Memos Show Bush Suspended From Flying

AP ^ | 9/9/2004 | Pete Yost

[Paleo Conservative]

Here's another thread about the CBS story. There appear to be inconsistencies about the memos that would be consistent with forgery. The biggest one is how a memo from an ANG unit was typed with proportional fonts in 1972.

THE "New" CBS BUSH DOCUMENTS: Let's do some investigating

[DaiHuy]

"Republicans have accused Kerry, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, of fabricating the events which led to his five medals. "

This is an out and out lie, the Republicans have never said anything of the sort, these accusations came from the men who served with and under Kerry.

[Mo1]

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[Howlin]

I wish I believed that!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210702/posts

[maryz]

They are in proportional font with superscripts,

Sounds like an excellent point to me. To the best of my (admittedly hazy) recollection, proportional font wasn't a possibility until laser printers, which I don't remember before the early 80s, though I stand open to correction. I believe proportional print typewriters constituted a last-ditch attempt -- in response to word processing -- to keep the typewriter from going obsolete; I heard they were hard to use -- in any case they don't seem to have lasted.

[AndrewC]

They didn't say.

This "news" story states that the White House released the memos.

[Howlin]

Which is exactly why I posted this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210783/posts?page=2#2

These memos did NOT come from the White House.

[AndrewC]

Which is exactly why I posted this:

Missed it. It's beddie-bye time. I guess we two, among others, can detect putrid "news" at a glance.(If it is a major "news" source, it is putrid)

[nonkultur]

I guess we know who Killian is voting for this year.

[Barlowmaker]

Holy cow!! I'll have to bookmark that one for tomorrow.

That looks like some fun sleuthing!

[Howlin]

We're old pros at this; our BS detectors go off at the drop of a hat.

Of course, there is so much more to "digest" lately that right now I feel like I need to have my brain reformatted.

[Free2Be49]

The reason this assault on George Bush's national guard record is not going to effectively weaken his support is because George Bush and Dick Cheney DID NOT make their Viet Nam war era actions a plank of their campaign — not a central plank, not even a peripheral plank.  Kerry did and in so doing now looks very much like a hypocrite and hypocrisy goes to the character of the man.

It's old news. It happened before most of the electorate was even born.  If Kerry left it alone, nobody would be examining his Viet Nam service and post service actions.  In addition, aside from Kerry groupies, most fair minded people don't believe Bush or his campaign staff were involved with the swift boat controversy.  It's a private fight between the Swift Boat veterans and Kerry because the wounds the veterans suffered upon returning home have never healed.  This is the first time they have been able to speak publicly and bring their case before the American people.  In a sense, this has been a catharsis for them and therefore a healing experience.  They need to heal.

For this reason this is going to roll off Bush as if he was made of teflon®.  The man is not a hypocrite.  This national guard business didn't stop him from being elected in 2000.  In 2004, it has less chance because during the last three years Bush has established a commendable record as Comander-In-Chief and his campaign is focussing on THAT.

[Howlin]

I think they're fake.

[Barlowmaker]

I wish I believed that!

By the way, I'm a big Blog junkie and I've seen a chain of evidence developing these past 9 months or so: Stories first appear here, they're vetted and discussed, they are picked up by bloggers where they are then picked up by guys like Hugh Hewitt.

So, yes, I do believe positive community synergy here can make a real difference. I really think the SwiftVets mission gained critical mass here on FR.

[igoramus987]

These memos did NOT come from the White House.

Why would the White House have Killian's memos.

I would expect that if the source has access to these memos, then they would also be able to easily produce hundreds of similar memos by Killian.

[piasa]

Whew! For a minute there I thought the press had uncovered evidence that Bush had left his unit to join a militant antiwar group that had debated on the idea of assassinating antiwar politicians- so much so that they changed their venue a couple of times in order to prevent the FBI's bugs from picking up their discussion.

I was fearful the press would discover that Bush had been wounded in the ass by a rice kernel during a scuffle in a frat house and had been awarded one fo his three coveted Purple Carb medals. And that he'd won a Silver-Steer with a V because he'd once driven a few Herefords into the Dean's office and left them there over the holidays with a few buckets of range pellets and all the water they could guzzle.

Or worse, that he badmouthed and lied about his fellow American servicemen and called them war criminals while testifying under oath before a congressional commssion. Anyone who would do that deserves to get grilled by the press until well-done.

I dread the day the press discovers that Bush traveled to Paris to consult with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese about defeating the US politically.

Or that he invited a wannabe assassin-hippy; a tea-drinking serial-lying french-accented ambassador with a conflict of interest the size of Niger; an unjustifiably egotistical security specialist who dislikes black women; and a cleptomaniac document burgler, etc - all to join his campaign and perhaps get positions in his next administration.

I'd be devestated.

[Howlin]

I've seen a chain of evidence developing these past 9 months or so: Stories first appear here, they're vetted and discussed, they are picked up by bloggers where they are then picked up by guys like Hugh Hewitt.

Why do you think I posted those memos on their own thread earlier tonight?

And I know people "grab" stuff from here -- and it gripes me when they don't give US credit for it.

One that comes to mind immediately is the "Kerry just sat there for 35 minutes"!

One was a Newsmax story......I know they got it from here......they took credit for it...it was a big deal....and never a word about us.

[Howlin]

One would think that, wouldn't one?

Surely there are OTHER memos about George W. Bush that Killian wrote that just didn't fit CBS' agenda, right?

[Barlowmaker]

My theory: there's too many of the anti-Mexican, anti-Muslim garbagemen and their ilk running around here that marginalize the place enough so that mainstreamers don't want to touch us.

[piasa]

Stuned, I tell ya!