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DUBYA'S WING MEN (in case you missed it, he volunteered for Vietnam)
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| 2-19-04
| Jed Babbin
Posted on 04/27/2004 9:45:22 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland
Here's the BULL TIHS that Moveon is E-mailing around.
To: doug from upland
Outstanding read, Doug. Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
04/27/2004 10:29:30 AM PDT
by
BSunday
(I'm not the bad guy, kid)
To: USMCVet
Wish you guys would quit with the "Dubya inflation"... You're leaving out a couple of small details:
1. Kerry had a draft number that guaranteed he would be drafted if he did not volunteer.
In other words, Kerry volunteered to avoid the draft, thus keeping himself from having to sit in a foxhole and/or crawl through the mud.
2. Dubya had a draft number in the 300s. That means he had no chance of being drafted. He joined the Guard ANYWAY.
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posted on
04/27/2004 10:39:46 AM PDT
by
EternalHope
(Boycott everything French forever. Including their vassal nations.)
To: OXENinFLA
Can this be real? No way. Did the CINC specifically request not to be sent to Vietnam or was he just lucky?
To: OneTimeLurker
It doesn't matter.(to me anyways)
GWB's purpose in the TANG was to watch out for Soviet bombers.
To: doug from upland
So John al-Query wants to bring up Dubya's National Guard Service? In his own words, "Bring it On"!
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posted on
04/27/2004 10:44:42 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: EternalHope
2. Dubya had a draft number in the 300s. That means he had no chance of being drafted. He joined the Guard ANYWAY.
Check your info regarding when the Draft Lottery went into effect..... President Bush had no such number....
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posted on
04/27/2004 10:58:57 AM PDT
by
deport
(To a dog all roads lead home.......)
To: OneTimeLurker
Can this be real? No way.
That is from the President's military files... It has been explained as that is a normal entry filled out by the clerks as they process the paper work.... So who knows... But it is also reported that he requested assignment to Nam once he gained flight status....
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:01:58 AM PDT
by
deport
(To a dog all roads lead home.......)
To: doug from upland
BTTT
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:07:01 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(A 7mm intellect in a .284 caliber world, or something.)
To: USMCVet
I respect your service... but not your post.
...and the only reason anybody would even think of bringing a F-102 to Vietnam was to display the thing...
See above. They were there and then they were sent home.
...It was a straightline interceptor in an area where there weren't any high-altitude bombers...
I guess you never heard of the Buff runs on Hanoi during Linebacker I and II.
President Bush served honorably and well and doesn't deserve to have his service denigrated by ANYONE.
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:10:41 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
("The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God" - C.S. Lewis)
To: OXENinFLA
From a 2000 WP Article:
Among the questions Bush had to answer on his application forms was whether he wanted to go overseas. Bush checked the box that said: "do not volunteer."
Bush said in an interview that he did not recall checking the box. Two weeks later, his office provided a statement from a former, state-level Air Guard personnel officer, asserting that since Bush "was applying for a specific position with the 147th Fighter Group, it would have been inappropriate for him to have volunteered for an overseas assignment and he probably was so advised by the military personnel clerk assisting him in completing the form."
Washington Post
To: OXENinFLA
From a 2000 WP Article:
Among the questions Bush had to answer on his application forms was whether he wanted to go overseas. Bush checked the box that said: "do not volunteer."
Bush said in an interview that he did not recall checking the box. Two weeks later, his office provided a statement from a former, state-level Air Guard personnel officer, asserting that since Bush "was applying for a specific position with the 147th Fighter Group, it would have been inappropriate for him to have volunteered for an overseas assignment and he probably was so advised by the military personnel clerk assisting him in completing the form."
Washington Post
To: ravingnutter
THANKS!
To: doug from upland
bump
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:30:39 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
("You are an American. You are my brother. I would die for you." -Kurdish Sergeant)
To: doug from upland
I'm sure glad this story has found some light.
To: belmont_mark
Along with libel, you could add defamation.
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:31:34 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: OXENinFLA
You're most welcome...sorry about the double post, my trackball is acting up and sometimes double-clicks with very unintended consequences. All of the questions about Bush's service were answered during the campaign, I can't believe the Dems are still beating that dead horse.
To: doug from upland
Seeing how important Kerry's status as a decorated war veteran is to the Democrats and their media, it's hard to understand why decorated war vets GHW Bush and Bob Dole didn't win by landslides over that draft dodging Bill Clinton. Democrats must have been confused by hanging chads of something, that caused all their votes for the Veterans to go to the draft dodger instead.
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:40:15 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(We all remember Audie Murphy,We all admire Audie Murphy-you John Kerry, are no Audie Murphy.)
To: USMCVet
Neither one of these two need to be entering into long descriptions of their service. If you notice, only one of 'these two' has been bragging.
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:43:58 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: ravingnutter
Thanks for your archive statements - this is awesome. I have a lot of stuff but none of this - it's just great.
I've been preparing lots of stuff to use as handouts closer to the election. As Chapter Executive for San Diego, I hope to have lots of handouts for people - and when they question ANYTHING - I will some handout to answer their question. Thanks again so much.
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posted on
04/27/2004 11:54:20 AM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
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