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I'm so sick of this whole issue I feel like going out and eviscerating a few Demonrats just for therapy.

The whole thing is obvious. Demonrats can go around turning over rocks looking for Rupert Murdoch or something all they want, but what's consistent with the facts is,

(1) Bush went in the military with probably not a heck of a lot in mind other than fulfilling his military service, and getting his hero fly-boy father off his back. He probably picked the Guard because he could train locally.

(2) He did a hell of a lot better than he expected and ended up a jet jockey (and is probably a much better pilot than Dad, just as he's a better President). So, he thought, "I'll be damned - I'm good at this!" and volunteered for Vietnam, thinking - LIKE ALL JET PILOTS - that he should fly in combat.

(3) When he didn't get to go, and the war was winding down, and they were obsoleting his aircraft, he decided the fun was over, put in the minimum necessary to get out of the Guard, and split.

I can picture myself doing EXACTLY all of the above, and there's not a DAMNED thing wrong with ANY of it - INCLUDING item #3 - and Dan Rather and his trained witch Mary whatsername ought to be barbecued slowly over a bed of hot coals for WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME with a bunch of loony conspiracy theories.