From: Democrats.com Activist
Subject: $1000 Reward - and an Important Petition Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:05:40 +0000
Dear Activist,
As Election Day nears, I sincerely believe victory is within reach - thanks both to the vigorous campaign by Senators John Kerry and John Edwards, and the unbelievable efforts of grassroots activists like you.
I know you are inundated with urgent appeals for help from Democratic candidates and progressive causes, so I will not add another.
Here are two quick items I would simply like to call to your attention. I believe they can make a difference in the coming days and weeks.
Bob Fertik, President Democrats.com
1. $1000 Reward for Solving the Bush AWOL Mystery
On Friday, Sinclair Broadcasting will once again smear war hero John Kerry with the thoroughly-discredited Swift Boat lies.
For 4 years, we have tried to find out the truth about George W. Bush's desertion from the Texas Air National Guard. Yet the mainstream media has shown NO interest in getting to the bottom of this story.
Now, thanks to the incredible work of Paul Lukasiak of the AWOL Project (http://glcq.com), we are VERY close to learning the truth.
It all comes down to this: there is a special code on Bush's Air National Guard discharge papers that would solve the mystery: "PTI 961".
"PTI" is the Air Force term for "Personal Transaction Identifier." Lukasiak has determined that PTI 9xx means Lt. George W. Bush was essentially worthless to the Air Force in 1973, and should not be retained in the "Ready Reserves" for callup by the President even in the event of a national emergency.
But why EXACTLY was Bush worthless to the Air Force in 1973, when he still had a year left to serve?
We have long known that Bush was grounded as a pilot in September 1972 after he went AWOL for 5 months and refused to get his required annual flight physical. (The media knows this too, but they keep it a deep dark secret from the American people.) The 9-29-72 grounding record is here: http://www.awolbush.com/kerry-vs-bush.asp
Just this September, we learned that Bush's commander, Col. Jerry Killian, told Bush's replacement (Capt. Jan Peter Linke) that Bush couldn't fly because he developed a "Fear of Flying" - possibly related to his substance abuse. (This was only reported nationally by The Nation, and has been systematically ignored by ALL of the media.) Visit: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041011&s=baker
Back in 1972-3, Bush's powerful friends in the Texas Air National Guard managed to conceal Bush's worthlessness from the Air Force for 16 months. But ultimately the Air Force demanded the truth, and Bush was discharged accordingly - with code PTI 961.
When Bush became Governor, his aides - led by now-Presidential Advisor Karen Hughes and now-Communications Director Dan Bartlett - destroyed most of the records documenting Bush's failure to "fulfill his obligations." During the 2000 campaign, Bush's former Guard crony Col. Al Lloyd LIED to the media by claiming Bush "fulfilled his obligations" - a LIE Bush keeps repeating, and the media still believes. And when Bush was appointed President, his aides destroyed the rest of the embarassing and incriminating records.
But they left one tiny trace of the truth: PTI 961.
Although researchers have searched extensively, we cannot find a public record documenting the exact meaning of PTI 961. You can read the details of Lukasiak's investigation here: http://www.glcq.com/pti_961.htm
So that is why we are turning to you.
We are looking for SOMEONE with knowledge of Air Force regulations in the 1960's or 1970's. You might BE such a person - or you might KNOW such a person - or you might know someone ELSE who knows such a person.
We are offering a $1000 REWARD for anyone who can authoritatively document the meaning of PTI 961, so we can definitively refute Bush's LIE that he "fulfilled his obligations."
If you know the answer and want to claim the reward - or if you have ideas on how we can find it - post it here: http://tinyurl.com/4ezsz
Finally, feel free to share this with the mainstream media. Even though the Swift Boat lies have dominated news shows for months, the media has resolutely ignored Bush's AWOL for 4 years - but miracles do happen! Our media list is here: http://democrats.com/media
2. Petition for a Bi-Partisan Presidential Recount Commission
As Election Day nears, both candidates are fielding armies of lawyers to wage legal warfare - in the same Republican-controlled courts that failed American Democracy in 2000.
Dozens of lawsuits have already been filed over pre-election issues like voter registration, provisional ballots, and electronic voting machines.
There must be a better way to resolve disputes over the election of the leader of the greatest Democracy in history.
We cannot endure another prolonged recount battle that results ANOTHER appointment of President by a partisan Republican Supreme Court.
We, the People, call for the immediate creation of a Bi-Partisan Presidential Recount Commission to resolve all disputes related to the election of the President of the United States in 2004 - IF the winner is in serious dispute when the polls close on Election Day.
Read the details and sign the petition!
http://recount.us
Once again, thank you for all you do to promote democracy, justice, and truth.
Bob
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Huh!
Who the heck is "Bob," and how do we know that he'll pay up?
There's another guy out there with a $50,000 reward for anyone who can prove that he fulfilled his AirNationalGuard obligation.
Come quickly, November third.
IS Bob nuts? The MSM has shown NO interest in the Bush AWOL story? Then why do I constantly see stories in my local paper about "new documents" being located? I just heard a few days ago on the radio top-of-the-hour update that the air national guard has found several "never before seen" pages of Bush's record. How about Dan Rather and memo-gate? NO INTEREST? What is Bob smoking? It's almost been an obsession with many of them. And, having heard about some "new documents" being discovered and released, we've heard NOTHING about their content. Could it be because there is NOTHING THERE?!!
Haven't there been people digging into this story since President Bush was running for Governor of Texas? Could it be that there is no there there? This is getting really old.
thanks gran I shared this with another group!
Thanks for the heads-up.
Turns my stomach -- I was in Vietnam fighting, while reading about these turn-coat former viet nam vets headed by Kerry. I listened to the Fullbright senate hearings when they were fresh news.
Democratic mode of operation: Whatever your candidate has done, accuse the other. Then claim politics and parity of slime.
I heard a beauty the other day: Democrats: morals based on politics. Republicans: Politics based on morals.
Gran, those Rats are very desperate aren't they??? NOW paying for smear information????