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Diane Rehm Disputes Bush Volunteering for Viet Nam
Diane Rehm Show - Friday, 27 Jan 06

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americahate; barnes; bushhate; liberaltalkradio; ltbush; npr; rehm; vietnam
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1 posted on 01/27/2006 10:21:09 AM PST by LK44-40
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To: LK44-40

I've never heard that Bush had voluneered to go but was turned down. Any more info on this?


2 posted on 01/27/2006 10:22:29 AM PST by Lee_Marvin
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To: LK44-40

Does this NONSTORY ever go away? Sheesh. Let it go! Talk about obsessions.


3 posted on 01/27/2006 10:22:36 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: LK44-40

Who cares?


4 posted on 01/27/2006 10:22:53 AM PST by Lunatic Fringe (North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: LK44-40

I heard this, but never gave it much credence. It didn't matter to me either way.


5 posted on 01/27/2006 10:23:04 AM PST by Paradox (Liberalism IS a religion.)
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To: LK44-40

Who cares if Bush volunteered or not. We've got bigger fish to fry. The other side is so juvenille and petty.


6 posted on 01/27/2006 10:23:21 AM PST by newconhere
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To: LK44-40

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?


7 posted on 01/27/2006 10:24:15 AM PST by Sister_T (Kenneth Blackwell for Governor of Ohio!)
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To: Lee_Marvin
I've never heard that Bush had voluneered to go but was turned down. Any more info on this?

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.

8 posted on 01/27/2006 10:24:19 AM PST by kevkrom ("...no one has ever successfully waged a war against stupidity" - Orson Scott Card)
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To: Lee_Marvin

I am not sure on Bush, but I did hear a rumor that Kerry served in Vietnam.


9 posted on 01/27/2006 10:24:37 AM PST by Michael.SF. (Things turn out best, for those who make the best of the way things turn out.--- Jack Buck (RIP))
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To: LK44-40

She didn't get the email flash that NSA wiretaps and Abramovich are the Bush Bash Bites.


10 posted on 01/27/2006 10:25:16 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: LK44-40
Heavens to Mergatroid, if Diane Rehm never heard that, it must not be true.../Sarc
11 posted on 01/27/2006 10:25:20 AM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
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To: Paradox
I've heard it but who cares really weather a radio dj has heard it or not she wasn't his commanding officer 30+ years ago.

Gee though do you think that this story will hurt Bush's reelection chances?

12 posted on 01/27/2006 10:25:34 AM PST by marlon
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To: Lee_Marvin

I think that Bush has denied that he volunteered to go to Nam. I'm not sure where the heck Barnes is coming from.


13 posted on 01/27/2006 10:25:59 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Michael.SF.

Kerry was in Vietnam? Why didn't he ever mention it when he was running for President?


14 posted on 01/27/2006 10:26:20 AM PST by karnage
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To: Lee_Marvin

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


15 posted on 01/27/2006 10:27:00 AM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: LK44-40

Well that does it - I'm never going to vote for George W. Bush for President ever again!


16 posted on 01/27/2006 10:27:04 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: LK44-40

Oh, so you're Diane Rehm's listener?!


17 posted on 01/27/2006 10:27:36 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: Lee_Marvin
I've never heard that Bush had voluneered to go but was turned down. Any more info on this?

The program Bush asked to join was called "Palace Alert". It was designed to take ANG pilots and put them out on operational TDYs. Mostly in SE Asia, including Vietnam.

Guys from Bush's unit went, as did other F-102 pilots (the F-102 did see combat in Vietnam, mostly in the intercept role but also conducting some limited air-to-group missions). Bush was turned down because he didn't have the minimum number of flight hours.
18 posted on 01/27/2006 10:28:16 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: LK44-40

I'd like to hear Mark Steyn on the Diane Rehm Show.


19 posted on 01/27/2006 10:28:22 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: LK44-40

She's not dead yet.

Last time I heard her, she sounded like she had one foot in the grave.


20 posted on 01/27/2006 10:28:47 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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