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BUSH'S GUARD 'ACCUSER' ADMITS FAULTY MEMORY (Alzheimer's)
NY Post ^
| 2.15.04
Posted on 02/14/2004 11:48:07 PM PST by ambrose
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: awol; bush; hughhewitt; johncalhoun; militaryrecord; nationalguard; williamturnipseed
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To: ambrose
Bump for future read.
To: Southack
Don't forget their system of legal fascism they have concocted where you are constantly looking over your shoulder at home or work fearing lawsuits, and their perverted systems of reverse discrimination and political correctness. There is far more wickedness here than the eye can see.
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posted on
02/15/2004 9:46:23 AM PST
by
Luke21
To: ambrose
But, but but: As some media moron said recently we still haven't heard from "the silent majority" who don't remember seeing him.
123
posted on
02/15/2004 10:07:25 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: Prodigal Son
I just thought of something regarding Michael Moore's dental records. The media were given the opportunity to look at the records in the White House, but they weren't supposed to have copies of the medical records. How did Michael Moore get a copy of this?
To: MJY1288
Has it ever been more clear who controls the mainstream media in this country? Left leaning 50 somethings whose worldview was shaped and frozen by Viet Nam. Their biggest hope for traction comes from another institution they have destroyed, public education, which has taught post-Viet Nam generations what a miserable failure that war was.
President Bush is a product of that generation, he answered the Viet Nam parallel question during a press conference in the lead up to Iraq. This would be different, he said, because the military would know their mission, be free to execute their plans and be supported. John Kerry, by his two votes alone on Iraq, demonstrated he has nothing but the same muddied, political thinking of his party's leadership in the 60s.
125
posted on
02/15/2004 10:21:16 AM PST
by
Dolphy
To: FormerACLUmember
This only raises more questions.
How did Lt.Bush get his teeth and feet to Alabama while he was A.W.O.L
The American people have a right to know.
126
posted on
02/15/2004 10:41:24 AM PST
by
Redcoat LI
("If you're going to shoot,shoot,don't talk" Tuco BenedictoPacifico Juan Maria Ramirez)
To: ambrose
"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. "
I'm sure this isn't escaping anyone who viwed the related thread yesterday but note now whoit is whose being portrayed as recanting. A hatchet job will be done on Turnipseed(as he feared) rather than the press accepting responsibility or retracting anything.
And then,
"Retired Lt. Col. Bill Burkett had claimed he heard Bush aides talking about having his Guard records scrubbed and saw it happen.
But the Globe reported Thursday that Burkett's corroborating witness, former Chief Warrant Officer George O. Conn, disputes virtually every point in Burkett's account."
Corroborating witness? One who is given as a source at the time the story is coming out? One who would be talked to BEFORE it was printed to corroborate it?
Oh, I get it, the CWO is recanting too.
127
posted on
02/15/2004 10:41:34 AM PST
by
jim macomber
(Author: "Bargained for Exchange", "Art & Part", "A Grave Breach" http://www.jamesmacomber.com)
To: Southack
They have no new policy suggestions. They have no new plans for America. Well actually they do have one suggestion. They'd forward our policy and plans to Kofi Annan for his approval.
128
posted on
02/15/2004 10:51:57 AM PST
by
Sender
("This is the most important election in the history of the world." -DU)
To: YaYa123
...the media has moved that proverbial goal post to it's final fall-back position I don't know, they may move that goalpost back over the fence, across the parking lot and into the ditch before November.
129
posted on
02/15/2004 10:54:52 AM PST
by
Sender
("This is the most important election in the history of the world." -DU)
To: NYCVirago
By the way, there are NO DENTAL RECORDS FOR MICHAEL MOORE; he wouldn't take the donut out of his mouth long enough to have the x-rays taken.
To: bray
Pray for W and The Truth Amen!
To: MJY1288
Thanks for the ping
To: OldFriend
The media would rather not make mention of his meritorious record at all. Better to drop the whole thing and let the accusations remain a bitter footnote than to tout the accomplishments that are outlined in the evaluations. I hadn't even thought of that. Good point.
To: js1138
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. I can remember the names of maybe a dozen people that I went to college with and that was just a decade ago. I remember close friends and those that were weird. Aside from that most I would not know if they walked up and slapped me. And I went to class with these people for years.
134
posted on
02/15/2004 1:28:57 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Don't try to tug at my heart strings. I have no heart and I will only be suspicious of your motives)
To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
"so the statement that you cannot prove a negative is a good rule of thumb in almost all situations"Indeed, but my reply was to a poster who claimed that it was "scientifically impossible" to ever prove a negative.
And that's simply not the case. In fact, anytime that you can exhaust all possibilities in a set, you *can* prove a negative.
135
posted on
02/15/2004 1:32:32 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
Yeah, well, you painted the red one green!
(Rat Logic)
136
posted on
02/15/2004 2:01:16 PM PST
by
Erasmus
To: ambrose
"he's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease."
Alzheimer's causes loss of near term memory, not long past recollections. Hate to burst a bubble but some dim is going to point this out too.
137
posted on
02/15/2004 2:03:12 PM PST
by
lawdude
(Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
To: ambrose
CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux rushes through the White House briefing room, clutching a copy of US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s over 400 page military records from the height of the Vietnam war.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
To: VadeRetro
Thanks for the link. Ha ha ha.
139
posted on
02/15/2004 5:05:10 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: js1138
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.That's an excellent point. I don't remember all that many people from years ago, but I will never forget the one who disappeared abruptly (accused of rape, I found out later) or the one who got caught making off with company supplies.
AWOL is serious. I can't imagine that it would have gone unnoticed by others. Esp. during that era - if one guy could just leave and still get an honorable discharge, there would have been a lot of guys walking out.
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