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To: Petronski
There is one problem though. This guy served with the President from 1970-71 in Texas. If somebody comes forward from Alabama, it would be much better. I don't think there is a dispute that the President served honorably in 70-71. The big sticking point is what happened when he went to Alabama to work on the political campaign. Hopefully, this publicity, will spark the memories of somebody who worked on the base with the President in Alabama.
49 posted on 02/11/2004 6:40:14 AM PST by dogbyte12
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To: dogbyte12
BUMP TTT!
50 posted on 02/11/2004 6:40:39 AM PST by jmstein7 (Real Men Don't Need Hunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
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To: dogbyte12
I don't think there is a dispute that the President served honorably in 70-71.

Tell that to the left.

53 posted on 02/11/2004 6:41:17 AM PST by Petronski (John Kerry looks like . . . like . . . weakness.)
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To: dogbyte12
If somebody comes forward from Alabama, it would be much better.

Already done. A former girlfriend has gone on public record saying Bush returned to Montgomery specifically to fulfill Guard requirements.

79 posted on 02/11/2004 6:45:56 AM PST by Coop ("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
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To: dogbyte12
She didn't serve with the President .. but she can confirm he was there

Bush's drills with the Alabama Guard confirmed

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1075745/posts
86 posted on 02/11/2004 6:48:31 AM PST by Mo1 (" Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?")
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To: dogbyte12

There is one problem though. This guy served with the President from 1970-71 in Texas. If somebody comes forward from Alabama, it would be much better. I don't think there is a dispute that the President served honorably in 70-71. The big sticking point is what happened when he went to Alabama to work on the political campaign.

I can't believe that you missed the point of Col. Campenni's letter. Why is it necessary to have someone come forward from Alabama? You are like the Dems who constantly move the goal posts. Col Campenni addressed the Alabama issue as follows:

Excusals for employment were common then and are now in the Air Guard, as pilots frequently are in career transitions, and most commanders (as I later was) are flexible in letting their charges take care of career affairs until they return or transfer to another unit near their new employment. Sometimes they will transfer temporarily to another unit to keep them on the active list until they can return home. The receiving unit often has little use for a transitory member, especially in a high-skills category like a pilot, because those slots usually are filled and, if not filled, would require extensive conversion training of up to six months, an unlikely option for a temporary hire.

As a commander, I would put such "visitors" in some minor administrative post until they went back home. There even were a few instances when I was unaware that they were on my roster because the paperwork often lagged. Today, I can't even recall their names. If a Lt. Bush came into my unit to "pull drills" for a couple of months, I wouldn't be too involved with him because I would have a lot more important things on my table keeping the unit combat ready.

I am sure if someone from Alabama speaks up, there will another requirement levied, e.g., there needs to at least two persons to corroborate the story.

172 posted on 02/11/2004 7:09:30 AM PST by kabar
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To: dogbyte12
In today's Washington Times, there is a story about a girl young George W. Bush dated while in Alabma. Emily Marks Curtis said yesterday that she dated GWB while he was in Alabama and after a few weeks when he was back in Texas, he called her and said he was returning to Alabama for a couple of weeks to make up some National Guard drills he had missed. She said he rented an apartment for a couple of weeks in Montgomery and they met for dinner 2 or 3 times while he was there. She said she didn't personally see him come or go to the drills, but he wasn't in Alabama for any other reason.
369 posted on 02/11/2004 8:39:14 AM PST by nightowl
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To: dogbyte12; Petronski
Today, I can't even recall their names

I was in college in 1972. Except for people in my dorm and on the basketball team, I can't remember the name or face of a single male from any of my classses or any of my parties, or anywhere else. I am a male and I do remember a few females, but no males.

429 posted on 02/11/2004 9:49:02 AM PST by staytrue
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