Posted on 02/01/2004 9:15:40 PM PST by Defendingliberty
The New York Times also looked into the charge and found it lacked substance: and
From the Boston Globe: Those who trained and flew with Bush, until he gave up flying in April 1972, said he was among the best pilots in the 111th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. In the 22-month period between the end of his flight training and his move to Alabama, Bush logged numerous hours of duty, well above the minimum requirements for so-called ''weekend warriors.''
Indeed, in the first four years of his six-year commitment, Bush spent the equivalent of 21 months on active duty, including 18 months in flight school. His Democratic opponent, Vice President Al Gore, who enlisted in the Army for two years and spent five months in Vietnam, logged only about a month more active service, since he won an early release from service.
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The proprietor of terpsboy.com is none other than Rodger Schultz, one of the prime movers at the beginning of the Free Republic. He was kind of a combination kattracks/JohnHuang2.
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