[nwrep]

They are going to release an old GWB campaign flyer from the 1970s that says he served in the USAF and the TANG. They already have this as the lead story on DU. They are going orgasmic over it, claiming that Bush lied in his campaign literature about having served in the US Air Force.

This is a big time bomb which was to be their October surprise, but given their collapsing polls, they have decided to bring it on now.

[jbarkley]

I saw that earlier over there and they are sure it's their smoking gun.

So, is the ANG part of the USAF? I would think so because there's a big ANG base by my house and I know the USAF uses it also.

[woofie]

I saw that ....it looked like a simple mistake

[longtermmemmory]

FNC saying it is based on newweeks analysis of missing drills.

This was covered 6 MONTHS AGO!

Dems are reaaaaaaaly desperate if this is their best.

They can't beat the truth of the swiftvets. (I really think its funny Kerry was able to sleepwalk in a combat zone.)

[MMkennedy]

I saw the DU flash and it is absolutely stupid. I served in an airborne unit in the Texas guard from 95-2001 and during the half year or so period I was in training I considered myself active duty ARMY. Technically I was not. I was active duty ARNG. But that was a difference without distinction. I was treated as a full time soldier until I graduated and went back to my unit. Even now I have to catch myself when talking about my time in the guard because I sometimes refer to my time in training as my time in the Army. This is a mistake but an honest one that anyone can make because whether you are guard, active, or reserve, your are treated exactly the same.

[The Hound Passer]

"This is a big time bomb which was to be their October surprise, but given their collapsing polls, they have decided to bring it on now."

Time bomb? Seems more like a shot from a potato spud gun to me.

[silverleaf]

This is semantics!

The TANG DID augment the USAF- pulling rotations to Vietnam under Palace Sentinel (during the time period that Bush enlisted) and sitting 24/7 alert duty under direction of NORAD.

Why do those idiots at the DNC think the TANG was training in air defense and sitting alert duty - to control rioters in Houston?

Of course .ssshhh...When campaiging in TEXAS Bush was ashamed of and tried to hide his affiliation with the Texas Air National Guard/sarcasm

[El Gato]

They are going to release an old GWB campaign flyer from the 1970s that says he served in the USAF and the TANG.

He did, he held a commission as a reserve of the Air Force, as do all Air National Guard officers. The Air Guard is part of the Air Force. I guess these guys have never heard of the "Total Force".

Meanwhile he was on active duty for the better part of two years, 607 days, and his total points were 761 (assuming I can add in both case).o, That means he spent an addition 154 half days (each inactive duty drill counts for one point, but they are typically half days, sometimes longer especially for pilots who do a single drill for single mission from home base, which with pre and post flight could easily take more than 4 hours, but they still only get 1 point). Thus he served 684 full days in uniform. Kerry only was on active duty from 22 Aug 66 to 3 Jan. 70, 3 years and 4 months, including time at OCS. Reservists on active duty for training do not in general accrue leave, nor for inactive duty training drills. So you have to subtract about 2-3 months from Kerry's total to have a comparable time. So while Kerry did spend more days in uniform, not counting all those days in half a uniform before Congress, speaking at anti-military rallies, and maybe even negotiating with the enemy, the differences are not all that great.

Nobody ever asked Bush to leave because he was endangering others, the same cannot be said of Kerry.