Forget the "forgeries" the real story is about Bush's discharge

a new day

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:31 AM
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Forget the "forgeries" the real story is about Bush's discharge

Edited on Mon Sep-13-04 02:37 AM by a new day

US News and World Report nailed the White House

"Bush's ... attendance at required drills fell off markedly. He did no drills for one five-month period in 1972. He also missed his flight physical... Albert C. Lloyd Jr., who originally certified the White House position that Bush had completed his military obligation, stood by his analysis "90 percent of the people in the Guard would not have made satisfactory participation."... other experts disagree. "There is no 'sometimes we have compliance and sometimes we don't,' " says Scott Silliman, a retired Air Force colonel "That is a nonsensical statement and an insult to the Guard to suggest it." ... The regulations must be followed, adds James Currie, a retired colonel ... "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."

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oasis

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:37 AM
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1. We'll see what kind of circulation it gets.

:shrug:

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a new day

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:39 AM
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2. Don't obssess about CBS, write in about US News

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speedoo

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:40 AM
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3. Exactly right.

Of course, most of the media does not see it that way.

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DemBones DemBones

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:40 AM
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4. Yes, it's curious that those facts are

being ignored while freepers float trial balloons about forgeries.

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a new day

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:46 AM
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6. The story is in the issue to be release this morning

It hasn't been widely noticed yet.

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Carla in Ca

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Mon Sep-13-04 02:43 AM
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5. My husband (vet) and I have been wanting to know

how he did get an honorable discharge. That is what we are waiting for.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Sep-13-04 03:57 AM
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7. connections

he is the son of (at the time) anywhere from a US Congressman to a US Ambassador, who had dinner with Nixon on a regular basis.

This boy is truly the definition of a blue blood silver spoon with connections

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TexasUnderground

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Mon Sep-13-04 04:32 AM
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8. If this is true...

It could be huge. Just what we need to convince any fence-sitters that this guy has got to go.

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