[seth456]

They're not saying NG service isn't noble. They're saying Bush didn't show up for about a year of his service in Alabama. At least that's what his commander in Alabama said. The democrats didn't bring this up when he ran against Gore, because Gore was just a reporter in Viet Nam. They'll bring it up this time because Kerry won medals in combat in Viet Nam. The military is totally different now becuase they use the guard in combat areas now. Especially the air guard. They use them now because they can't just go draft more soldiers from civilians.

[ravingnutter]

FYI...

The Real Military Record of George W. Bush: Not Heroic, but Not AWOL, Either

[mystery-ak]

No, McAwful said Sunday that *Bush did not serve in the military*..Hannity just played it again....

[ravingnutter]

They're saying Bush didn't show up for about a year of his service in Alabama. At least that's what his commander in Alabama said.

After the Bush AWOL story had percolated for months, Col. Turnipseed finally remembered another glitch in his story: the fact that National Guard regulations allowed Guard members to miss duty as long as it was made up within the same quarter.

And, in fact - according to the Times - that's what Bush did.

"A document in Mr. Bush's military records," the paper said, "showed credit for four days of duty ending Nov. 29 and for eight days ending Dec. 14, 1972, and, after he moved back to Houston, on dates in January, April and May."

The paper found corroboration for the document, noting, "The May dates correlated with orders sent to Mr. Bush at his Houston apartment on April 23, 1973, in which Sgt. Billy B. Lamar told Mr. Bush to report for active duty on May 1-3 and May 8-10."

Yet another document obtained by the Times blew the Bush AWOL story out of the water.

It showed that Mr. Bush served at various times from May 29, 1973, through July 30, 1973 - "a period of time questioned by The Globe," the Times sheepishly admitted.

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