[facedown]

What a pathetic pile of drivel.

[RockDoc]

You forgot "BARF ALERT" in your title.

[TADSLOS]

Some Guard veterans have speculated that Bush may have been dodging random drug tests, which were instituted in some military units as early as 1971. But there is no evidence to support that; in fact, the dentist who worked on Bush's teeth and who later became the commander of the base medical unit, told TIME that the Alabama Guard did not conduct random drug tests until the 1980s.

So why bring it up if it unless to sow seeds of suspicion? What a vile piece of crap this "reporter" is.

[NetValue]

Another hatchet-job from Time. I do not subscribe for this very reason. I used to subscribe before Ted Turner got on the board.....but things have changed in the war between Americans and liberals....not one cent to liberal causes anymore. Talk about a vast left wing conspiracy.

[PROUDAMREP]

You surely meant to post this on another forum. The extent to which the so-called news media will go to discredit President Bush has become laughable. You guys just keep talking about this until November.

This is the mode of operation for the dims. If you can't find anything creditable, make something up and beat it to death. Only uninformed sheeples will believe this crap.

[Neets]

Skimming the surface and skipping over details may be business as usual for a happy-go-lucky 26-year-old, but it's a problem for a President during a winter of discontent. Whether Bush performed his National Guard duties while he was working on the Blount campaign—as well as during much of the year starting in May 1972—was raised in his past campaigns and always fluttered away quickly, an issue regarded as irrelevant after two decades or more. But it has become germane this time in a way it never was before because for the second time in as many months—first on prewar intelligence in Iraq and now on his military record—Bush is caught in a gap between what he has claimed and what he can prove. At the same time, he's gearing up for a fight with a probable Democratic nominee whose record as a Vietnam War hero helps buy him credibility to challenge Bush on his military resume. Bush insists he did his duty in Alabama, but the records—and many memories—don't confirm it. And these days, people are paying a lot closer attention to the President's words.

Sadly, I can't remember which FOX show I was watching last evening, and who was commenting, but when asked about why the increased and repeated attention about the NG records, the commentator emphatically stated the Dem agenda in this is to question, now and forever afterwards, in the 04 campaign, President Bush's "INTEGRITY"...did he lie to us now, as he did then...

So it's not so much an issue of whether he was AWOL, but more of an issue of why he is deceptive.....that's the campaign agenda of the Dems for 04

Bush should beat them all with the bottom of his shoe.

[ChadGore]

Bush was "nobody" in 1972, and could work with my at my job every single day, and I wouldn't find him remarkable.

Q: Was he the son of someone famous? No.
A: GHWB(his dad) was then just a lowly congressman in a Texas legislature.

[suzyq5558]

Iam sick to death of this drivel. I pray that karma wheel smacks all these pathetic buttwipes right upside thier pathetic heads. give it a rest already. everyone is sick of hearing about it.

[YaYa123]

Duffy's stink piece has already been discredited by Deborah Orin, NEW YORK POST.

[68skylark]

Reported by Frank Sikora/Birmingham, Cathy Booth Thomas/Dallas, Jackson Baker/Memphis, Mike Billips/Montgomery and John F. Dickerson and Mark Thompson/Washington

I wonder how much military experience these writers have. Does anyone know how we could find out? I'm guessing it's zip, zero, nada.

[The Great RJ]

Gee, our last president lied to avoid the draft and then went to Europe and lead anti-US protests there. Nooo... problem nothing to see here.

Bush did what a lot of people did in the early 1970's --served in the National Guard rather than be drafted and go to Viet Nam. Many of my friends did the same particularly those whose draft lottery numbers were low. Did he use family connections to get a more cushy Guard assignment?--probably, but so did anyone else who had connections. No one seems to mind that Al Gore used his connections to get a relatively cushy journalists assignment in 'Nam.

The hypocracy of the media on this issue just screams.

[Western Phil]

"Michael Duffy, Frank Sikora/Birmingham, Cathy Booth Thomas/Dallas, Jackson Baker/Memphis, Mike Billips/Montgomery and John F. Dickerson and Mark Thompson/Washington"

These people are not interested in having anyone know the Ten Commandments - there is one in that says "Thou shalt not bear false witness againgst thy neighbor."

The language may a little quaint, but the meaning is clear. Might make them uncomfortable if they have to think about it a little.

[pabianice]

Lying bastards. They have gone out of their way yo misunderstand and misrepresent Reserve/Guard service. I served 28 years in the Navy and Naval Reserve and let me assure you that resched drills, drills at other stations, and service and AT for the convenience of the military are the rule, not the exception. Beyond that, missing a flight physical is so common as to approach being the rule rather than the exception.

Time Magazine is simply a cabal of lying, dispeptic, invideous Liberals who will do and say anything to hurt Bush.

If they weren't suc h scumbags, they'd be all over Kerry about his treasonous activities with Communist groups. But no, they have their lying agenda.

[SkyPilot]

Th divide between the liberal media and normal people is now a chasm.

[68skylark]

Here's the Time magazine biography of Micael Duffy. It says he graduated from college in 1980 and joined Time in 1985 after working at Defense Week magazine. That doesn't leave many windows of opportunity to have served in the military.

http://www.time-planner.com/planner/about_time/bios/senior_editorial_staff/michael_duffy.html

We could have a little fun with the Time magazine reporting style: "Some have speculated that Duffy elected not to serve because he was dodging allegations of . . . . But no evidence has yet come to light to support such a charge."

[xrp]

President George W Bush: possibly (but not able to be proven) AWOL THIRTY YEARS AGO -- currently kicking Islamikaze ass as Commander in Chief

Democrats: anti-America THIRTY YEARS AGO -- currently AWOL in the war on terror.

Who would you vote for to protect your freedom and liberty?

Would you like to know more?

[LS]

Nope, the real questions are here:

("New Questions About John Kerry's Vietnam Service")

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1078071/posts

[I'm ALL Right!]

This pile is still steaming...

[Indie]

If the word TIME doesn't explain this pablum, then this should: "Archibald, now a trial attorney in North Carolina..."

Both are professional liars. [I know, I am a bad boy and should be ashamed of myself].