Whether the documents are genuine or authentic really isn't the point since this referendum is on George W Bush, not CBS news. The main issue is: Did Bush fulfill his duty in the National Guard? Unlike the Swift Boat ads, which were unproven opinions, there is actually evidence that Bush did not serve for 7 months from April-Oct 1972 since he did not get his required physical.
I have heard the same all morning..circle the wagons.
what do you expect when Dan the man (and I use that term oh so loosely) can get away with saying...Its not important where the message came from, its the message that counts.
If CBS wants to "run" with fantasy and fraud that's their choice. Referendum has nothing to do with anything.
Whether the documents are genuine is the crux of the discussion, as far as I'm concerned.
Sorry, you are wrong.
Bush did his two years active duty. Once you do your "weekend warrior" part of the National Guard service, it is common to miss drills if you have another commitment. Indeed, physicals are part of the drill, (I usually did a lot of physicals during drills, so I know about this) and lots of guys miss them, inlcuding missing flight physicals, which are more involved. If he missed it and they really wanted him to fly, they could have had a local flight physician do it in the office. But he couldn't fly the planes in ALA so they just let it pass. No big deal. And I had only one physical in my ten years of weekend warrior duty.
You see, they need you to fill in slots in case of war. But they have your name and address. So if you miss, no big deal as long as you make it up.
I have big gaps in my service, including four months where they didn't even record I was at the Commonwealth Armoury in Boston doing physicals, so I didn't get paid...no one remembered me, and when I protested, the Second Lt. told me too bad...
Bush missed some drills at the end of his commitment, but made them up later. Big deal. Everyone who served in the guard knows it happens all the time...and he was not given preferential treatment...