Posted on 01/27/2006 10:21:06 AM PST by LK44-40
Diane Rehm vigorously disputed on her radio program on Friday that George Bush had ever volunteered to serve in Viet Nam.
Rehm's guest, conservative journalist Fred Barnes, mentioned the familiar assertion that at one point during his Air Guard service, the President did volunteer to go to Viet Nam, an offer that was not accepted.
Rehm responded with incredulity saying that she had never heard such a claim. Some of her callers -- typically left wing -- joined in her scornful dismissal of any such notion. The matter was left with the agreement that Barnes would research the matter and call back into the show on Monday.
The Diane Rehm Show is produced by WAMU in Washington and is widely heard on public radio stations.
I've never heard that Bush had voluneered to go but was turned down. Any more info on this?
Does this NONSTORY ever go away? Sheesh. Let it go! Talk about obsessions.
Who cares?
I heard this, but never gave it much credence. It didn't matter to me either way.
Who cares if Bush volunteered or not. We've got bigger fish to fry. The other side is so juvenille and petty.
I really don't understand why this is so important to the left when it didn't matter when Clinton totally dodged military service altogether. We were told that one's service in Vietnam didn't matter.
So why does it matter now?
I don't have links, but yes, he volunteered (while serving in TANG), but was turned down because they had enough volunteers that they were requiring a minimum number of flight hours that Bush had not yet logged.
I am not sure on Bush, but I did hear a rumor that Kerry served in Vietnam.
She didn't get the email flash that NSA wiretaps and Abramovich are the Bush Bash Bites.
Gee though do you think that this story will hurt Bush's reelection chances?
I think that Bush has denied that he volunteered to go to Nam. I'm not sure where the heck Barnes is coming from.
Kerry was in Vietnam? Why didn't he ever mention it when he was running for President?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200739/posts?page=28#28
Third paragraph in this post.
The mission of the 147th Fighter Group and its subordinate 111th FIS, Texas ANG, and the airplane it possessed, the F-102, was air defense. It was focused on defending the continental United States from Soviet nuclear bombers. The F-102 could not drop bombs and would have been useless in Vietnam. A pilot program using ANG volunteer pilots in F-102s (called Palace Alert) was scrapped quickly after the airplane proved to be unsuitable to the war effort. Ironically, Lt. Bush did inquire about this program but was advised by an ANG supervisor (Maj. Maurice Udell, retired) that he did not have the desired experience (500 hours) at the time and that the program was winding down and not accepting more volunteers.
Also check here
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=bush+volunteer+vietnam&btnG=Search
Well that does it - I'm never going to vote for George W. Bush for President ever again!
Oh, so you're Diane Rehm's listener?!
I'd like to hear Mark Steyn on the Diane Rehm Show.
She's not dead yet.
Last time I heard her, she sounded like she had one foot in the grave.
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