Let's assume for a moment that everything they say is true (not that I believe that).
35+ years ago, his dad, Congressman and/or U.N. Ambassador G.H.W. Bush (depending on exactly when), pulled some strings to get him into the TANG.
While there, he flew planes for a while, then pulled some strings of his own (by going over Killian's head), and being the son of an important leader, got lax duty.
He did a poor job at that, then disobeyed a direct order to get a physical, and disappeared for a while (I'm sure that happens all the time in the N.G., right?)
Let's assume that ALL of that is true.
Is that something that Joe and Jane Average are going to care about?
If anybody is surprised at string-pulling, they haven't been paying attention.
There's absolutely nothing in there to convince me that he's not who he says he is.
He has not claimed any hero status, or made it a centerpiece of his campaign.
So why is the other side so willing to go down in flames over this little bitty thing - even to the point of forging documents to make it appear true?
They are insane with hatred of George W. Bush.
They have hashed and re-hashed his service during every single race the man has ever run. They never gained traction so the "solution" was to create a paper trail to finally convince the electorate that George Bush is no better than their own scummy offerings of candidates and that George Bush is a liar.
The only issue they've ever found to push the "liar" angle was this area of his life and the "cocaine" allegation gets tucked in there, too.
But that's why---they are completely mad when it comes to painting George Bush in this manner and evidently we now see they will do anything at all in their power to push it and push it.
They have nothing else to run on thats why the Dems are sticking to this, Kerrys a BORE and He's DULL, watching the grass grow is more interesting than watching a Kerry Speach! Besides that Kerry won't tell anyone how he plans to go about doing the few things he has mentioned in his campaign. He(Kerry) said the Educational system is a mess and needs to be fixed, but wont tell how he plans to fix it just says he will.