A BuzzFlash Editorial (See Previous Post)
Bush AWOL
'Have You No Decency, Have You No Shame? 'Of Course Not, We're the Sopranos from Maine'
A Buzzflash Editorial: "And as far as the alleged 'forged documents,' wouldn't, as a recent pro-democracy web article by Mike Burke speculated, it be the perfect Rovian touch to have planted forged documents that actually contained the truth? After all, you could discredit CBS and the nettlesome Bush National Guard facts in one fell swoop. It has, as Burke notes, the mark of Rove written all over it. If you have the media focus on memos that are essentially true according to a compilation of the facts surrounding Bush's record of service (and the secretary of the man who allegedly wrote them, even though she thinks the memos themselves may not be real as actual documents, they DO reflect the reality and basic facts of Bush blowing off his Guard service, she confirms), but get the press to focus on whether the memos are authentic or not, then you discredit the facts by discrediting the memos. How sweet a technique is that?"
Former Nixon Dirty Tricks Operative May Be the Source of Planted Documents21-Sep-04Bush AWOL
New York Post political gossip columnist Frederic U. Dicker says "The hot rumor in New York political circles has Roger Stone, the longtime GOP activist, as the source for Dan Rather's dubious Texas Air National Guard 'memos.' The irony would be delicious, since Rather became famous confronting President Nixon, in whose service a very young Stone became associated with political 'dirty tricks.' Reached at his Florida home, Stone had no comment."
Bush Documents were Planted - 'Who Done It' Remains the Biggest Story20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Although we respect Dan Rather for admitting the Bush guard documents couldn't be authenticated, he did America a major disservice by failing to uphold the CONTENT of the story, which even the woman who typed the originals corroborated. Meanwhile, the original source of the documents, which were given first to Bill Burkett, who then gave them to CBS, remains unknown. Was the whole thing was a scam engineered by Bush campaign operatives to cast doubt on the wealth of other evidence that Bush went AWOL.
$1,000 REWARD for any White House Official Who Will Publicly State the Content of the Bush AWOL Documents is False Still Unclaimed20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "8 days have passed since CBS presented the Killian memos to the American people. The memos have set off a firestorm in the media and on the Internet. Yet despite all the attacks, George Bush and the White House have NEVER called them fraudulent. Of course, George Bush himself won't answer questions, so I can't quote him. But his spokespeople have been asked repeatedly about the documents - and have systematically avoided called them frauds. Why? I have a very simple explanation: because George Bush and Dan Bartlett and Scott McClellan know every sentence in the memos is TRUE. You don't believe me? Watch me put them to the test. I, Bob Fertik, will contribute $1,000 of my personal money to the Republican National Committee if George Bush, Dan Bartlett, or Scott McClellan will say the following in public: 'George Bush believes the Killian memos are all UNTRUE, and the events described in the memos are all FALSE.' That's all. I'm waiting... "
CBS Stands by the Truth: Bush Slithered out of Service to His Country20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
CBS has refused to allow the Bush smear machine to obliterate the truth by focusing all eyes on the now infamous "suspect documents." These documents are nothing more than red herrings - red herrings planted by (we are betting) Karl Rove. His scheme: induce the idiots in the media to focus on typefont rather than truth. And so they have - ignoring even the statement by the woman who actually typed the originals that the content and story that went with them was most certainly true. Today (Sept. 20) CBS ran the story by Barnes again with a note stating that they would investigate the documents - but NO STATEMENT (contrary to their media rivals' spin) that they recant the content of the story.
Ben Barnes Has a History of Contributing to Republicans - So Why is He Being Called a 'Partisan Democrat'?20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The Repug smear machine is trying to discredit Ben Barnes by calling him a "long-time partisan Democrat." But "Ben Barnes has close ties to the Republicans -- including Scott McClellan's family. Barnes has contributed $51,500 to TX GOP candidates since 2000. [TXEthics Commission, http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/] Scott McClellan's mother, Carole Keeton Strayhorn is a friend of Barnes -- Barnes contributed $35,000 to Carole Keeton Strayhorn's campaign in 2003. [Texas Ethics Commission, http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/] [New York Times, 9/15/03]The former TX Lt. Gov. contributed $500 to Jeb Bush during his failed 1994 campaign for Florida's governorship. [Dallas Morning News, 10/25/94] Barnes was on a fundraising events committee to benefit Sen Kay Bailey Hutchinson. [Austin American-Statesman, 1/13/04] In 1995, Barnes contributed $250 to the Tom Delay Congressional Committee. [www.tray.com]."
CBS Was Duped on Documents: Break the REAL STORY Here, Dan: Expose the Person who Fed you the Documents!!20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The biggest story here may be the identify of who was behind feeding CBS and Dan Rather dubious documents. What was obviously intended as a diversion from the CONTENT of the Bush AWOL story - which has been confirmed by many different unimpeachable sources, including the lady who typed the original (untampered with) documents - may become much bigger: the forgery of federal documents by persons unknown to aid the Bush campaign. We say INVESTIGATE! And Dan, don't be a chump - EXPOSE YOUR SOURCE. You aren't protecting a real whistleblower - you are protecting a Bush operative and treasonous fraud. During the debates, Kerry should ask Bush point blank for the truth - get the creep on RECORD with a lie!
$1,000 REWARD if the White House Calls the Killian Memos UNTRUE18-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "The memos have set off a firestorm in the media and on the Internet. Yet despite all the attacks, George Bush and the White House have NEVER called them fraudulent. Of course, George Bush himself won't answer questions, so I can't quote him. But his spokespeople have been asked repeatedly about the documents - and have systematically avoided called them frauds. Why? I have a very simple explanation: because George Bush and Dan Bartlett and Scott McClellan know every sentence in the memos is TRUE. You don't believe me? Watch me put them to the test. I, Bob Fertik, will contribute $1,000 of my personal money to the Republican National Committee if George Bush, Dan Bartlett, or Scott McClellan will say the following in public: 'George Bush believes the Killian memos are all UNTRUE, and the events described in the memos are all FALSE.' That's all. I'm waiting... "
Texas National Guard Typist Says CONTENT of Documents Was Authentic, Even if Copies Were Not16-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Howard Kurtz writes: "In her interview with Rather yesterday, Knox repeated her contention that the documents used by '60 Minutes' were bogus. Knox, 86, worked for Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian while he supervised Bush's unit in the early 1970s. 'I know that I didn't type them,' Knox said of the Killian memos. 'However, the information in there is correct,' she said, adding that Killian and the other officers would 'snicker about what [Bush] was getting away with.' "
8 Reasons Why the Killian Memos are TRUE15-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "Here are 8 reasons why the Killian memos are true. 1. Wednesday. 2. Thursday 3. Friday 4. Saturday 5. Sunday 6. Monday 7. Tuesday 8. Wednesday Today (9-15-04) is the 8th day the Killian memos have been public. Yet the White House STILL has not called the memos frauds... If the White House announces the documents are fraudulent - and they turn out to be TRUE - then the Buseviks could lose the ELECTION. And if that happens, not only do they have to leave the White House, not only do they (and their powerful cronies) fall off the federal budget gravy train, but also many of them stand an excellent chance of going to JAIL for any one of several dozen scandals. So stay tuned. Every day that goes by WITHOUT the White House declaring the memos fraudulent is one more reason to believe the memos are TRUE."
After Declaring Nation on Perpetual 'Alert' and at 'Perpetual War,' Bush AWOL from the White House14-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Jennifer Loven AP: "If you're looking for President Bush, don't bother searching the White House. Bush has not spent a full day in Washington since Aug. 2 -- roaming the country rather than staying in the Oval Office as he seeks a second term. On Wednesday, he'll break a 44-day, outside-the-Beltway streak to host a concert and reception at the White House in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. But not for long: He's back on the road the next day. On Aug. 2, Bush stayed in town for a Rose Garden appearance in which he announced his support for a national intelligence chief and establishment of a national counterterrorism center. In between, Bush visited 21 states in 44 days, including three stays at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and some time at his family's home on the Maine coast. "
Democrats.com Exclusive! Bush Impersonated a Veteran in 2000!14-Sep-04Bush AWOL
On the day George Bush spoke to the National Guard Association, Bob Fertik writes: "On September 6, 2000, Bush spoke at the annual conference of the American Legion in Milwaukee, WI. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, here is how Bush introduced himself: 'George Bush, Post 77, reporting for duty,' Bush said as he took the stage at the Midwest Express Center, wearing the American Legion hat of the post he belongs to in Houston. Unfortunately Mr. Bush was not entitled to wear that hat; in doing so, he was impersonating a veteran. Until now, no one has questioned the photo of Bush wearing a veteran's hat... I challenge any reader to prove that George Bush is entitled to call himself a Veteran. Bush's military records are available below."
Bush Aides Possibly Altered National Guard Records To Conceal Grounding and Missed Duty13-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Democrats.com was one of the first news outlets on the internet to expose Bush's AWOL National Guard record. Even before the un-Supreme Court installed "Our Misleader" in Dec. 2000, Democrats.com was on top of the story. "Aides to Texas Governor George W. Bush visited the Air National Guard archives at Camp Mabry in 1997 and possibly altered Bush's military service records to conceal Bush's grounding from flight in 1972 and subsequent missed duty, according to a former senior official of the Texas National Guard." And we are still on top of the story. To access our archive of more than 180 stories on Bush's AWOL military mis-service, visit www.democrats.com/awol
Bush Told Harvard Prof Poppy Got Him Guard Slot13-Sep-04Bush AWOL
While the media has focused on the Killian memos, they have completely ignored the other half of the 60 Minutes story - Ben Barnes saying he used his political clout to get Bush into the Guard at the request of the Bush family, which Bush vehemently denies. NY Daily News reports that after Bush left the Guard early to go to Harvard Business School, Bush told his Harvard professor that Poppy's friend got him in! "Yoshi Tsurumi said yesterday that Bush told him his father's connections got him into the Texas Air National Guard. 'But what really disturbed me is that he said he was for the Vietnam War'... 'He was very casual about it,' the professor said. 'I said, 'Lucky you, how did you manage it?' He said, 'My dad had a good friend who put me at the head of the waiting list.''" Bush is a hypocrite - and a liar. Why isn't Prof. Tsurumi on all the cable news shows?
US News & World Report Drops Mega Bomb on Bush12-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Who needs CBS's memos when US News & World Report has turned up a drawerful of smoking guns? America Blog reports: "Bush's violation of the rules was even worse that we thought. This is a BIG honking story. At this point, I'll give the GOP the CBS memos if they want 'em - who cares if they're real now. USNews, known to be a conservative-leaning magazine, has just come up with independent evidence showing Bush shirked EVEN MORE of his National Guard duty than we thought, that the White House lied about it, and that there is no explanation for how Bush could reasonably get an honorable discharge." Now let's see if NBC, FOX, AP and the rest of the Bush-nosing media bothers to air any part of this story!
US News Is the First Major Publication to Challenge Bush's Honorable Discharge12-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Whenever Bush is challenged about going AWOL in 1972, he claims his Honorable Discharge absolves him of all sins. But for the first time, the conservative weekly US News is challenging the validity of Bush's HD. "Some experts say they remain mystified as to how Bush obtained an honorable discharge. Lawrence Korb, a former top Defense Department official in the Reagan administration, says the military records clearly show that Bush 'had not fulfilled his obligation' and 'should have been called to active duty.'... The regulations must be followed, adds James Currie, a retired colonel and author of an official history of the Army Reserve. 'Clearly, if you were the average poor boy who got drafted and sent into the active force,' he says, 'they weren't going to let you out before you had completed your obligation.'" Coming from US News, this is huge!!!
AWOL Fraud - at ABC, CNN, and FOX!10-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "While the media is breathlessly trying to prove CBS broadcast fraudulent AWOL memos, three other networks committed fraud this week - yet no one but Salon's Eric Boehlert noticed. All 3 networks gave time to retired Lt. Col. John 'Bill' Calhoun, who claims he saw Bush performing drills in Alabama in the SUMMER of 1972. There's only one problem with Calhoun's story - Bush's OWN records show Bush didn't get credit for any time until October. We don't need typewriter experts to prove that October is not in the SUMMER - making Calhoun's statements an obvious fraud.! Of course it's been 32 years and people's memories fade, so on 2-24-04, Democrats.com submitted a FOIA request for Lt. Calhoun's records, to see if his drill dates overlapped with Bush's (http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=199). However, in February the White House ordered the Pentagon to reject ALL FOIA requests - so the truth remains a mystery."
Are the Killian Memos a Forgery? Help Us Learn the Truth10-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The media is buzzing with the possibility that the Killian memos broadcast on 60 Minutes are forgeries. The truth hangs on whether any commonly-used typewriters in the 60's-70's had proportional spacing and superscripts. If you HAVE a typewriter like that (perhaps an IBM Executive Electric like http://www.etypewriters.com/1954-b-2.JPG), please type out a replica of Killian's first memo and see if your typewriter matches his. If it does, tell us about it in Bob Fertik's blog.
How Many Lies Did Dan Bartlett Tell 60 Minutes?09-Sep-04Bush AWOL
For four years, Dan Bartlett has repeatedly lied about Bush's service. How many new lies did he tell 60 Minutes? Bob Fertik examines Bartlett's interview word by word.
The Memos: Bush Demanded Special Treatment, Refused Drug Test, Failed to Fullfill Commitments09-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Washington Post: "[Records obtained by] '60 Minutes' shed new light on one of the most controversial episodes in Bush's military service [sic] includ[ing] a memo from Bush's squadron commander, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, ordering Bush 'to be suspended from flight status for failure to perform' [and] failure to take his annual physical 'as ordered.' 'Phone call from Bush,' Killian recorded in a 'memo to file' dated May 19, 1972. 'Discussed options of how Bush can get out of coming to drill from now through November.' [D]ocuments already released by the White House and the Pentagon show that Bush was suspended from flight status on that day for 'failure to accomplish annual medical examination' but do not mention his alleged failure to comply with National Guard and Air Force standards.... Killian complained that he was under pressure from his superior, Col. Walter B. 'Buck' Staudt, to 'sugar coat' Bush's officer evaluations." Are the memos real? Or forgeries planted by Karl Rove?
McAulife Blasts Bush's AWOL Lies08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"The Democratic Party Wednesday declared examination and criticism of Bush's military record fair game with the release of reports alleging Bush failed to fulfill the requirements of his duty with the Air National Guard. 'This is a very big issue. This is a very big issue for the American public,' Democratic National Convention Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday. 'The president has been caught in direct contradiction -- lies -- and all I can tell you is that the president's credibility is issue No. 1.'... Speaking in a conference call Wednesday, McAuliffe told reporters to 'stay tuned' to find out how Democrats would work on the angle of the issue. He also said it was Republicans' fault this issue was taking such center stage. 'George Bush's allies have made an issue of John Kerry's service. And we are going to make issue of the president's credibility ... All of this is on the table. And it's going to be on the table between now and November 2nd,' he said." You GO, Terry!
Boston Globe Investigative Report Reveals that Bush Treated His Guard Service as a Joke08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
A team of Globe reporters worked together to investigate Bush's Guard service. What they found ain't pretty. "Twice during his Guard service -- first when he joined in May 1968, and again before he transferred out of his unit in mid-1973 to attend Harvard Business School -- Bush signed documents pledging to meet training commitments or face a punitive call-up to active duty. He didn't meet the commitments, or face the punishment, the records show." Worse, Bush spokesman Dan Bartlet lied about it to the media, claiming Bush finished his six-year commitment at a Boston area Air Force Reserve unit after he left Houston. "Not so, Bartlett now concedes. ''I must have "misspoke." " Retired Army Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter, who studied Bush's records and old National Guard regulations is furious: ''He broke his contract with the United States government -- without any adverse consequences. And the Texas Air National Guard was complicit in allowing this to happen."
Bush Broke 2 Contracts with the Guard - Who Covered Up for Him?08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Boston Globe's Walter Robinson reports: "Twice during his Guard service - first when he joined in May 1968, and again before he transferred out of his unit in mid-1973 to attend Harvard Business School - Bush signed documents pledging to meet training commitments or face a punitive call-up to active duty. He didn't meet the commitments, or face the punishment, the records show.... Bush's attendance at required training drills was so irregular that his superiors could have disciplined him or ordered him to active duty in 1972, 1973, or 1974. But they did neither. In fact, Bush's unit certified in late 1973 that his service had been 'satisfactory' - just four months after Bush's commanding officer wrote that Bush had not been seen at his unit for the previous 12 months. [Retired Army Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter says] 'He broke his contract with the US government - without any adverse consequences. And the Texas Air National Guard was complicit in allowing this to happen.'" WHY???
Texans for Truth Demolishes Bush With AWOL Ad08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"Texans for Truth, established by the 20,000-member Texas online activist group, DriveDemocracy.org, has produced a 0:30 second television advertisement, 'AWOL.' The ad features Robert Mintz, one of many who served in Alabama's 187th Air National Guard -- when Bush claims to have been there -- who have no memory of Bush on the base. In other words, Bush failed to fulfill his military duty while others were dying in Vietnam." As Nick Kristof writes, "Mr. Mintz is a compelling witness. Describing himself as 'a very strong military man,' he served in the military from 1959 to 1984. A commercial pilot, he is now a Democrat but was a Republican for most of his life, and he is not a Bush-hater." Start packing for Crawford, George...
Two Credible Witnesses Say Bush Was AWOL in Alabama08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Nick Kristof writes, "[Bob] Mintz recalled why he remembered Mr. Bush as a no-show: 'Young bachelors were kind of sparse. For that reason, I was looking for someone to haul around with.' ... Another particularly credible witness is Leonard Walls, a retired AF colonel who was then a full-time pilot instructor at the base. 'I was there pretty much every day,' he said, adding: 'I never saw him, and I was there continually from July 1972 to July 1974... If he had been there more than once, I would have seen him'... 'The record clearly and convincingly proves he did not fulfill the obligations he incurred when he enlisted in the Air National Guard,' writes Gerald Lechliter, a retired Army colonel who has made the most meticulous examination I've seen of Mr. Bush's records (I've posted the 32-page analysis here). Mr. Lechliter adds that Mr. Bush received unauthorized or fraudulent payments that breached National Guard rules, according to the documents that the White House itself released."
Bush Went AWOL When His TANG Unit Was Activated for Homeland Security07-Sep-04Bush AWOL
AP reports, "Bush's 2000 campaign suggested [W] skipped his medical exam in part because the F-102A was nearly obsolete. Records show Bush's Texas unit flew the F-102A until 1974 and used the jets as part of an air defense drill during 1972. A six-month historical record of his 147th Fighter Interceptor Group, also turned over to the AP on Tuesday, shows some of the training Bush missed with his colleagues during that time. Significantly, it showed the unit joined a '24-hour active alert mission to safeguard against surprise attack' in the southern United States beginning on Oct. 6, 1972, a time when Bush did not report for duty, according to his pay records... As part of the mission, the 147th kept two F-102A jets - the same Bush flew before he was grounded - on ready alert to be launched within five minutes' warning." There goes Bush's alibi. Now we know the truth - when Bush was needed to protect the Homeland, Bush went AWOL - just like on 9-11.
More Bush National Guard Records 'Found': Bush Still AWOL07-Sep-04Bush AWOL
AP writes: "The records show his last flight was in April 1972, which is consistent with pay records indicating Bush had a large lapse of duty between April and October of that year. Bush has said he went to Alabama in 1972 to work on an unsuccessful Republican Senate campaign. Bush skipped a required medical exam that cost him his pilot's status in August of that year... The newly released records do not include any from five categories of documents Bush's commanders had been required to keep in response to the gaps in Bush's training in 1972 and 1973. For example, National Guard commanders were required to perform an investigation whenever any pilot skipped a medical exam and forward the results up the Air Force chain of command. No such documents have surfaced." Still AWOL (after all these years...)
Read 'George Dub-ya Bush, the Phony Fighter Pilot'07-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"In 'George Dub-ya Bush, the Phony Fighter Pilot,' Hugh E. Scott, Vietnam veteran, ex-Air Force pilot and registered Republican, tells how he found an official Bush biography on the Internet that claimed the president flew National Guard jets almost six years... Scott is the only investigative journalist since 1988 to interview Chester Mierzejewski, 83 - honorable and highly decorated Avenger tail gunner who saw Big George bail out and blew the whistle on him before the presidential election... Scott uses USAF documents, newspaper archives, Bush family autobiographies and authorized bios to show that George W. received a commission during the Vietnam War without any officer training, grounded himself by failing to take his annual flight physical, went AWOL in Alabama to work for the GOP, boozed until age 40 instead of preparing for national leadership, lied about his missing Guard service to get elected and tried to ruin the reputation of primary opponent, Senator John McCain."
AP Finds 5 Major Gaps in Bush's Scrubbed Guard Records05-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bush says he released ALL records, but AP wants these files. "1) A report from the Texas Air National Guard to Bush's local draft board certifying that Bush remained in good standing. The government has released copies of those DD Form 44 documents for Bush for 1971 and earlier but not for 1972 or 1973. 2) Records of a required investigation into why Bush lost flight status. [Note: Democrats.com broke THIS story on 10-4-00]. 3) A written acknowledgment from Bush that he had received the orders grounding him. His Texas commanders were ordered to have Bush sign such a document; but none has been released. 4) Reports of formal counseling sessions Bush was required to have after missing more than three training sessions. Bush missed at least five months. 5) A signed statement from Bush acknowledging he could be called to active duty if he did not promptly transfer to another guard unit after leaving Texas. The statement was required as part of a Vietnam-era crackdown on no-show guardsmen."
Ben Barnes Says Sid Adger Requested a National Guard Slot for W 'On Behalf of the Bush Family'03-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The Bush family insists they did NOT pull strings to get W into the Guard. "Friends said Barnes will expand on the remarks in his interview with '60 Minutes' while taking care not to contradict sworn testimony from 1999, in which he said that no member of the Bush family had directly asked him for help... Barnes is now telling friends that he understood that Adger was making his request on behalf of the Bush family, even though Barnes has no memory of Adger explicitly saying he was. Barnes based his understanding on the knowledge that Adger was extremely close to the Bush family and Barnes's feeling that Adger would not have acted without their consent. At the time, Barnes was speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and in close touch with the head of the Texas Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. James Rose. Adger and Rose are dead."
'Phony Veteran' Bush Has Legion-Air Disease02-Sep-04Bush AWOL
It isn't a crime for Bush to falsely claim to be a veteran to get into the American Legion, but it sure is a slap in the face to the 25 million Americans who - unlike Bush - served the Active Duty needed to qualify. According to this careful examination, Bush was not qualified to join American Legion Post 77 in Houston, Texas in 1995. That makes him a "Phony Veteran." There ought to be a term for pretending to be a Legion member - how about "Legion-Air Disease"?
Why W Went AWOL: Poppy Wanted Him Out of Texas02-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"Before there was Karl Rove, Lee Atwater or even James Baker, the Bush family's political guru was a gregarious newspaper owner and campaign consultant from Midland, Texas, named Jimmy Allison. In the spring of 1972, George H.W. Bush phoned his friend and asked a favor: Could Allison find a place on the Senate campaign he was managing in Alabama for his troublesome eldest son, the 25-year-old George W. Bush? 'The impression I had was that Georgie was raising a lot of hell in Houston, getting in trouble and embarrassing the family, and they just really wanted to get him out of Houston and under Jimmy's wing,' Allison's widow, Linda, told me. 'And Jimmy said, 'Sure.' He was so loyal.' Linda Allison's story, never before published, contradicts [Bushit's alibi]. According to what Allison says her late husband told her, the younger Bush had become a political liability for his father, who was then the United States ambassador to the United Nations, and the family wanted him out of Texas."
The Ben Barnes Blackout31-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Eric Boehlert writes,"Faced with fresh news in the ongoing debate about the presidential candidates' military service during the Vietnam War, the media blinked this weekend, doing its collective best to ignore an embarrassing new revelation by the prominent Texas politician [Ben Barnes] who says he landed Bush a coveted pilot spot in the Texas Air National Guard during the height of the Vietnam War, and is now 'ashamed' of his actions. The explosive comments from a central player in the National Guard drama - captured on video and available online - have received just cursory coverage in the mainstream media since it was brought to light on Friday. The shoulder-shrugging response stands in stark contrast to the media orgy that has greeted the hollow, secondhand allegations made about John Kerry's Vietnam service by the Republican-financed Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which has yet to make a single factual allegation stick about the circumstances surrounding Kerry's five war medals."
Still Unreported: The Pay-Off In Bush Air Guard Fix28-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Greg Palast: "Bush was elected governor of Texas by a whisker [and former Lt. Governor Ben Barnes who now regrets helping Bush get into the National Guard was] a big time corporate lobbyist [who] appears to have made lucrative use of his knowledge of our President's slithering out of the draft as a lever to protect a multi-billion dollar contract for a client.... Barnes, says the Justice Department document, made a call to the newly elected governor's office and saved GTech's state contract. The letter said, 'Governor Bush ... made a deal with Ben Barnes not to rebid [the GTech lottery contract] because Barnes could confirm that Bush had lied during the '94 campaign.' In that close race, Bush denied the fix was in to keep him out of 'Nam [and] 'Barnes agreed never to confirm the story [of the draft dodging] and the governor talked to the chair of the lottery two days later and she then agreed to support letting GTech keep the contract without a bid.'"
Bombshell! Ben Barnes Admits He Got Bush into the National Guard28-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Salon reports, "Another bombshell in the battle over Vietnam service that has been raging in the 2004 race exploded on the Web Friday. In a video originally posted on the Web by a pro-Kerry organization in Austin, Texas, Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas, apologized for his role in getting a young George W. Bush into the Texas Air National Guard while young men who were not from prominent or wealthy families 'died in Vietnam.'... 'I got a young man named George W. Bush into the Texas National Guard when I was lieutenant governor, and I'm not necessarily proud of that. But I did it.'... Bush insisted [in 1999] that neither he nor his father sought Barnes' assistance. 'I can tell you what happened,' said Bush. 'Nothing happened. My Guard unit was looking for pilots and I flew for the Guard. I'm proud of my service and any allegation that my dad asked for special favors is simply not true ... I didn't ask anybody to help get me to the Guard either.'" Got lie detector?
Impostor! Bush Wore a Ribbon He Never Earned!27-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Here is a photograph published on the Presidential Library site of George H.W. Bush. We can clearly see that in this photograph taken sometime before his promotion to 1st Lt. in 1970, George W. Bush is wearing an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOUA) and a Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (SAEMR) just below his pilot wings. According to a just-completed investigation by Walt Starr, Bush's unit (the 111th Fighter Intercept Squadron / 147th Fighter Intercept Group) did not receive its first AFOUA until 1975. For weeks, the media has put John Kerry's 5 medals under a microscope. Now we learn that George Bush was so ashamed of his undistinguished service record that he had himself photographed with a ribbon he NEVER earned. That makes Bush an IMPOSTOR. Help us DEMAND the media give as much coverage of Bush's fraudulent ribbon as it has given to John Kerry's genuine combat medals.
Was Lt. Bush Sent to Alabama for Drug Rehab?25-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Citizens For Honest Fighter Pilots reports, "When the Bush-AWOL/deserter scandal first erupted months ago, I overheard [well, the person was talking loudly, so how could I help but hear?] an aide to a radical conservative congressperson run down exactly what happened to create this situation: Bush was 'acting inappropriately' on the base in Texas, then was picked up on a DUI for alcohol and marijuana. In order to 'create a break in the record,' he was shipped off to Alabama for rehab. That is why he never showed up for his Guard duty - he was in rehab. That also refutes the spin that he had gone there to work on a congressional campaign [note: the campaign workers have said he only appeared at headquarters a few times, and they called him the 'souffle' because of the 'hot air' he spewed when he did show up]."
'Deserters for Truth' Say Bush 'Dishonored his Fellow Deserters'25-Aug-04Bush AWOL
"Announcer: If you have any questions about George Bush's National Guard service record, just ask the men who didn't serve with him. John Maguire: I did not serve with George Bush. Ted Brody: I did not serve with George Bush. Michael Jansen: I did not serve with George Bush. Maguire: I know George Bush is lying about his service, because I was skiing with him in Aspen the whole time. Brody: His accounts of where he was and where he wasn't are as different as being at a frat party and being in the military. Literally. Jansen: George Bush cannot be trusted to be there for America, especially if there is anywhere near an airforce base. Brody: We got so drunk. Maguire: We got so drunk. Jansen: We got so drunk. Maguire: George Bush is a deserter. But he does like to party." Watch this hilarious satire!
Bush Keeps Stalling Release of His Military Records24-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Dave Moniz and Jim Drinkard of USA TODAY write: "Why did Bush, described by some of his fellow officers as a talented and enthusiastic pilot, stop flying fighter jets in the spring of 1972 and fail to take an annual physical exam required of all pilots? What explains the apparent gap in the president's Guard service in 1972-73, a period when commanders in Texas and Alabama say they never saw him report for duty and records show no pay to Bush when he was supposed to be on duty in Alabama? Did Bush receive preferential treatment in getting into the Guard and securing a coveted pilot slot despite poor qualifying scores and arrests, but no convictions, for stealing a Christmas wreath and rowdiness at a football game during his college years?... Dan Bartlett told USA Today,. 'The resident has authorized the release of his records and we are complying with all requests. Some are taking longer than others, but all will be addressed.' " Sure - somewhere around 2040!
Is Our Commander-in-Chief a Deserter? You Decide!24-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Korean War vet Philip Vargas writes, "It is clear from the evidence that Bush dishonored his solemn oath to serve and protect our country in accordance with the US Constitution. He also disgraced the US military uniform. Bush must therefore answer to the American people for his conduct, but most importantly he must answer to all those who have served our country honorably and most specially those who are now sacrificing and putting their lives at risk in his illegal and unnecessary war. And, if I may, he has disgraced our country. We are the most hated country in the world and Americans are the most hated people in the world and Bush is the most hated leader in the world, even more than Saddam Hussein. To the best of my knowledge, no other politician or political leader in the history of our country has ever had such a disgraceful foreign policy and military record."
Explosive New Book Calls Bush a 'Deserter,' Exposes He Loathes the Military23-Aug-04Bush AWOL
The Nation: "At issue is whether Bush was, technically at least, a deserter in his fourth year of National Guard service [when] no one on the base remembers seeing him.... [Bush] was ordered to report for a flight medical exam in July 1972 [which he] 'failed to accomplish' [Bush] returned to Texas with zero active duty days.... [Bush used] nepotistic influence, jumping a long line, despite a 25 percent score on his pilot aptitude test [and] a series of driving convictions [and] was commissioned an officer despite ... no pilot experience [or] time in the ROTC [then] went missing for a year, [and] terminate[d] his service early.... His use of the National Guard to escape Vietnam should have inhibited him and his party from successively attacking the patriotism and martial virtues of triple amputee Senator Max Cleland and John Kerry--having earlier pointed fingers at Bill Clinton. But going AWOL ... deserting for a year even from this surrogate service, makes [Bush] doubly vulnerable."
Lukasiak Study Proves Bush Was Legally AWOL13-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Bill L. Burkett LTC (ret) writes, "I have reviewed the assumptions that Lukasiak had to use through the first 63 months of Bush's career - before Bush just quit and was transferred to an obvious records hold - and believe that his conclusions are correct... Was 1LT George W. Bush AWOL? The use of terms such as Deserter or AWOL have often been used as the focus of debate rather than the actions and inactions of 1LT Bush, to the discredit of the actual events and their impact. Documentation has refuted all claims that 1LT Bush continued to meet either the published regulations requirements for satisfactory drill participation, or the orders of his commander LTC Jerry Killian who later within the Officer Evaluation process notes that 1LT Bush was not available or seen during that rating period - a period of twelve months. Failure to appear as ordered is certainly considered as Absent without Leave."
Why is the Media Letting AWOL Bush Attack Kerry's Military Service?13-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Ian Williams writes, Bush joined the National Guard "with the aid of nepotistic influence, jumping a long line, despite a 25% score on his pilot aptitude test--and despite a series of driving convictions that should have required a special waiver. He was commissioned an officer despite having no pilot experience, no time in the ROTC, and without attending Officer Training School. And then he went missing for a year, and as a reward was allowed to terminate his service early so he could go to Harvard Business School. His use of the National Guard to escape Vietnam should have inhibited him and his party from successively attacking the patriotism and martial virtues of triple amputee Senator Max Cleland and John Kerry--having earlier pointed fingers at Bill Clinton. But going AWOL... makes him doubly vulnerable. Which may of course account for the seeming fungibility of his paperwork, even though, in truth, these people have no shame." Buy "Deserter" by Williams at democrats.com/books
Deserter: The Story Of George W. Bush After He Quit The Texas Air National Guard11-Aug-04Bush AWOL
After EXHAUSTIVE research, Paul Lukasiak writes, "An examination of the Bush military files... lead to a single conclusion: George W. Bush was considered a deserter by the United States Air Force. After Bush quit TXANG, he still had nine months of his six-year military commitment left to serve. As a result, Bush became a member of the Air Force Reserves and was transferred to the authority of the Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in Denver, Colorado... ARPC had to order Bush to get a physical examination, for which Bush did not show up. ARPC then designated Bush as AWOL and a 'non-locatee' (i.e. a deserter) who had failed to satisfactorily participate in TXANG, and certified him for immediate induction through his local draft board. Once the Houston draft board got wind of the situation, strings were pulled; and documents were generated which directly contradict Air Force policy, and which were inconsistent with the rest of the records released by the White House."
When Will Journalists Ask Bush for the Killian Disciplinary Report?10-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Linda Starr blogs Bush "was actually grounded in a two page disciplinary report signed by LTC Jerry Killian, his commanding officer. I dare ANY reporter to ask Bush what this document contains. Ask why he hasn't signed an official release for release of his entire files (because this document is what they are hiding, and it's really bad). Don't take my word for it, ask the WH and/or Bush to produce it. If they insist it doesn't exist, ask if they are aware there are copies of this very report floating around on the Internet. Then ask if they still insist this document doesn't exist. "
Why Are the Witnesses to Bush's AWOL Dead?08-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Bush Body Count writes, "There are no witnesses left to verify whether or not Bush fulfilled his Guard duty, and no witnesses left to verify that he did indeed receive special treatment. In spite of a substantial reward that has been posted, no one has come forward to claim that he fulfilled his commitment. Lt. Col. William Harris was one of two commanding officers who could not perform George W. Bush's annual evaluation covering the year from May 1, 1972 to April 30, 1973. They stated in their filing that 'Lt. Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of this report.' Fortunately for George W. Bush, Lt. Col. Harris is not here to verify his 1973 statement. He's dead. Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian was another of George W. Bush's commanding officers. He cannot testify in a court of law as to George W. Bush's dereliction of his sworn duty. Lt. Col. Killian is dead... The names are included because they were relatively young men, whose deaths were convenient to Bush."
Missing Records Prove Bush was AWOL in 197224-Jul-04Bush AWOL
Bush dodged Vietnam by using powerful family friends to get into the Texas Air National Guard "Champagne Unit." Bush was required to train with his unit one weekend each month. But for at least five months in 1972 (May-Sept), Bush did NOT report for duty. The Pentagon just found the pay records that prove Bush received NO pay for those 5 months. Bush was AWOL - and a DESERTER. Why did he decide to stop flying - was it alcohol or drugs? Was there a Flight Inquiry Board? Once again, we demand Bush's MEDICAL and DISCIPLINARY records!
The Media Keeps Buying Bush's AWOL Lies18-Jul-04Bush AWOL
Ian Williams writes, that Bush's "commanding officers back in Texas wrote that they did not see him for a year. He was ordered to take his annual medical and Alabama, and 'failed to accomplish' it thereby grounding himself as a pilot. Technically, all that was desertion -- and guardsmen in that era were ordered to Vietnam for failing to do their Guard Service. Most distressing is to see how effective the White House has been in spinning the press, while covering their own asses. On February 13 this year, 83-year-old Helen Thomas of Hearst tried for the best part of the White House briefing to get a straight answer to the question: Was George W. Bush ever sentenced to community service in 1973? Scott McClellan implacably stonewalled and refused to answer. Indeed, he refused even to ask the president. Did this evasion make the headlines? Not at all!" Read Williams' new book on Bush's AWOL, "Deserter."
'Have You No Decency, Have You No Shame? 'Of Course Not, We're the Sopranos from Maine'
A Buzzflash Editorial: "And as far as the alleged 'forged documents,' wouldn't, as a recent pro-democracy web article by Mike Burke speculated, it be the perfect Rovian touch to have planted forged documents that actually contained the truth? After all, you could discredit CBS and the nettlesome Bush National Guard facts in one fell swoop. It has, as Burke notes, the mark of Rove written all over it. If you have the media focus on memos that are essentially true according to a compilation of the facts surrounding Bush's record of service (and the secretary of the man who allegedly wrote them, even though she thinks the memos themselves may not be real as actual documents, they DO reflect the reality and basic facts of Bush blowing off his Guard service, she confirms), but get the press to focus on whether the memos are authentic or not, then you discredit the facts by discrediting the memos. How sweet a technique is that?"
Former Nixon Dirty Tricks Operative May Be the Source of Planted Documents21-Sep-04Bush AWOL
New York Post political gossip columnist Frederic U. Dicker says "The hot rumor in New York political circles has Roger Stone, the longtime GOP activist, as the source for Dan Rather's dubious Texas Air National Guard 'memos.' The irony would be delicious, since Rather became famous confronting President Nixon, in whose service a very young Stone became associated with political 'dirty tricks.' Reached at his Florida home, Stone had no comment."
Bush Documents were Planted - 'Who Done It' Remains the Biggest Story20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Although we respect Dan Rather for admitting the Bush guard documents couldn't be authenticated, he did America a major disservice by failing to uphold the CONTENT of the story, which even the woman who typed the originals corroborated. Meanwhile, the original source of the documents, which were given first to Bill Burkett, who then gave them to CBS, remains unknown. Was the whole thing was a scam engineered by Bush campaign operatives to cast doubt on the wealth of other evidence that Bush went AWOL.
$1,000 REWARD for any White House Official Who Will Publicly State the Content of the Bush AWOL Documents is False Still Unclaimed20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "8 days have passed since CBS presented the Killian memos to the American people. The memos have set off a firestorm in the media and on the Internet. Yet despite all the attacks, George Bush and the White House have NEVER called them fraudulent. Of course, George Bush himself won't answer questions, so I can't quote him. But his spokespeople have been asked repeatedly about the documents - and have systematically avoided called them frauds. Why? I have a very simple explanation: because George Bush and Dan Bartlett and Scott McClellan know every sentence in the memos is TRUE. You don't believe me? Watch me put them to the test. I, Bob Fertik, will contribute $1,000 of my personal money to the Republican National Committee if George Bush, Dan Bartlett, or Scott McClellan will say the following in public: 'George Bush believes the Killian memos are all UNTRUE, and the events described in the memos are all FALSE.' That's all. I'm waiting... "
CBS Stands by the Truth: Bush Slithered out of Service to His Country20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
CBS has refused to allow the Bush smear machine to obliterate the truth by focusing all eyes on the now infamous "suspect documents." These documents are nothing more than red herrings - red herrings planted by (we are betting) Karl Rove. His scheme: induce the idiots in the media to focus on typefont rather than truth. And so they have - ignoring even the statement by the woman who actually typed the originals that the content and story that went with them was most certainly true. Today (Sept. 20) CBS ran the story by Barnes again with a note stating that they would investigate the documents - but NO STATEMENT (contrary to their media rivals' spin) that they recant the content of the story.
Ben Barnes Has a History of Contributing to Republicans - So Why is He Being Called a 'Partisan Democrat'?20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The Repug smear machine is trying to discredit Ben Barnes by calling him a "long-time partisan Democrat." But "Ben Barnes has close ties to the Republicans -- including Scott McClellan's family. Barnes has contributed $51,500 to TX GOP candidates since 2000. [TXEthics Commission, http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/] Scott McClellan's mother, Carole Keeton Strayhorn is a friend of Barnes -- Barnes contributed $35,000 to Carole Keeton Strayhorn's campaign in 2003. [Texas Ethics Commission, http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/] [New York Times, 9/15/03]The former TX Lt. Gov. contributed $500 to Jeb Bush during his failed 1994 campaign for Florida's governorship. [Dallas Morning News, 10/25/94] Barnes was on a fundraising events committee to benefit Sen Kay Bailey Hutchinson. [Austin American-Statesman, 1/13/04] In 1995, Barnes contributed $250 to the Tom Delay Congressional Committee. [www.tray.com]."
CBS Was Duped on Documents: Break the REAL STORY Here, Dan: Expose the Person who Fed you the Documents!!20-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The biggest story here may be the identify of who was behind feeding CBS and Dan Rather dubious documents. What was obviously intended as a diversion from the CONTENT of the Bush AWOL story - which has been confirmed by many different unimpeachable sources, including the lady who typed the original (untampered with) documents - may become much bigger: the forgery of federal documents by persons unknown to aid the Bush campaign. We say INVESTIGATE! And Dan, don't be a chump - EXPOSE YOUR SOURCE. You aren't protecting a real whistleblower - you are protecting a Bush operative and treasonous fraud. During the debates, Kerry should ask Bush point blank for the truth - get the creep on RECORD with a lie!
$1,000 REWARD if the White House Calls the Killian Memos UNTRUE18-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "The memos have set off a firestorm in the media and on the Internet. Yet despite all the attacks, George Bush and the White House have NEVER called them fraudulent. Of course, George Bush himself won't answer questions, so I can't quote him. But his spokespeople have been asked repeatedly about the documents - and have systematically avoided called them frauds. Why? I have a very simple explanation: because George Bush and Dan Bartlett and Scott McClellan know every sentence in the memos is TRUE. You don't believe me? Watch me put them to the test. I, Bob Fertik, will contribute $1,000 of my personal money to the Republican National Committee if George Bush, Dan Bartlett, or Scott McClellan will say the following in public: 'George Bush believes the Killian memos are all UNTRUE, and the events described in the memos are all FALSE.' That's all. I'm waiting... "
Texas National Guard Typist Says CONTENT of Documents Was Authentic, Even if Copies Were Not16-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Howard Kurtz writes: "In her interview with Rather yesterday, Knox repeated her contention that the documents used by '60 Minutes' were bogus. Knox, 86, worked for Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian while he supervised Bush's unit in the early 1970s. 'I know that I didn't type them,' Knox said of the Killian memos. 'However, the information in there is correct,' she said, adding that Killian and the other officers would 'snicker about what [Bush] was getting away with.' "
8 Reasons Why the Killian Memos are TRUE15-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "Here are 8 reasons why the Killian memos are true. 1. Wednesday. 2. Thursday 3. Friday 4. Saturday 5. Sunday 6. Monday 7. Tuesday 8. Wednesday Today (9-15-04) is the 8th day the Killian memos have been public. Yet the White House STILL has not called the memos frauds... If the White House announces the documents are fraudulent - and they turn out to be TRUE - then the Buseviks could lose the ELECTION. And if that happens, not only do they have to leave the White House, not only do they (and their powerful cronies) fall off the federal budget gravy train, but also many of them stand an excellent chance of going to JAIL for any one of several dozen scandals. So stay tuned. Every day that goes by WITHOUT the White House declaring the memos fraudulent is one more reason to believe the memos are TRUE."
After Declaring Nation on Perpetual 'Alert' and at 'Perpetual War,' Bush AWOL from the White House14-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Jennifer Loven AP: "If you're looking for President Bush, don't bother searching the White House. Bush has not spent a full day in Washington since Aug. 2 -- roaming the country rather than staying in the Oval Office as he seeks a second term. On Wednesday, he'll break a 44-day, outside-the-Beltway streak to host a concert and reception at the White House in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. But not for long: He's back on the road the next day. On Aug. 2, Bush stayed in town for a Rose Garden appearance in which he announced his support for a national intelligence chief and establishment of a national counterterrorism center. In between, Bush visited 21 states in 44 days, including three stays at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and some time at his family's home on the Maine coast. "
Democrats.com Exclusive! Bush Impersonated a Veteran in 2000!14-Sep-04Bush AWOL
On the day George Bush spoke to the National Guard Association, Bob Fertik writes: "On September 6, 2000, Bush spoke at the annual conference of the American Legion in Milwaukee, WI. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, here is how Bush introduced himself: 'George Bush, Post 77, reporting for duty,' Bush said as he took the stage at the Midwest Express Center, wearing the American Legion hat of the post he belongs to in Houston. Unfortunately Mr. Bush was not entitled to wear that hat; in doing so, he was impersonating a veteran. Until now, no one has questioned the photo of Bush wearing a veteran's hat... I challenge any reader to prove that George Bush is entitled to call himself a Veteran. Bush's military records are available below."
Bush Aides Possibly Altered National Guard Records To Conceal Grounding and Missed Duty13-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Democrats.com was one of the first news outlets on the internet to expose Bush's AWOL National Guard record. Even before the un-Supreme Court installed "Our Misleader" in Dec. 2000, Democrats.com was on top of the story. "Aides to Texas Governor George W. Bush visited the Air National Guard archives at Camp Mabry in 1997 and possibly altered Bush's military service records to conceal Bush's grounding from flight in 1972 and subsequent missed duty, according to a former senior official of the Texas National Guard." And we are still on top of the story. To access our archive of more than 180 stories on Bush's AWOL military mis-service, visit www.democrats.com/awol
Bush Told Harvard Prof Poppy Got Him Guard Slot13-Sep-04Bush AWOL
While the media has focused on the Killian memos, they have completely ignored the other half of the 60 Minutes story - Ben Barnes saying he used his political clout to get Bush into the Guard at the request of the Bush family, which Bush vehemently denies. NY Daily News reports that after Bush left the Guard early to go to Harvard Business School, Bush told his Harvard professor that Poppy's friend got him in! "Yoshi Tsurumi said yesterday that Bush told him his father's connections got him into the Texas Air National Guard. 'But what really disturbed me is that he said he was for the Vietnam War'... 'He was very casual about it,' the professor said. 'I said, 'Lucky you, how did you manage it?' He said, 'My dad had a good friend who put me at the head of the waiting list.''" Bush is a hypocrite - and a liar. Why isn't Prof. Tsurumi on all the cable news shows?
US News & World Report Drops Mega Bomb on Bush12-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Who needs CBS's memos when US News & World Report has turned up a drawerful of smoking guns? America Blog reports: "Bush's violation of the rules was even worse that we thought. This is a BIG honking story. At this point, I'll give the GOP the CBS memos if they want 'em - who cares if they're real now. USNews, known to be a conservative-leaning magazine, has just come up with independent evidence showing Bush shirked EVEN MORE of his National Guard duty than we thought, that the White House lied about it, and that there is no explanation for how Bush could reasonably get an honorable discharge." Now let's see if NBC, FOX, AP and the rest of the Bush-nosing media bothers to air any part of this story!
US News Is the First Major Publication to Challenge Bush's Honorable Discharge12-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Whenever Bush is challenged about going AWOL in 1972, he claims his Honorable Discharge absolves him of all sins. But for the first time, the conservative weekly US News is challenging the validity of Bush's HD. "Some experts say they remain mystified as to how Bush obtained an honorable discharge. Lawrence Korb, a former top Defense Department official in the Reagan administration, says the military records clearly show that Bush 'had not fulfilled his obligation' and 'should have been called to active duty.'... The regulations must be followed, adds James Currie, a retired colonel and author of an official history of the Army Reserve. 'Clearly, if you were the average poor boy who got drafted and sent into the active force,' he says, 'they weren't going to let you out before you had completed your obligation.'" Coming from US News, this is huge!!!
AWOL Fraud - at ABC, CNN, and FOX!10-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bob Fertik blogs, "While the media is breathlessly trying to prove CBS broadcast fraudulent AWOL memos, three other networks committed fraud this week - yet no one but Salon's Eric Boehlert noticed. All 3 networks gave time to retired Lt. Col. John 'Bill' Calhoun, who claims he saw Bush performing drills in Alabama in the SUMMER of 1972. There's only one problem with Calhoun's story - Bush's OWN records show Bush didn't get credit for any time until October. We don't need typewriter experts to prove that October is not in the SUMMER - making Calhoun's statements an obvious fraud.! Of course it's been 32 years and people's memories fade, so on 2-24-04, Democrats.com submitted a FOIA request for Lt. Calhoun's records, to see if his drill dates overlapped with Bush's (http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=199). However, in February the White House ordered the Pentagon to reject ALL FOIA requests - so the truth remains a mystery."
Are the Killian Memos a Forgery? Help Us Learn the Truth10-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The media is buzzing with the possibility that the Killian memos broadcast on 60 Minutes are forgeries. The truth hangs on whether any commonly-used typewriters in the 60's-70's had proportional spacing and superscripts. If you HAVE a typewriter like that (perhaps an IBM Executive Electric like http://www.etypewriters.com/1954-b-2.JPG), please type out a replica of Killian's first memo and see if your typewriter matches his. If it does, tell us about it in Bob Fertik's blog.
How Many Lies Did Dan Bartlett Tell 60 Minutes?09-Sep-04Bush AWOL
For four years, Dan Bartlett has repeatedly lied about Bush's service. How many new lies did he tell 60 Minutes? Bob Fertik examines Bartlett's interview word by word.
The Memos: Bush Demanded Special Treatment, Refused Drug Test, Failed to Fullfill Commitments09-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Washington Post: "[Records obtained by] '60 Minutes' shed new light on one of the most controversial episodes in Bush's military service [sic] includ[ing] a memo from Bush's squadron commander, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, ordering Bush 'to be suspended from flight status for failure to perform' [and] failure to take his annual physical 'as ordered.' 'Phone call from Bush,' Killian recorded in a 'memo to file' dated May 19, 1972. 'Discussed options of how Bush can get out of coming to drill from now through November.' [D]ocuments already released by the White House and the Pentagon show that Bush was suspended from flight status on that day for 'failure to accomplish annual medical examination' but do not mention his alleged failure to comply with National Guard and Air Force standards.... Killian complained that he was under pressure from his superior, Col. Walter B. 'Buck' Staudt, to 'sugar coat' Bush's officer evaluations." Are the memos real? Or forgeries planted by Karl Rove?
McAulife Blasts Bush's AWOL Lies08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"The Democratic Party Wednesday declared examination and criticism of Bush's military record fair game with the release of reports alleging Bush failed to fulfill the requirements of his duty with the Air National Guard. 'This is a very big issue. This is a very big issue for the American public,' Democratic National Convention Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday. 'The president has been caught in direct contradiction -- lies -- and all I can tell you is that the president's credibility is issue No. 1.'... Speaking in a conference call Wednesday, McAuliffe told reporters to 'stay tuned' to find out how Democrats would work on the angle of the issue. He also said it was Republicans' fault this issue was taking such center stage. 'George Bush's allies have made an issue of John Kerry's service. And we are going to make issue of the president's credibility ... All of this is on the table. And it's going to be on the table between now and November 2nd,' he said." You GO, Terry!
Boston Globe Investigative Report Reveals that Bush Treated His Guard Service as a Joke08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
A team of Globe reporters worked together to investigate Bush's Guard service. What they found ain't pretty. "Twice during his Guard service -- first when he joined in May 1968, and again before he transferred out of his unit in mid-1973 to attend Harvard Business School -- Bush signed documents pledging to meet training commitments or face a punitive call-up to active duty. He didn't meet the commitments, or face the punishment, the records show." Worse, Bush spokesman Dan Bartlet lied about it to the media, claiming Bush finished his six-year commitment at a Boston area Air Force Reserve unit after he left Houston. "Not so, Bartlett now concedes. ''I must have "misspoke." " Retired Army Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter, who studied Bush's records and old National Guard regulations is furious: ''He broke his contract with the United States government -- without any adverse consequences. And the Texas Air National Guard was complicit in allowing this to happen."
Bush Broke 2 Contracts with the Guard - Who Covered Up for Him?08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Boston Globe's Walter Robinson reports: "Twice during his Guard service - first when he joined in May 1968, and again before he transferred out of his unit in mid-1973 to attend Harvard Business School - Bush signed documents pledging to meet training commitments or face a punitive call-up to active duty. He didn't meet the commitments, or face the punishment, the records show.... Bush's attendance at required training drills was so irregular that his superiors could have disciplined him or ordered him to active duty in 1972, 1973, or 1974. But they did neither. In fact, Bush's unit certified in late 1973 that his service had been 'satisfactory' - just four months after Bush's commanding officer wrote that Bush had not been seen at his unit for the previous 12 months. [Retired Army Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter says] 'He broke his contract with the US government - without any adverse consequences. And the Texas Air National Guard was complicit in allowing this to happen.'" WHY???
Texans for Truth Demolishes Bush With AWOL Ad08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"Texans for Truth, established by the 20,000-member Texas online activist group, DriveDemocracy.org, has produced a 0:30 second television advertisement, 'AWOL.' The ad features Robert Mintz, one of many who served in Alabama's 187th Air National Guard -- when Bush claims to have been there -- who have no memory of Bush on the base. In other words, Bush failed to fulfill his military duty while others were dying in Vietnam." As Nick Kristof writes, "Mr. Mintz is a compelling witness. Describing himself as 'a very strong military man,' he served in the military from 1959 to 1984. A commercial pilot, he is now a Democrat but was a Republican for most of his life, and he is not a Bush-hater." Start packing for Crawford, George...
Two Credible Witnesses Say Bush Was AWOL in Alabama08-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Nick Kristof writes, "[Bob] Mintz recalled why he remembered Mr. Bush as a no-show: 'Young bachelors were kind of sparse. For that reason, I was looking for someone to haul around with.' ... Another particularly credible witness is Leonard Walls, a retired AF colonel who was then a full-time pilot instructor at the base. 'I was there pretty much every day,' he said, adding: 'I never saw him, and I was there continually from July 1972 to July 1974... If he had been there more than once, I would have seen him'... 'The record clearly and convincingly proves he did not fulfill the obligations he incurred when he enlisted in the Air National Guard,' writes Gerald Lechliter, a retired Army colonel who has made the most meticulous examination I've seen of Mr. Bush's records (I've posted the 32-page analysis here). Mr. Lechliter adds that Mr. Bush received unauthorized or fraudulent payments that breached National Guard rules, according to the documents that the White House itself released."
Bush Went AWOL When His TANG Unit Was Activated for Homeland Security07-Sep-04Bush AWOL
AP reports, "Bush's 2000 campaign suggested [W] skipped his medical exam in part because the F-102A was nearly obsolete. Records show Bush's Texas unit flew the F-102A until 1974 and used the jets as part of an air defense drill during 1972. A six-month historical record of his 147th Fighter Interceptor Group, also turned over to the AP on Tuesday, shows some of the training Bush missed with his colleagues during that time. Significantly, it showed the unit joined a '24-hour active alert mission to safeguard against surprise attack' in the southern United States beginning on Oct. 6, 1972, a time when Bush did not report for duty, according to his pay records... As part of the mission, the 147th kept two F-102A jets - the same Bush flew before he was grounded - on ready alert to be launched within five minutes' warning." There goes Bush's alibi. Now we know the truth - when Bush was needed to protect the Homeland, Bush went AWOL - just like on 9-11.
More Bush National Guard Records 'Found': Bush Still AWOL07-Sep-04Bush AWOL
AP writes: "The records show his last flight was in April 1972, which is consistent with pay records indicating Bush had a large lapse of duty between April and October of that year. Bush has said he went to Alabama in 1972 to work on an unsuccessful Republican Senate campaign. Bush skipped a required medical exam that cost him his pilot's status in August of that year... The newly released records do not include any from five categories of documents Bush's commanders had been required to keep in response to the gaps in Bush's training in 1972 and 1973. For example, National Guard commanders were required to perform an investigation whenever any pilot skipped a medical exam and forward the results up the Air Force chain of command. No such documents have surfaced." Still AWOL (after all these years...)
Read 'George Dub-ya Bush, the Phony Fighter Pilot'07-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"In 'George Dub-ya Bush, the Phony Fighter Pilot,' Hugh E. Scott, Vietnam veteran, ex-Air Force pilot and registered Republican, tells how he found an official Bush biography on the Internet that claimed the president flew National Guard jets almost six years... Scott is the only investigative journalist since 1988 to interview Chester Mierzejewski, 83 - honorable and highly decorated Avenger tail gunner who saw Big George bail out and blew the whistle on him before the presidential election... Scott uses USAF documents, newspaper archives, Bush family autobiographies and authorized bios to show that George W. received a commission during the Vietnam War without any officer training, grounded himself by failing to take his annual flight physical, went AWOL in Alabama to work for the GOP, boozed until age 40 instead of preparing for national leadership, lied about his missing Guard service to get elected and tried to ruin the reputation of primary opponent, Senator John McCain."
AP Finds 5 Major Gaps in Bush's Scrubbed Guard Records05-Sep-04Bush AWOL
Bush says he released ALL records, but AP wants these files. "1) A report from the Texas Air National Guard to Bush's local draft board certifying that Bush remained in good standing. The government has released copies of those DD Form 44 documents for Bush for 1971 and earlier but not for 1972 or 1973. 2) Records of a required investigation into why Bush lost flight status. [Note: Democrats.com broke THIS story on 10-4-00]. 3) A written acknowledgment from Bush that he had received the orders grounding him. His Texas commanders were ordered to have Bush sign such a document; but none has been released. 4) Reports of formal counseling sessions Bush was required to have after missing more than three training sessions. Bush missed at least five months. 5) A signed statement from Bush acknowledging he could be called to active duty if he did not promptly transfer to another guard unit after leaving Texas. The statement was required as part of a Vietnam-era crackdown on no-show guardsmen."
Ben Barnes Says Sid Adger Requested a National Guard Slot for W 'On Behalf of the Bush Family'03-Sep-04Bush AWOL
The Bush family insists they did NOT pull strings to get W into the Guard. "Friends said Barnes will expand on the remarks in his interview with '60 Minutes' while taking care not to contradict sworn testimony from 1999, in which he said that no member of the Bush family had directly asked him for help... Barnes is now telling friends that he understood that Adger was making his request on behalf of the Bush family, even though Barnes has no memory of Adger explicitly saying he was. Barnes based his understanding on the knowledge that Adger was extremely close to the Bush family and Barnes's feeling that Adger would not have acted without their consent. At the time, Barnes was speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and in close touch with the head of the Texas Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. James Rose. Adger and Rose are dead."
'Phony Veteran' Bush Has Legion-Air Disease02-Sep-04Bush AWOL
It isn't a crime for Bush to falsely claim to be a veteran to get into the American Legion, but it sure is a slap in the face to the 25 million Americans who - unlike Bush - served the Active Duty needed to qualify. According to this careful examination, Bush was not qualified to join American Legion Post 77 in Houston, Texas in 1995. That makes him a "Phony Veteran." There ought to be a term for pretending to be a Legion member - how about "Legion-Air Disease"?
Why W Went AWOL: Poppy Wanted Him Out of Texas02-Sep-04Bush AWOL
"Before there was Karl Rove, Lee Atwater or even James Baker, the Bush family's political guru was a gregarious newspaper owner and campaign consultant from Midland, Texas, named Jimmy Allison. In the spring of 1972, George H.W. Bush phoned his friend and asked a favor: Could Allison find a place on the Senate campaign he was managing in Alabama for his troublesome eldest son, the 25-year-old George W. Bush? 'The impression I had was that Georgie was raising a lot of hell in Houston, getting in trouble and embarrassing the family, and they just really wanted to get him out of Houston and under Jimmy's wing,' Allison's widow, Linda, told me. 'And Jimmy said, 'Sure.' He was so loyal.' Linda Allison's story, never before published, contradicts [Bushit's alibi]. According to what Allison says her late husband told her, the younger Bush had become a political liability for his father, who was then the United States ambassador to the United Nations, and the family wanted him out of Texas."
The Ben Barnes Blackout31-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Eric Boehlert writes,"Faced with fresh news in the ongoing debate about the presidential candidates' military service during the Vietnam War, the media blinked this weekend, doing its collective best to ignore an embarrassing new revelation by the prominent Texas politician [Ben Barnes] who says he landed Bush a coveted pilot spot in the Texas Air National Guard during the height of the Vietnam War, and is now 'ashamed' of his actions. The explosive comments from a central player in the National Guard drama - captured on video and available online - have received just cursory coverage in the mainstream media since it was brought to light on Friday. The shoulder-shrugging response stands in stark contrast to the media orgy that has greeted the hollow, secondhand allegations made about John Kerry's Vietnam service by the Republican-financed Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which has yet to make a single factual allegation stick about the circumstances surrounding Kerry's five war medals."
Still Unreported: The Pay-Off In Bush Air Guard Fix28-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Greg Palast: "Bush was elected governor of Texas by a whisker [and former Lt. Governor Ben Barnes who now regrets helping Bush get into the National Guard was] a big time corporate lobbyist [who] appears to have made lucrative use of his knowledge of our President's slithering out of the draft as a lever to protect a multi-billion dollar contract for a client.... Barnes, says the Justice Department document, made a call to the newly elected governor's office and saved GTech's state contract. The letter said, 'Governor Bush ... made a deal with Ben Barnes not to rebid [the GTech lottery contract] because Barnes could confirm that Bush had lied during the '94 campaign.' In that close race, Bush denied the fix was in to keep him out of 'Nam [and] 'Barnes agreed never to confirm the story [of the draft dodging] and the governor talked to the chair of the lottery two days later and she then agreed to support letting GTech keep the contract without a bid.'"
Bombshell! Ben Barnes Admits He Got Bush into the National Guard28-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Salon reports, "Another bombshell in the battle over Vietnam service that has been raging in the 2004 race exploded on the Web Friday. In a video originally posted on the Web by a pro-Kerry organization in Austin, Texas, Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas, apologized for his role in getting a young George W. Bush into the Texas Air National Guard while young men who were not from prominent or wealthy families 'died in Vietnam.'... 'I got a young man named George W. Bush into the Texas National Guard when I was lieutenant governor, and I'm not necessarily proud of that. But I did it.'... Bush insisted [in 1999] that neither he nor his father sought Barnes' assistance. 'I can tell you what happened,' said Bush. 'Nothing happened. My Guard unit was looking for pilots and I flew for the Guard. I'm proud of my service and any allegation that my dad asked for special favors is simply not true ... I didn't ask anybody to help get me to the Guard either.'" Got lie detector?
Impostor! Bush Wore a Ribbon He Never Earned!27-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Here is a photograph published on the Presidential Library site of George H.W. Bush. We can clearly see that in this photograph taken sometime before his promotion to 1st Lt. in 1970, George W. Bush is wearing an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOUA) and a Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (SAEMR) just below his pilot wings. According to a just-completed investigation by Walt Starr, Bush's unit (the 111th Fighter Intercept Squadron / 147th Fighter Intercept Group) did not receive its first AFOUA until 1975. For weeks, the media has put John Kerry's 5 medals under a microscope. Now we learn that George Bush was so ashamed of his undistinguished service record that he had himself photographed with a ribbon he NEVER earned. That makes Bush an IMPOSTOR. Help us DEMAND the media give as much coverage of Bush's fraudulent ribbon as it has given to John Kerry's genuine combat medals.
Was Lt. Bush Sent to Alabama for Drug Rehab?25-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Citizens For Honest Fighter Pilots reports, "When the Bush-AWOL/deserter scandal first erupted months ago, I overheard [well, the person was talking loudly, so how could I help but hear?] an aide to a radical conservative congressperson run down exactly what happened to create this situation: Bush was 'acting inappropriately' on the base in Texas, then was picked up on a DUI for alcohol and marijuana. In order to 'create a break in the record,' he was shipped off to Alabama for rehab. That is why he never showed up for his Guard duty - he was in rehab. That also refutes the spin that he had gone there to work on a congressional campaign [note: the campaign workers have said he only appeared at headquarters a few times, and they called him the 'souffle' because of the 'hot air' he spewed when he did show up]."
'Deserters for Truth' Say Bush 'Dishonored his Fellow Deserters'25-Aug-04Bush AWOL
"Announcer: If you have any questions about George Bush's National Guard service record, just ask the men who didn't serve with him. John Maguire: I did not serve with George Bush. Ted Brody: I did not serve with George Bush. Michael Jansen: I did not serve with George Bush. Maguire: I know George Bush is lying about his service, because I was skiing with him in Aspen the whole time. Brody: His accounts of where he was and where he wasn't are as different as being at a frat party and being in the military. Literally. Jansen: George Bush cannot be trusted to be there for America, especially if there is anywhere near an airforce base. Brody: We got so drunk. Maguire: We got so drunk. Jansen: We got so drunk. Maguire: George Bush is a deserter. But he does like to party." Watch this hilarious satire!
Bush Keeps Stalling Release of His Military Records24-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Dave Moniz and Jim Drinkard of USA TODAY write: "Why did Bush, described by some of his fellow officers as a talented and enthusiastic pilot, stop flying fighter jets in the spring of 1972 and fail to take an annual physical exam required of all pilots? What explains the apparent gap in the president's Guard service in 1972-73, a period when commanders in Texas and Alabama say they never saw him report for duty and records show no pay to Bush when he was supposed to be on duty in Alabama? Did Bush receive preferential treatment in getting into the Guard and securing a coveted pilot slot despite poor qualifying scores and arrests, but no convictions, for stealing a Christmas wreath and rowdiness at a football game during his college years?... Dan Bartlett told USA Today,. 'The resident has authorized the release of his records and we are complying with all requests. Some are taking longer than others, but all will be addressed.' " Sure - somewhere around 2040!
Is Our Commander-in-Chief a Deserter? You Decide!24-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Korean War vet Philip Vargas writes, "It is clear from the evidence that Bush dishonored his solemn oath to serve and protect our country in accordance with the US Constitution. He also disgraced the US military uniform. Bush must therefore answer to the American people for his conduct, but most importantly he must answer to all those who have served our country honorably and most specially those who are now sacrificing and putting their lives at risk in his illegal and unnecessary war. And, if I may, he has disgraced our country. We are the most hated country in the world and Americans are the most hated people in the world and Bush is the most hated leader in the world, even more than Saddam Hussein. To the best of my knowledge, no other politician or political leader in the history of our country has ever had such a disgraceful foreign policy and military record."
Explosive New Book Calls Bush a 'Deserter,' Exposes He Loathes the Military23-Aug-04Bush AWOL
The Nation: "At issue is whether Bush was, technically at least, a deserter in his fourth year of National Guard service [when] no one on the base remembers seeing him.... [Bush] was ordered to report for a flight medical exam in July 1972 [which he] 'failed to accomplish' [Bush] returned to Texas with zero active duty days.... [Bush used] nepotistic influence, jumping a long line, despite a 25 percent score on his pilot aptitude test [and] a series of driving convictions [and] was commissioned an officer despite ... no pilot experience [or] time in the ROTC [then] went missing for a year, [and] terminate[d] his service early.... His use of the National Guard to escape Vietnam should have inhibited him and his party from successively attacking the patriotism and martial virtues of triple amputee Senator Max Cleland and John Kerry--having earlier pointed fingers at Bill Clinton. But going AWOL ... deserting for a year even from this surrogate service, makes [Bush] doubly vulnerable."
Lukasiak Study Proves Bush Was Legally AWOL13-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Bill L. Burkett LTC (ret) writes, "I have reviewed the assumptions that Lukasiak had to use through the first 63 months of Bush's career - before Bush just quit and was transferred to an obvious records hold - and believe that his conclusions are correct... Was 1LT George W. Bush AWOL? The use of terms such as Deserter or AWOL have often been used as the focus of debate rather than the actions and inactions of 1LT Bush, to the discredit of the actual events and their impact. Documentation has refuted all claims that 1LT Bush continued to meet either the published regulations requirements for satisfactory drill participation, or the orders of his commander LTC Jerry Killian who later within the Officer Evaluation process notes that 1LT Bush was not available or seen during that rating period - a period of twelve months. Failure to appear as ordered is certainly considered as Absent without Leave."
Why is the Media Letting AWOL Bush Attack Kerry's Military Service?13-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Ian Williams writes, Bush joined the National Guard "with the aid of nepotistic influence, jumping a long line, despite a 25% score on his pilot aptitude test--and despite a series of driving convictions that should have required a special waiver. He was commissioned an officer despite having no pilot experience, no time in the ROTC, and without attending Officer Training School. And then he went missing for a year, and as a reward was allowed to terminate his service early so he could go to Harvard Business School. His use of the National Guard to escape Vietnam should have inhibited him and his party from successively attacking the patriotism and martial virtues of triple amputee Senator Max Cleland and John Kerry--having earlier pointed fingers at Bill Clinton. But going AWOL... makes him doubly vulnerable. Which may of course account for the seeming fungibility of his paperwork, even though, in truth, these people have no shame." Buy "Deserter" by Williams at democrats.com/books
Deserter: The Story Of George W. Bush After He Quit The Texas Air National Guard11-Aug-04Bush AWOL
After EXHAUSTIVE research, Paul Lukasiak writes, "An examination of the Bush military files... lead to a single conclusion: George W. Bush was considered a deserter by the United States Air Force. After Bush quit TXANG, he still had nine months of his six-year military commitment left to serve. As a result, Bush became a member of the Air Force Reserves and was transferred to the authority of the Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in Denver, Colorado... ARPC had to order Bush to get a physical examination, for which Bush did not show up. ARPC then designated Bush as AWOL and a 'non-locatee' (i.e. a deserter) who had failed to satisfactorily participate in TXANG, and certified him for immediate induction through his local draft board. Once the Houston draft board got wind of the situation, strings were pulled; and documents were generated which directly contradict Air Force policy, and which were inconsistent with the rest of the records released by the White House."
When Will Journalists Ask Bush for the Killian Disciplinary Report?10-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Linda Starr blogs Bush "was actually grounded in a two page disciplinary report signed by LTC Jerry Killian, his commanding officer. I dare ANY reporter to ask Bush what this document contains. Ask why he hasn't signed an official release for release of his entire files (because this document is what they are hiding, and it's really bad). Don't take my word for it, ask the WH and/or Bush to produce it. If they insist it doesn't exist, ask if they are aware there are copies of this very report floating around on the Internet. Then ask if they still insist this document doesn't exist. "
Why Are the Witnesses to Bush's AWOL Dead?08-Aug-04Bush AWOL
Bush Body Count writes, "There are no witnesses left to verify whether or not Bush fulfilled his Guard duty, and no witnesses left to verify that he did indeed receive special treatment. In spite of a substantial reward that has been posted, no one has come forward to claim that he fulfilled his commitment. Lt. Col. William Harris was one of two commanding officers who could not perform George W. Bush's annual evaluation covering the year from May 1, 1972 to April 30, 1973. They stated in their filing that 'Lt. Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of this report.' Fortunately for George W. Bush, Lt. Col. Harris is not here to verify his 1973 statement. He's dead. Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian was another of George W. Bush's commanding officers. He cannot testify in a court of law as to George W. Bush's dereliction of his sworn duty. Lt. Col. Killian is dead... The names are included because they were relatively young men, whose deaths were convenient to Bush."
Missing Records Prove Bush was AWOL in 197224-Jul-04Bush AWOL
Bush dodged Vietnam by using powerful family friends to get into the Texas Air National Guard "Champagne Unit." Bush was required to train with his unit one weekend each month. But for at least five months in 1972 (May-Sept), Bush did NOT report for duty. The Pentagon just found the pay records that prove Bush received NO pay for those 5 months. Bush was AWOL - and a DESERTER. Why did he decide to stop flying - was it alcohol or drugs? Was there a Flight Inquiry Board? Once again, we demand Bush's MEDICAL and DISCIPLINARY records!
The Media Keeps Buying Bush's AWOL Lies18-Jul-04Bush AWOL
Ian Williams writes, that Bush's "commanding officers back in Texas wrote that they did not see him for a year. He was ordered to take his annual medical and Alabama, and 'failed to accomplish' it thereby grounding himself as a pilot. Technically, all that was desertion -- and guardsmen in that era were ordered to Vietnam for failing to do their Guard Service. Most distressing is to see how effective the White House has been in spinning the press, while covering their own asses. On February 13 this year, 83-year-old Helen Thomas of Hearst tried for the best part of the White House briefing to get a straight answer to the question: Was George W. Bush ever sentenced to community service in 1973? Scott McClellan implacably stonewalled and refused to answer. Indeed, he refused even to ask the president. Did this evasion make the headlines? Not at all!" Read Williams' new book on Bush's AWOL, "Deserter."
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