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

NY Post ^ | 2.15.04

[Himyar]

Back at the Blue Zoo, in the summer of '72 or '73, I met a kid named "Turnipseed" ... certainly a memorable name ... I'm guessing now he was probably the son of then-Col Turnipseed.

Nope, Gen. Turnipseed has four daughters, but there are alot of Turnipseeds in central Alabama and they are all related. The name is German and was translated into English by one of the early immigrants. I've known the family for years. My husband served in the 187th for thirty five years and now my son is in the unit. My husband doesn't remember Bush, but is not surprised that it's hard to find anyone that remembers so out of state 1st. Lt.

[fella]

The truth always comes out. Now when the media gets through editing the TV interview with Kerrys' bimbo we'll all have a good laugh.

[MedicalMess]

Hey I got the cure for this guy! Search "chronic illness" and destroying political parties on this site.

[staytrue]

I don't have alzheimers. My memory is excellent. Yet, unless it was a pretty girl, I can not remember a single person whom I went to a class with in college from 30 years ago, unless I also shared a dorm with them, or knew them in someway outside of the classroom.

[Grampa Dave]

Great Find.

"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.

"The Boston Globe, which took the lead in challenging Bush's Guard service, reported serious doubts about the account given by one of Bush's prime accusers.

"Turnipseed reversed gear after retired Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun went public to say he remembered Bush well, and that in fact it was Turnipseed, then a colonel, who introduced Bush to him.

We know a woman in her eighties who is suffering from this disease. This past Thanksgiving, one of her sons and his wife picked her up from the care home where she was/is staying and they drove 2 hours to another son's home for Thanksgiving.

She functioned well, remembered the relatives there and on the way home got into an argument with the son who drove her down. She was wondering why he had turned around on the interstate instead of going to the other son's home for Thanksgiving. She had no recall being there, talking to everyone, eating dinner and saying good bye.

Her long term memory which used to be excellent even with the disease for the last year or so has been impacted. She can't recall critical events that happened a few years ago and back. This woman was the oral historian of her family because her old memory had been so good.