Bush credited for Guard drills (Kapow!)

The Boston Globe ^ | 2/10/04 | Walter V. Robinson

[The G Man]

President Bush received credit for attending Air National Guard drills in the fall of 1972 and spring of 1973 -- a period when his commanders have said he did not appear for duty at bases in Montgomery, Ala., and Houston -- according to two new documents obtained by the Globe.

[The G Man]

Take that!

[ClintonBeGone]

Bump for the research folder.

[DeaconRed]

Wonder if Mccullif(sp) will appoligize?

[GailA]

George Mag, indepth look at GW's NG stint With documentation.

[optimistically_conservative]

The commander of the Alabama unit has said Bush did not appear for duty at his assigned unit there.

BS!!! When are the other media whores going to out the Boston Globe for their shoddy and false reporting on this story?

Debunking The Bush AWOL Story - From The Horse's Mouth

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

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073076/posts
Debunking The Bush AWOL Story - From The Horse's Mouth
Brig. Gen. Turnipseed | February 6, 2004 | Hon

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074224/posts
Reporter Who Made Up AWOL Story Has History Of Libeling GOP Candidates
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ^ | March 10, 1987 | N/A

[spectre]

Chris Matthews is going be very disappointed with this article...grins.

sw

[WorkingClassFilth]

Bookmark BUMP!

[The G Man]

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Albert. C. Lloyd Jr., a former personnel director for the Texas Air Guard, said in an interview last night that the minimum number of points required for any year was 50, although most Guardsmen logged substantially more.

"The document shows he satisfactorily completed his military obligation for that year," Lloyd said.

Case closed

[Puddleglum]

This article is trying so hard to spin this into a negative that it makes the English language dizzy. I feel like the writer must have drunk too much soda pop at the fair then went on the tilt-a-whirl. His rhetoric is the result.

[Loyal Buckeye]

I don't have the source, but I just read something the other day where the source (former military individual) said his explanation has been misquoted by the Boston Globe, the originator of this whole criticism of Pres. Bush's military record.

In any event, he has spent the most recent 3+ years in the military as Commander in Chief.

[Bogey78O]

Bush as CINC had these documens forged. Bush lied!!!!!

/insane DU ranting off

You know that's what the insaniacs will say.

[commish]

Notice though --that while the records show Bush had the required amount of points and service days the GLOBE still has to resort to inuendo's and subtle wording to make this as much of a hit piece as possible.

Had to serve a "Flurry of Days" to make his requirements
Commander says "Flurry of activity in May-July shows that he might not have had enough days before that"
Commander says "I don't remember him being there"

"why did they show a "torn Copy" in 2000
Why show records that were incomplete in 2000 when these records show a different story
etc etc etc etc

[jveritas]

This is great news. This morning I was listening to this raging liberal Chris Matthew on the pin head Imus show and he was making President Bush service in National Guard as a major theme in the campaign and that Bush must answer these questions about his service. At the same time, he was making Kerry as this great war hero and he disregard his treason to his fellow soldiers when he came from Vietnam as simply “anti-war” stands. I am sure that this Boston Globe article is very sad news to Matthew, to all the liberals, and to John Kerry the traitor of Vietnam.

[Loyal Buckeye]

"The activist, Bob Fertig, is a cofounder of Democrats.com, a website that has no formal affiliation with the Democratic Party."

Anything seem strange about this?

[mattdono]

I am very surprised that Walter Robinson actually allowed his named to be included with this report, which directly contradicts his earlier report that has been cited by the demoCREEPs since 2000.

[The G Man]

See the link up above titled "Debunking The Bush AWOL Story - From The Horse's Mouth" where FReeper Rookie of the Year "Hon" did the legwork that the media has been too lazy to do.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

ping

[el_texicano]

Apologize??? McAwful??? Never...He will only point out that Bush served the MINIMUM and play that up as some sort of cop-out.

These people and their syncophants are implacable, power-hungry, and despicable. They warrant the utmost disdain by any American.

[mathluv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064541/posts
Bush 'Desertion' Charge Debunked NewsMax ^ | 1/24/04 | Limbacher