[Howlin]

The White House released memos Wednesday night saying that George W. Bush was suspended from flying fighter jets for failing to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard.

The first sentence; a complete and utter lie.

[JennysCool]

Yep. I've been reading this tripe from various sources all day. We MUST fight for corrections and clarifications -- and not on page C-16.

[Chaguito]

The documents are almost certainly forgeries. They are in proportional font with superscripts, neither of which would be found on armed forces issue typewriters in 1972.

I have contacted Drudge, on the off-chance that he might be interested in this kind of thing. Also advised 60 Minutes (HaHaHa).

[ambrose]

FWIW, they were giving a completely different spin on this nonsense on the KABC radio hourly newscast. They referred to Barnes as a Democrat donor, and said that there were documents showing that Bush was suspended from flying, but it didn't matter because he had been approved to do duty at a non-flying unit.

The smear won't work if the MSM isn't working off the same playsheet.

[Utah Girl]

Yep. Unfortunately, the MO seems to be to put smears out about President Bush (this National Guard smear, and Susan Estrich with the acoholic nonsense.) It gets in the voter's minds, and then the MSM can repent at their leisure. It is despicable.

[commonsense04]

The first sentence; a complete and utter lie.

I don't have a link, but everything I've seen on the talk shows has the White House all but admitting that the memos from Killian are for real. I have not seen anyone from the white house question the legitimacy of the documents. They did, however, question what Killian was thinking when he wrote the memos. Of course we will never be able to ask Killian about that because he died many years ago.

[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.

[StudPilot]

FAA regs prohibit flying on an expired medical certificate. I assume the same holds true for military pilots. IF his medical had expired, suspension from flight status would be automatic.