Posted on 01/12/2005 1:15:33 PM PST by ReeseKev27
Do a search on the word "Vietnam" and you'll find the two quotes below (pages 61 & 130 when printed)
http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/complete_report/CBS_Report.pdf
"However, Mapes had information prior to the airing of the September 8 Segment that President Bush, while in the TexANG, did volunteer for service in Vietnam but was turned down in favor of more experienced pilots.72 For example, a flight instructor who served in the TexANG with Lieutenant Bush advised Mapes in 1999 that Lieutenant Bush did want to go to Vietnam but others went first. Similarly, several others advised Mapes in 1999, and again in 2004 before September 8, that Lieutenant Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam but did not have enough flight hours to qualify." - page 140 on computer
"Mapes eventually tracked down Lieutenant Colonel Killians son who, according to her notes, told her that then-Lieutenant Bush had volunteered for active duty in Vietnam but did not have enough flight hours to qualify." - page 71 on computer
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But wasn't that before Bush's time in the ANG ..?? Or before Bush had finished his training. The statement I remember is that the AF was not sending the F-102 to Vietnam. Maybe they had previously .. but they were not during the time Bush was flying it.
I am suggesting that we coin a new phrase..
The Dan Rather Syndrome.....
The Dan Rather Syndrome, is where your boss has you take the blame for a cluster F.... and he has you take the fall.
For example:
"I got fired as a result of the Dan Rather Syndrome.. My Boss made me take the hit for his f... up..."
Let this be Rather's legacy.....
nikos
I hear that. No Bruins to watch.
That IS so funny man! I almost spit out my coffee.
I still believe that Kerry was dishonorable discharged for consorting with the enemy.
And I suspect that his dishonorable discharge was set aside via Carter's move to pardon cowards, or those who fled America because they disagreed with fighting communists in Vietnam.
I also suspect that the reason kerry refuses to RELEASE all of his records, something the press had the DUTY to inform America of because he was RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, is because of his betrayal of our nation after he returned to the States from Vietnam.
I believe our President and many others with access, know kerry's full record, but the PRESS would not demand that Kerry come forward and release his records.
Like billy the rapist klinton, who would not release his medical records, kerry and all democrats get a free ride when it comes to exposing their past. Americans are NOT ALLOWED to know the full truth of the character and nature of the people they put up for President. Thanks to a press corp that protects them.
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