Military One-Upmanship [LA Times says it is time to "move on" re Vietnam]

LA Times ^ | 2.13.04

[ambrose]

EDITORIAL

Military One-Upmanship

February 13, 2004

Now that the White House has released a copy of a Jan. 6, 1973, dental exam with a chart of President Bush's teeth when he was at the Dannelly Field Air National Guard base in Alabama, it must come as a relief to dentists ? and other Americans ? to learn that Bush was taking good care of his choppers as a young man.

This is the so-called best that the still-young presidential race is offering. The White House desperately tries to rebut Democratic charges that the president failed to fulfill his service in the National Guard. Republicans seek to portray Vietnam vet John Kerry, who won a Silver Star, as a traitor for joining the antiwar movement. The loser is the public.

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What's that intell term this brings to mind? Oh, yes. Blowback.

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[NYCVirago]

And I just love the latest party line that it's Bush's fault for not having his people give enough information about the records. I've seen that line in at least one other place today. Translation -- readers think it's a stupid story; even the media thinks it's a stupid story. But instead of the media examining itself as to why they're obsessed with covering this trivia, they blame Bush. How about looking into the mirror, media guys?