[ambrose]

At issue is a 12-month period, commencing in May 1972, when Bush moved to Alabama to work on a senatorial campaign. He received permission to transfer to an Alabama unit and was instructed to report to duty there. There is no definitive evidence in his file that he reported to the Alabama unit to perform drills; Bush has said he did report and perform drills.

Bush's personnel records also are vague on what he did in the Texas Guard after returning to Houston after the Senate election he worked on. The first date in the records for 1973 is May 29, when they indicate he attended drills. The records show he attended drills at least 18 times between May 29 and July 30.

[Just mythoughts]

Well since they are digging up files, maybe we can see JFKerry's files. FOI anyone?

[wattsup]

You know that a lot of files from the services were burned in a warehouse fire in St. Louis. I don't know if it is the case here but the time frame sounds right.

[woofie]

Wow, a lot of words expended in all this that seem pretty dam useless...I think I graduated from college in 1972 but dont ask me to swear to it,it was over 30 years ago.

[onedoug]

I think I might not have shown up for further traning either, at this point....

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Bush seems to have gotten an "early-out", as did Kerry. As did Gore. Even Clark, who got canned.

[KellyAdmirer]

This is so absolutely unbelievably ridiculous, inane and irrelevant to anything, I now expect a major campaign issue to arise over Quemoy and Matsu at some point before the election.

[Maria S]

http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/070300/gen_0703004428.shtml
http://factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=131
http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/001394.html

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

An airplane was about to crash; there were 5
passengers on board, but only 4 parachutes.

The first passenger said, "I am Kobe Bryant,
the best NBA basketball player; the Lakers need me, I can't afford
to die." So he took the first pack and left the plane.

The second passenger, Hillary Clinton said, "I am the wife of the former U.S. President, a Senator from New York, and a potential
future president. And I am the smartest women in American history, so America's people don't want me to die." She took the second pack and jumped
out of the plane.

The third passenger, Wesley Clark, said, "I'm a
General in the Army of the United States of America". I am also going to be my parties nominee for President. So he grabbed the pack next to
him and
jumped.

The fourth passenger, President George W. Bush, said to the fifth passenger, a 10-year-old schoolgirl, "I have lived a full life,
and served my country well, I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The girl said, "That's okay. There's a parachute left for you.

America's smartest woman took my schoolbag."