Posted on 09/08/2004 8:39:12 AM PDT by pookie18
A lawsuit filed by the Associated Press (AP) has pressured the federal government into releasing previously unseen transcripts of 1973 testimony by a young George W. Bush before a Senate panel investigating atrocities committed by stateside National Guardsman during the Vietnam era.
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to give up his weekend for a mistake?" the young Mr. Bush asked the panel as he began to talk about his experience with fellow guardsmen who participated in the "Winter Weekend Warrior" investigation with Jane Fonda.
The investigation, Mr. Bush claimed, brought together 150 honorably discharged National Guardsman, many of them highly-decorated, who testified to atrocities committed both on and off base, "not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command."
"They relived the absolute horror of what this country, in a sense, made them do, Mr. Bush said. "They told the stories of times they had personally goofed off, skipped weekend duty, gone out drinking, short-sheeted a fellow guardsman's bed, telephoned local stores and asked if they had Prince Albert in a can, drove faster than the speed limit, used salty language in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot mailboxes and road signs for fun, raided the base commissary for Pop Tarts and generally ravaged the country side of South Texas."
President Bush, responding yesterday to persistent questions about the new revelations, said, "I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it again as President of the United States...again."
timing is suspicious
Scrappleface alert :)
That was cool. Thanks for making my day.
Seems to put things into perspective. Nice.
There were no Pop Tarts in 1973, I know, I was there.
If you weren't at the toaster with Bush you cannot speak to the issue if there were Pop Tarts in Alabama in 1973.
Wassupwitdat?
I think Bush also spent Christmas Eve in Mississippi in 1973 because it was "seared" into his mind.
BUSH LIED!!!!!
He's toast.
"Those images of those shattered mailboxes are seared, seared into my memory."
I hate to say it but I am pretty sure there were pop tarts...even in 1973.
ROFLMAO
I was there too ...
On September 14, 1964, Kellogg's introduced Pop-Tarts.
http://www.geocities.com/conspiracyprime/e2_poptarts.htm <-- History of Pop-Tarts
I was born in '72 and remember seeing Pop Tarts it's seered..seered in my memory.
I think Scrappleface does a better job than even the Onion in making up stories that start out believeable then you can see through the silliness by the end.
I was in the Reserves. There were drills that we got drunk after duty hours and reported in the morning "Sh_tfaced". In our boredom played pranks, and raided each other to make up shortfalls before an IG. I will tell you what, despite our non ideal image, if someone landed on our shores and attempted to harm my fellow Americans, I would go to war with my fellow troopers.
Oh, the horror! LOL!
Pop Tarts were introduced on September 14, 1964 - just in time to distract attention away from Barry Goldwater's post-convention bounce.
You have to admit, the timing was suspicious.
hey man! as a result of pop tart incident my time in strudel hilton behind enemy lines was made worse. the strudels told me the pop tarts were agaisnt me.
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