhill for AWOL from here

Straight SouthWest to Crawford. And with that I better get my buns to bed. Looks like another fun day!

[dbt]

5. Kick!

And once again we have to read the truth from overseas media. Burn in hell, ABCCBSCNNNBCFochs!

:argh:
dbt

[Flubadubya]

7. Hey dbt...

I was about to make the same point. Oh, the article is sweet, but if it falls mainly on foreign ears, it certainly doesn't do much to help the cause where it matters.

Nope, the real truth will remain outside our borders. I was just discussing with DeepModem Mom that it's either impossible or very difficult to get CNN International inside the states, and how very different the reporting is between the two. We are being deliberately manipulated by American media and having the truth withheld from us.

[oasis]

6. Blumenthal is a gem. I hope he's right about Bush squirming. There

is so much unshakeable false pride in the the Commander in Thief, that it's hard to imagine.