Well isn't that wonderful. I'm sure they are very meticulous about all details regarding both candidates, right? Um.........
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Posted on 07/23/2004 1:43:43 PM PDT by demlosers
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Friday released payroll records from President Bush's 1972 service in the Alabama National Guard, saying its earlier contention the records were destroyed was an "inadvertent oversight."
The records cover July through September of 1972, when Bush was working as a campaign volunteer in Alabama. The future president had been transferred from the Texas Air National Guard to the Alabama unit so he could stay in Alabama.
The release came days before Democrats began their national convention in Boston to officially nominate Sen. John Kerry as their presidential candidate.
Democrats have sought to contrast Bush's National Guard service with Kerry's Vietnam War record. Kerry enlisted in the Navy, volunteered for combat in Vietnam and earned several medals including a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. After returning from Vietnam, Kerry became a prominent anti-war activist.
The Associated Press had asked a federal judge July 16 to order the Pentagon to quickly turn over a copy of the pay records. The AP had sued under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the records from a state library records center in Texas.
Records of Bush's National Guard service released previously did not conclusively show whether Bush fulfilled his service requirements in 1972 and 1973, during the Vietnam War.
Bush had transferred to an Alabama National Guard unit while he worked on the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Winton Blount, a family friend.
The Pentagon had said that the payroll records for that time period had been inadvertently destroyed.
In a letter to The Associated Press Friday, Pentagon freedom of information chief C.Y. Talbot said the records couldn't be found earlier because officials were using the wrong index number.
The Associated Press was evaluating the documents.
Huh? I thought that was already done??
I hope they sent Michael Moore a redacted copy-- just to piss him off!
What do they show? Not that I care...I support W and think Kerry = pond scum for his VVAW activities.
Keep turning those screws, Bush.
I guess a lot of Democrats are tearing up speeches, and are going to miss a lot of parties writing new ones? They just don't know who they are messing with. This is Rove season.
Wasn't that about the same time Kerry was working for the North Vietnamese in Paris?
Bwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Let me see, which docs will the evil dums find more important? 1973 payroll or 1999 National security docs......hhuuuuummmmmmm, this is really tough.
The Associated Press was evaluating the documents.
Oh, Kerry was a Vietnam War Hero, definitely... just for the wrong side.
The records were actually discovered in Sandy Berger's dirty laundry, in one of the socks.
How con-veeeeeeeeen-ient! :-D
Oh good....now we will get a fair evaluation of the records....whew!
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JOHN KERRY = Enemy of Vietnam Vets
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320
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>>>> What do they show?
We should know soon enough, but the timing is very favorable. There is no way that the Pentagon would have backed off the story that they were destroyed -- the very week of the Democratic convention -- if they did not prove that the President fulfilled his patriotic duty.
Is this liberal payback for Sandy Berglar?
Well isn't that wonderful. I'm sure they are very meticulous about all details regarding both candidates, right? Um.........
Love the scare quotes.
ping
/cynical b@$tard
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