First, ask to see some evidence. Secondly, remind them that the whole basis for this is a comment allegedly made by a dead Democrat politician who supposedly did a favor for George H.W. Bush. So, just remind the person that there is more substantial evidence that Kerry committed treason (aid to the enemy in the form of propaganda material; collaborating with N.V. officials in Paris and then asking for the US to honor N.V. requests for a cease-fire) during a time of war, for which he could have been executed, than there is for this "using daddy" garbage.
great points this something i got from this website (http://www.geocities.com/bush_not_awol//treatment.html) regarding those allegations:
Claim: Some of have charged that George W. Bush “leaped ahead” of 100,000 other people on waiting lists to join the National Guard. They say this proves he used influence and received favorable treatment as a result.
Truth: This is fallacious at best. There may have been 100,000 on waiting lists across the whole country in all 50 states at the time, but not in the Texas Air National Guard, which is where Bush signed up. It is like walking into a grocery store and finding an empty line, but someone says in all the other stores across the country there are hundreds of thousands in waiting. This analogy just demonstrates the ridiculousness of this charge, which the media doesn’t mind highlighting over and over again. The man in charge of the list said there was no waiting list for willing, qualified pilot applicants.
In 1999, the Dallas Morning News reported:
Records provided to The News by Tom Hail, a historian for the Texas Air National Guard, show that the unit Mr. Bush signed up for was not filled. In mid-1968, the 147th Fighter Interceptor Group, based in Houston, had 156 openings among its authorized staff of 925 military personnel.
Of those, 26 openings were for officer slots, such as that filled by Mr. Bush, and 130 were for enlisted men and women. Also, several former Air Force pilots who served in the unit said that they were recruited from elsewhere to fly for the Texas Guard.
"He told me they were looking for pilots," Mr. Bush said. He said he was told that there were five or six flying slots available, and he got one of them.