Posted on 09/20/2004 5:34:08 PM PDT by wildbill
( Boston Globe Archives, 2004-09-08 ) In February, when the White House made public hundreds of pages of President Bush's military records, White House officials repeatedly insisted that the records prove that Bush fulfilled his military commitment in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.
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Clearly this was not a coincidence.
And how could another MSM heavyweight fail to check both the validity of the documents and their provenance.
The Globe, like USA Today, must come clean about their source(s). Are the sources "unimpeachable?"
The trail has to lead back to the Dems. Don't let them get away with it.
Couple this with the "Fortunate Son" Kerry campaign ads that came out the day after Rather's "60 Minutes" lies and I think even a Democrat should be able to see a connection. The Globe, NYTimes, CBS, LA Times etc. were all jumping on the same train to Delusionville. They should NOT be let off the hook by CBS's lame apology and "internal investigation." None of these partisan media outlets can be trusted.
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None of these Bush/National Guard rants are worth a bucket of warm spit after Rathergate......This story is officially toast as of today. Rather's acknowledgement has made this a back page story.....unless of course the memos were typed by the DNC...then ...the election is over.
Byron York settled this hash on Hume's show on FNC tonight. Bush's first four years in the guard had him accumulatinmg way more than the 50 credits a year he needed. His last two years he accumulated 56. He left early because he'd met his credit requirement for that year. 'Nuff said.
Using this article...http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200402180840.asp
Also, the ANG had no more use for the numbers of pilots they had in the late 60s. By 72 the Air Force regulars were coming back from Nam. All of the CONUS backfill duty to protect our airspace from the Soviets and their allies could now be done by Air Force. Therefore, by '72 the ANG was discouraging ops by their airmen as a means of cost cutting. It was also a nice way of saying "your services are no longer needed, we have far too many warm bodies available." Bush wisely scaled back towards the end and thereby avoided flying a desk and being a drain on the system
OK, I don't like to be dismissive of issues of character, but really... who the **** cares?
The leftist media is chasing this story like a shark smelling blood and they don't even realize they're barking up the wrong tree.
The pursuit of this story is in reaction to perceived attacks against Kerry's service in Vietnam. But two facts are completely lost on the leftist press.
A) Bush isn't basing his presidential credentials on his military service over 30 years ago, Kerry is. And B) Bush has plenty enough credentials over the last four years to show he's worthy of being president.
Even if 30 years ago Bush has skipped Guard duty, drove drunk, used dope or whatever they want to try to smear him with, who really cares about that now?? Honestly. He's more than established his bona fides over the last four years. He's got an excellent record to run on and plenty of current leadership credentials, unlike Monsieur Kerry.
The fact that the leftist media keeps harping on a story with no traction whatsoever is endlessly amuzing to me. Almost reminds me of Wile E. Coyote... no matter what desperate measures he tries, he just can't catch the roadrunner. Just like the Dems trying to tarnish President Bush.
It's comical, literally.
That's so true. The Boston Globe has been right in the middle of all of this.
Exactly! The media is still not only misrepresenting the facts regarding Bush's Guard service...they are implying that the time he missed was a result of him not wanting to serve in 'Nam. They are deliberately ignoring that Bush was putting in excess of 200+ points a year during the peak ('68-'71) of the Vietnam War, while the few months he missed were during the withdrawal.
They are also ignoring that during this wind-down, there was especially a surplus of pilots who were finding themselves behind desks...and in some cases, released from active duty. Hell, the war was almost over from America's perspective during these times in question. The fact that the media continues to misrepresent these details is evidence that they have not learned anything from the CBS ordeal.
Brit Hume just interviewed Byron York and he said that BUSH FULFILLED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE GUARD.
Bush was required to have at least 50 points every year to be in good standing. FOX showed a list of the President's points for each year he was in the guard - THE LOWEST AMOUNT THE PRESIDENT GOT WAS 56 POINTS IN ONE YEAR.
If people could see that list of the points Bush earned, there is no way they could say "BUSH FELL SHORT" - BUSH NEVER FELL SHORT AND I'M DAMN SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT.
By all means try working their ombudsman.
But they will need prodding from some other media figures like columnists or Rush.
Anyone with a Rush membership should send him an email.
I KNOW it was posted before.
I don't want us to forget the Boston Globe and let them off scot free because everyone has its eye on C_BS.
We need to focus on every member of the MEDIA Plotters.
Pardon me, but you are missing my point.
I'm trying to remind everyone that this wasn't only CBS.
There was a concerted media push using these fake documents and the Boston Globe claimed they got them independently.
The issue isn't the veracity of the reports--its the plot by the media.
That's a perfect metaphor for the situation.
"Almost immediately after the story aired Sept. 8, document experts questioned memos purportedly written by Bush's late squadron leader, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, saying they appeared to have been created on a computer and not on the kind of typewriter in use during the 1970s.", boston.com
Buckhead, Document Expert
I just sent this to the Globe. (Apologies to the Freeper that posted an article with a lot of these jokes in a fake forged letter - how'bout that - a fake forgery. Anyway, it was too good not to use to nail these MSM bastards between the eyes)
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