Posted on 12/04/2004 11:50:37 PM PST by dts32041
Rangel: Bush Had 'Good Reason' to Avoid Nat'l Guard Drug Test
If the White House was hoping that the bitter personal attacks against President Bush would subside after the election, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, disabused them of the notion on Saturday, when he suggested during a radio interview that Bush used illegal drugs while serving in the National Guard.
After alleging that Bush "deliberately avoided service in Vietnam" by joining the Texas Air National Guard, Rangel told WABC's Mark Simone that Bush missed a 1972 physical, which was required for Guard pilots.
"He must have had a good reason why he didn't take that physical and lost his flyer's license," the Harlem Democrat mused. "We have the same problem with baseball - guys have to take a urine test, you know. They've got very important reasons why they shouldn't take that test."
With his comments on Saturday, Rangel becomes the first congressional Democrat to publicly invoke the drug allegations against Bush, which had been largely confined to the lunatic fringe.
In the 2000 presidential campaign, the media exhaustively investigated rumors that Bush had used cocaine in the 1970s, but failed to find a single witness who could corroborate the ugly speculation.
Two words:
Loo ser.
His and yours.
The headline is misleading. It says Bush "had good reason" but the quote in the story is "must have had good reason."
POS Rangel's real words are highly speculative BS. The headline implies Rangel was making a specific allegation.
MAKE UP YOUR FRIGGIN' MINDS ALREADY, LEXICOGRAPHERS!
Damn, I hate those guys.
Anyone else think Charlie "bring back the draft" Rangel is still using drugs?
Rangel also said our troops are targeting women and children in Iraq. He is a nutcase.
With his comments on Saturday, Rangel becomes the first congressional Democrat to publicly invoke the drug allegations against Bush, which had been largely confined to the lunatic fringe.
With Rangel's invocation they are still confined to the lunatic fringe, which is named Rangel!
Charlie Rangel will say anything to get face time.
AND CHOLLIE RANGEL HAS LOOKED PRETTY DAMN HAPPY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER!
That's all I'm saying, folks.
Didn't know that. They didn't test us coming back from WESTPAC in '79. Mr. Bush wasn't returning from SEA (Southeast Asia?) though.
Hooray for Charlie Rangel! If the Democrats want to consign themselves to the lunatic fringe of our political life let 'em keeping pushing. They tried the National Guard memos forgery and it blew up in their faces. Nothing like the gift that keeps on giving. They just can't move on.
Wrong we had them in 74, maybe sooner.
Frep him!
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