Posted on 09/12/2004 5:58:35 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
Edited on 09/12/2004 6:18:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A CBS news report that suggested President Bush did not fulfill his military commitment 30 years ago fell under a growing cloud of skepticism Friday. But Democrats insisted that they have plenty of evidence to continue their campaign to show that Bush got breaks that other young men did not get during the Vietnam War.
(Excerpt) Read more at semissourian.com ...
It's not the President's service that is a controversy, it's the manufactured controversy that is the controversy...if that's not too controversial to say.
Every american can see the blatant division between the liberal [partisan] media and the traditional american reporting from Fox and most talk radio {and here!}
Get Kerry on the record now about what he thinks... At least the President went on the record about all 527's... What does Kerry say?
Articles indexed to wguardwitness (in order of time indexed.)
Dems asked for the name of one person that served with GWB in Alabama. Here's one...
Posted by blake6900
On News/Activism 09/12/2004 4:30:57 PM PDT · 14 replies · 494+ views
Associated Press | February 13, 2004 | Associated Press
Former Guardsman: Bush served with me in AlabamaBy the Associated Press A retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said Friday that he remembers George Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. "I saw him each drill period," retired Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is preparing to watch this weekend's big NASCAR race. "He was very aggressive about doing his duty there. He never complained about it. ......
Bush in Alabama Air National Guard. Local Residents Reflect.
Posted by My Dog Likes Me
On News/Activism 02/13/2004 4:08:11 AM PST · 15 replies · 40+ views
The Montgomery Advertiser ^ | 02/13/2004 | Jessica M. Walker
Montgomery Advertiser, front page, 13 Feb 04 Pair Say President in Area Members of Bush's unit have yet to say they remember the president serving duty ---- No member of President Bush's Air National Guard Unit has come forward with recollections of him at the Montgomery base, but a Selma Republican leader who campaigned with Bush says she saw him in uniform on his way to drills in 1972. Jean Sullivan volunteered with Bush on the unsuccessful Senate campaign of Winton Blount in fall 1972, and she says even then there were rumors and rumblings that Bush wasn't showing up...
Bush met military obligation [Bush Was At Alabama Base, Says Ex-Guardsman ]
Posted by Hon
On News/Activism 02/11/2004 11:46:52 PM PST · 74 replies · 121+ views
The Birmingham News ^ | 02/11/04 | MARY ORNDORFF and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
Bush met military obligation, aide says 02/11/04MARY ORNDORFF and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE News staff writers A White House spokesman said Tuesday that President Bush worked enough days as a member of the Texas Air National Guard in 1972 and 1973 to fulfill his annual training requirements, but new payroll records he released also show a five-month gap while Bush was assigned to a small reserve unit in Montgomery. Bush did not receive military pay from May to September of 1972, according to the documents, and the former commander of the 9921st Air Reserve Squadron said Tuesday that Bush didn't show...
Former Dannelly worker: Bush not AWOL [another eyewitness steps forward]
Posted by ambrose
On News/Activism 02/16/2004 4:19:13 PM PST · 101 replies · 177+ views
THE DECATUR DAILY ^ | 2.16.04 | Eric Fleischauer
Former Dannelly worker: Bush not AWOL By Eric Fleischauer DAILY Staff Writer eric@decaturdaily.com · 340-2435 Retired Master Sgt. James Copeland does not care so much whether people think President Bush went absent without leave in 1972, but one thing he hears bothers him plenty. "Maybe the Bush family was well known in Texas, but we didn't know who he was here. He was just another guy in a flight jacket," Copeland said Sunday. Copeland, who lives in Hartselle, retired from the Air Force on Jan. 31, 1980. He was the disbursement accounting supervisor, a full-time position, for Dannelly Air National...
Memories place Bush in Alabama if records don't ["Why are you still whipping this dead horse?"]
Posted by ambrose
On News/Activism 02/13/2004 10:23:44 PM PST · 11 replies · 98+ views
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 2.14.04
Memories place Bush in Alabama if records don't By DAVE HIRSCHMAN in Montgomery , MONI BASU in Atlanta The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/13/04 The search for proof that young Lt. George W. Bush worked weekends at an Air Force base in Montgomery, 32 years ago has taken on a strange, forensic quality. Family photo (ENLARGE) Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun said he saw the future president each drill period when both men were serving in the National Guard in Montgomery. EMAIL THISPRINT THISMOST POPULAR Dusty dental records and copies of old pay stubs provided by the White House are...
Doctor Recalls Treating Bush
Posted by Hon
On News/Activism 02/15/2004 2:00:58 PM PST · 64 replies · 52+ views
Montgomery Advertiser ^ | February 15, 2004 | Jessica M. Walker
A retired Air National Guard physician recalls giving President Bush a physical in 1972, his son said Saturday, adding another memory to the small but growing pool of recollections of Bush's military service in Montgomery. The memories of Bush's service contradict a dearth of paperwork surrounding his time assigned to the Alabama Air National Guard, but a retired Air National Guard personnel officer said the lack of records could very well be the result of shoddy record-keeping, as opposed to deliquence on Bush's part.
Joppa man: Bush served in Guard in '72
Posted by Conservative Coulter Fan
On News/Activism 02/21/2004 9:57:49 AM PST · 11 replies · 61+ views
THE DECATUR DAILY ^ | Eric Fleischauer
Not only was George W. Bush fulfilling his National Guard duties in 1972, he was already showing the conservative political ideology that is now the bane of many Democrats, according to a Joppa man. Joe Holcombe, 71, was the office manager for Winton "Red" Blount in his unsuccessful race for the U.S. Senate in 1972. Bush was the county coordinator for Blount's campaign, Holcombe said. The Blount family and the Bush family were good friends, Holcombe said. Blount lost to Morgan County native and U.S. Sen. John Sparkman. Bush joined Blount's campaign "a little before or a little after the...
No CBS credibility still front and center.
I guess the DNC and the liberals haven't yet realized that this crap about Bush's service has been a part of every campaign he's been in and has meant squat to the electorate in every case.
Excellent. Texans for Truth are keeping alive an issue that is helping the President, and killing Flipper.
With the F-102, that failure would have been evidenced by a smoking hole seasoned with his DNA. He's still here so I'd guess he performed adequately.
Where is John Kerry. Haven't heard a word of him in about a week. All I hear about is George Bush, George Bush, George Bush. I guess Kerry is off biking or something. Oh well, maybe he will start to campaign in November sometime.
>> And a document expert who bolstered the network's story while on the air conceded Friday evening that he had authenticated only one of the four controversial memos.
He authenicated none of the documents. You cannot authenticate a copied document based on handwriting analysis...DUH! No wonder the communists are trying to dumb down our schools! Otherwise there will too many with I.Q.'s above 30 who can see through this (C)B.S.
Of course its insane. The Dems nominated their second choice for the presidency and all America will agree with them in November.
And get Kerry to sign a 180 as well. We still have a lot of questions about his record and ones I dare say a lot more serious than the possability of having received special treatment.
In light of news on Drudge that the DNC may try to imply that the President was wrong when he claimed that he served in the Air Force and Air National Guard...
I thought I would post the following. I realize that the DNC is playing with words and saying that they are not part of the ACTIVE-DUTY AF, in hopes that people will not catch it, but still.
The Following indicates that the ANG is part of the USAF-
http://www.goang.com
Bottom of the opening page of the web address-
-The Air National Guard is a vital part of the US Air Force.
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6942
Bio of Sec. of the AF
"In this role, he is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping, and providing for the welfare of its nearly 370,000 men and women on active duty, 180,000 members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, 160,000 civilians, and their families"
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5986
Bio of Chief of Staff, USAF
"Gen. John P. Jumper is Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. As Chief, he serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas."
It's one thing to drink the KoolAid; it's another to ask for seconds.
The only folks still believeing in Santa and Dan's Memos are the DU maggots, there is no doubt about forgery. The hat witnesses are jumping ship at 1000 miles a minute, just wa kind of case do they think they have now?
>> The Following indicates that the ANG is part of the USAF-
Great find, 'Former Military Chick'!
"President Bush's National Guard controversy still front and center"
It's only a controversy for the 38-40% who are going to vote for Kerry.
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