Yet in The Real Robert Strong:
Strong admitted that he had never served with or even met Lt. Bush. He admitted further that Jerry Killlian had never discussed Lt. Bush with him. Strong acknowledged that he had “no personal knowledge about Bush’s service.”
Um... because they're forgeries and therefore irrelevant?
So Robert Stong knows for sure exactly what Killian did and did not discuss with his wife. I don't think so--- and most Americans would find that an amazing assumption as well I suspect.
The Dims keep repeating this ridiculous line, as if the electorate gives a rat's ass about Bush missing a physical exam over 3 decades ago. .....especially considering that same electorate had now qualms about twice electing a draft dodger over WW2 heroes.
I didn't bother reading the whole article.
Is this the same Strong who Dan Rather interviewed in the original 60 minutes piece?
And yet Col. Lively, who succeeded Strong at TANG in 1972-73, had no problems whatsover with Bush (as he said emphatically on Fox & Friends several days ago) and said Killian didn't either. He's also one of the people who flat out said there was no waiting list for the pilot's program, so Barnes couldn't possibly have done any favors to get Bush in anyway.
But the public ISN'T concerned about it and that's what bugs you anti-Bush folks, doesn't it??
Strong is just another Dem political hack who is trying to divert the press to the non-story of GW's guard service, for which he was honorably discharged. Keep on putting pressure on the forgeries.
Strong is just another Dem political hack who is trying to divert the press to the non-story of GW's guard service, for which he was honorably discharged. Keep on putting pressure on the forgeries.
By KELLEY SHANNON
Associated Press Writer
From Kerry Spot at NRO
Strong calls them "compatible with the way business was done at the times." That's a dodge. "Genuine" and "compatible" are not synonyms.
Strong also says "[Killian] was trying to deal with at least one superior officer, General Staudt, who was closely connected to the Houston political establishment." He says nothing about Staudt retiring almost two years earlier. Just how reliable is that memory, Mr. Strong?
Also Strong later admitted he never observed Killian typing. In fact, he said that he "didn't know if Jerry Killian ever touched a typewriter in his life." Killian was stationed in Houston, Strong was stationed in Austin.
He also said, "I would not say that I authenticated the documents. I basically said that if these documents are what they purport to be, then I don't see anything inconsistent with the way we did business or the man I knew Jerry Killian to be. You know, I'm looking at third or fourth generation copies of memos that look perfectly OK to me. But it's been 30-odd years, man." Strong has also said he "has no personal knowledge" of George W. Bush's National Guard service.
Your honor, I'm finished with this "witness."
Check this out! *Be sure to read Leroy S. Mort's commentary.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought all this controversy occurred from 1972-1973. This guy was even there at the time so how would he know.
My father helped me get my first summer job because he knew the president of a small company. Parents help their children, they're supposed to help. So even if W's father helped him get into TANG so what?
Had Bush not fulfilled his obligation to the ANG, he wouldn't have received an honorable discharge. Why is that the left doesn't get this? (I guess they don't understand the concept of "honorable.")
Only one of Killian's children has been quoted publicly on this--and from Strong's formulation I would bet that he wasn't the youngest of the five children. Anyway, before Killian died, George H. W. Bush was Vice President of the US and Killian could well have had conversations at that time with his son about Lt. George W. Bush.
I wonder if there's a RICO statute that can be employed here?
Smart move DNC. If there's one thing the American public is just dying to know it's what happened in the TexANG in 1972 and 1973. This Iraq, WOT, Social Security and the rest can wait until Gunga Dan runs it to ground. Don't worry McAwful, this really doesn't make you look desperate, negative, whiny, and irrelevant.
The strategy by the DNC is the equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. While it is particularly odious for them to focus on military service from some thirty years ago, they will lose bigtime if they attempt this avenue, since any real focus on the President's NG time will result in a threefold scrutiny on Kerry's post-Vietnam "service" to the US, obviously very damning and quite apart from his active duty time which is fraught with problems. Likely this will put the final stake in the heart of his candidacy. It's debateable whether Kerry has people in charge who want him to win, apparently.