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There are no "serious charges". Not one. And that gets back to my original point when the 60 Minutes story first aired. There is nothing to their story. There are no charges. If there were, you can be damn sure we would have seen the evidence already. The White House is doing exactly the right thing by saying over and over again that "President Bush served honorably, and received an honorable discharge." End of story.

Rokke wrote: There are no "serious charges". Not one. And that gets back to my original point when the 60 Minutes story first aired. There is nothing to their story.

You're missing the whole point.

The new DNC story line is that the very fact that it was CBS which first started talking about this automatically means the charges are serious.

Even more than that. Whatever happened 35 years ago, whatever mistakes, missteps or indiscretions occurred on either side only become relevant as they relate to evidence of continued character flaws. Even if everything they say about W is true (which of course I don't believe), there is no connection to his clear, decisive and noble service to our country since 911...hell, since he was governor of Texas. His modern record is impeccable.

That being said, there isn't the same sort of transformation of Kerry in the modern times. He continues his radical ideas and indecisiveness in his current career, hence a pattern of conduct and/or character flaws that continue into the present. THAT'S where the swifties become relevant and the national guard service does not.