But Bush tried to go to Vietnam!

[sally343434]

At least that's the little tidbit being touted on the local RW radio I accidentally heard while changing stations.

The story goes that Bush tried to get sent to Vietnam but "they wouldn't take him" because he didn't "have enough flight time."

Then the second part to this fantasy is that Kerry only went to Vietnam because his "numerous attempts to get a deferment" failed.

These people are truly mentally disturbed. I can't remember what the psychological term is, but it involves accusing everyone around you of performing your misdeeds. This falls right in line, along with the chanting of "The fix is in" in Florida when it was they who did the fixing. There are many instances of this behavior over the last four years of this nightmare.

But, I guess we can just add this latest fantasy to the list of Bush's "accomplishments:"

He almost won the 2000 election.
He almost avoided a recession.
He almost stopped 9/11.
He almost caught Bin Laden.
He almost brought democracy to Iraq.

And now,

He almost went to Vietnam.

Vote for Bush! He's almost presidential!

[senseandsensibility]

1. The official form

where * declined to go to Vietnam, in fact checked a box refusing to do so, is easily available on the web.

[liveoaktx]

2. No, he didn't. He explicitly checked box NOT to go! Whoever says

that is plain wrong.