Burkett got one thing right...the Thornburg panel was definitely a "corporate damage-control plan." The tip off was their finding that there was no political bias at CBS! Even the old execs at CBS have said the slanting of the news there was blatant.
Wonder when the NYObserver will quit beating the dead horse story of the President's TANG service?
Your question is what drives me nuts about this whole story. After 8 years of Clinton, a president that openly and admittedly dodged the draft, why is the Bush service even an issue? Yes, Bush sought the ANG to avoid being drafted. So what? Kerry signed up with the Navy while still at Yale to avoid being drafted. Being drafted meant carrying a gun as a Marine or Soldier in the rice fields of Viet Nam. You did not get drafted to serve as a stateside pilot and a low level officer on a ship.
It would be nice to know the truth, whatever it is.
MoodyBlu