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We have a Winner of the various Bush AWOL Reward Offers!
Various News Stories ^ | 09/13/2004 | Me

Posted on 09/13/2004 2:11:19 AM PDT by AmericaUnited

Retired Master Sgt. James Copeland of the Alabama National Guard is the winner of the various 'Bush AWOL Reward' offers.

Former Dannelly worker: Bush not AWOL - Excerpts:

"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 Guard Base in Montgomery from Oct. 28, 1971, to Oct. 27, 1975. His office was less than 100 yards from the hangar where Bush performed drills."

"Rumors say Bush went AWOL while assisting Winton "Red" Blount in an unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate focus on 1972 and 1973. "

"Copeland, 65, remembers meeting Bush on two occasions. He does not remember the precise dates. On one occasion, Copeland said, Bush and Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun came to Copeland's office with a question about Bush's pay. Copeland is not sure, but he believes the question had to do with where to mail Bush's checks. "

Doonesbury Reward Offer - $10,000.

"That's right, we're offering $10,000 cash! Yours to either spend or invest in job creation. All you have to do is definitively prove that George W. Bush fulfilled his duty to country."
...
"If you personally witnessed George W. Bush reporting for drills at Dannelly Air National Guard Base between the months of May and November of 1972 we want to hear about it."

Democrats.com Reward Offers

$2,000* REWARD!!!
$1,000 from Democrats.com
$1,000 from Alabama Vietnam Veterans

For Proof That Lt. George W. Bush Reported for Air National Guard Duty in Alabama in 1972

Birmingham News, October 14, 2000. Ten Jefferson County Vietnam veterans are offering $1,000 to anyone with proof that Texas Gov. George W. Bush actually served in the Alabama National Guard."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aang; awol; bush; hahasuckers; ltbush; reward
Friends, let's make sure all of the these various groups pay up!!! And if they don't, let's expose them as frauds.

If you know of any other reward offers not posted above, please list them so we can make sure Mr. Copeland gets his fair share of these suckers money.

1 posted on 09/13/2004 2:11:19 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=wguardwitness

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 · 20 replies · 1,588+ 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 · 131+ 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 · 207+ 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...


2 posted on 09/13/2004 2:13:46 AM PDT by ambrose (http://www.swiftvets.com)
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To: ambrose

Man, I sure am glad I don't have to prove I was in high school in 1972 and 1973. I was most certainly AWOL a large portion of my junior and senior years.

Fortunately, my eight years of Catholic school education carried me through. I showed up for the tests, had a girl in the administration office cover my absences, and got my diploma.


3 posted on 09/13/2004 2:20:24 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Thank you Rush Limbaugh-godfather of the New Media.)
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To: AmericaUnited

Ah, but what you offer is not proof!! It is the testimony of ONE MAN (probably a member of the VRWC and paid Bush Hack). He's probably suffering from Alzheimer's too.

Can he prove that HE was at the base during the days in question??

Nope - paid political attack dog - how DARE he question Kerry's Patriotism like that!!


4 posted on 09/13/2004 2:24:16 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (A vote for JF'nK is a vote for Peace in our Time!)
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To: AmericaUnited

You've GOT to be kidding! Leftist Libloon DemocRats NEVER pay up on bets they lose! I'm still waiting for several 'pay-ups' from the 2000 election predictions I made.


5 posted on 09/13/2004 2:26:28 AM PDT by Capricam
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To: Capricam
You've GOT to be kidding! Leftist Libloon DemocRats NEVER pay up on bets they lose! I'm still waiting for several 'pay-ups' from the 2000 election predictions I made

Another example is alec baldwin taking the first plane to france.

6 posted on 09/13/2004 2:29:17 AM PDT by Dane (Trial lawyers are the tapeworms to wealth creating society)
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To: AmericaUnited

They'll never pay him. The only proof they "might" accept would be photographs and Bush was a stranger to them all in Alabama and only on the base a few brief times.. why would anyone have taken his picture?

This whole AWOL thing is a farce, anyways, his pay records prove he put in his required appearances.


7 posted on 09/13/2004 2:33:54 AM PDT by Tamzee (Free Republic .... Partisan Pajama People)
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To: Tamsey

President Bush has an honorable discharge. That's enough fer me.

Kerry on the other hand...


8 posted on 09/13/2004 2:52:15 AM PDT by wrbones (Bones: What pajamas?)
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To: wrbones

Speaking of Kerry...What was his Discharge? I heard something about it was changed in 1994 to honorable. Well if it wasn't honorable that you know what it was other than honorable or dishonorable.

If anyone has any info on this it would be a good thread to start


9 posted on 09/13/2004 3:12:33 AM PDT by BookaT (Didn't Kerry say in his book he was willing to DIE for his country? Well?)
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To: wrbones

Here we are in the information age with the ability to track terrorists and their money trails to a tee. We are relegated to wondering and speculating. Bush, in order to protect himself, should put the FBI on the trail of these reports and find the truth of their origin. Otherwise Kerry wins by default and these rumors are costing votes by the speculation alone.


10 posted on 09/13/2004 3:18:23 AM PDT by meenie
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To: meenie

To the best of my understanding, Kerry's DD-214(s) and other military records cannot be released to the general public without Kerry himself filling out an SF-180 to get them and then release them. Takes six to eight weeks to get them from N.A.R.A. I think it's called. Unless he releases what he already has, it's too late for this election.

The best we can do is to look onna WWW for any hint of what might be in them. Unit diaries, after action reports, private journals and letters, reunion websites for the various units/ships he served with. Public court records. That sort of thing.


11 posted on 09/13/2004 3:30:45 AM PDT by wrbones ( A proud member of the pajama brigade.)
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To: AmericaUnited

What is Sen. Kerry HIDING in his 3.5 years of military records of which he's RELEASED SIX PAGES of? In 3.5 years of Naval Reserve service the paper trail is MORE than SIX MEASLY PAGES!


12 posted on 09/13/2004 3:39:30 AM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
Can he prove that HE was at the base during the days in question??

Yeah, if he wants to offer conclusive proof he needs to get a copy of MS Word and create some 1972 memos.

13 posted on 09/13/2004 5:43:10 AM PDT by kennedy
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To: Capricam

Way back in 1984, NOW president Eleanor Smeal gave a speech in which she predicted Walter Mondale would beat Ronald Reagan if he picked a feminist woman running mate. Mondale did just that, picking Geraldine Ferrero. So one of the writers from National Review (I can't remember who it was) called Smeal and bet her $100 that Reagan would win. Smeal accepted the bet. When Reagan won, she refused to pay out the $100 on the grounds that the election wasn't fair. She defined fair as an election won by Mondale.

So you're right. Leftists never pay up.


14 posted on 09/13/2004 5:52:46 AM PDT by puroresu
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