BUSH'S GUARD 'ACCUSER' ADMITS FAULTY MEMORY (Alzheimer's)

NY Post ^ | 2.15.04

[ambrose]

February 15, 2004 -- Serious doubts have been raised about the stories of two key Alabama National Guard figures who questioned whether President Bush showed up for weekend duty there in the early 1970s.

Retired Brig. Gen. William Turnipseed, the 187th's Tactical Reconnaissance Group's former commander, recanted his statement that he couldn't remember if Bush reported for duty, now saying his memory is faulty because he's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease.

[ambrose]

ping.

[MJY1288]

Ping,

[NYCVirago]

I noticed that both the NYTimes and Washington Post stories were considerably less hysterical today (Sunday)about the whole "Bush is AWOL" issue. I think they were hoping to find real dirt in the full records, and the best revelation they could get out of it was the hemorrhoid notation.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Gotta wonder about the motives of this Burkett character.

[js1138]

If Kerry is the answer, the question must be obscene.

[MJY1288]

LOL, Or at least X rated :-)

[js1138]

The press has had this backwards from the beginning. The question is not whether people remember a completely unremarkabel Bush after thirty years, but whether anyone remembers him AWOL, or in trouble.

I can't remember the names of more thatna two or three of the guys I served with in this period, but if anyone had gone missing or AWOL, I'd remember that forever.

[Tamzee]

Wow...

Thanks so much for the ping on this! I'm glad I didn't miss it!

It's nerve-wracking how messy this situation keeps getting :-(

[mewzilla]

So what's the Boston Globe trying to do now? Cover its own backside, or are they trying for a cease fire?

[Ophiucus]

Gee, it was all another DemoRat fabricated hit? Who would have thunk it.

[js1138]

How long befor Michael Moore is accusing Bush of bribes or threats to silence thes guys?

[Texasforever]

If Kerry is the answer, the question must be obscene.

Quote of the day.

[MJY1288]

What else do they have??????

Watch John Kerry speak to his supporters.... There is no message, just hatred for Bush and the only time in his life when he stood for something, the problem is, he stood with our enemies when he returned from Vietnam

[3catsanadog]

Turnipseed. Where did he ever get a name like that? This is the best part of this whole "scandal."

[Slings and Arrows]

The Left sure seems to like picking on people with Alzheimer's - Gen. Turnipseed, Charlton Heston, and of course Ronaldus Maximus.

G-d help all of the above.

[Southack]

"What else do they have?????? Watch John Kerry speak to his supporters.... There is no message, just hatred for Bush..."

The Democrats have no new ideas.

They have no new policy suggestions. They have no new plans for America.

All that they have, they've had for decades. Nationalize healthcare. Abort babies. Legalize gay marriage. Give U.S. troops over to be controlled by UN kleptocrats. Ban all public talk about traditional religion as "hate speech." Redistribute American wealth by paying global fines (e.g. Kyoto Global Warming Treaty).

That doesn't leave much for them to campaign on, save for smears against their opponents...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bump!

[Texasforever]

I think that someone said that Turnipspeed is a FR lurker and that he is really upset with how the media used his words out of context.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Daily Telegraph: Mark Steyn - So it has come to this - a choice of scandals ***…..Now let's consider the Kerry scandal: If you read the British newspapers, you'll know all about it. It's not about whether he was Absent Without Leave, but the more familiar political failing of being Absent Without Pants. It concerns a 24-year old woman - ie, 41 years younger than Mrs Kerry - and, with their usual efficiency, the Fleet Street lads have already interviewed her dad, who's called Kerry a "sleazeball". But if you read the US newspapers or watch the news shows there's not a word about the Senator's scandal. Though it seems to have a somewhat sounder factual basis, and at least one witness more relevant to this situation than the loose-lipped Gen Turniphead was to Mr Bush's, it's the media that's gone Awol. In this case, it seems it would hurt to ask. So Mr Bush has been unable to do the John Kerry routine, declining to comment but adding that "it's not my marital record that's at issue". We have two flimsy "scandals" tangentially related to character, but only one of them's all over the networks.

………If character is the issue, Bush can relax. And, if doing your bit for national security is the issue, then John Kerry's been Awol for two decades.***