[domenad]

Does this Mapes broad have any journalistic credibility at all anymore? Note to the network - just fire her, before we have to start using decimals in front of your ratings.

[Vigilanteman]

Mapes left out an entirely relevant fact to the story because it didn't fit the liberal template of G.W. Bush as a draft dodger? Knock me over with a feather! < / sarcasm >

[Huskrrrr]

Mary, you ignorant slut.

[silverleaf]

O’Reilly looked like he had gas when discussing this. He obviously swallowed the leftist koolaid that Bush was a silver spoon draft dodger. He was interested in pursuing why Bush first said he did not volunteer TO GO (AS AN INFANTRYMAN) and then did volunteer to go (AS A FIGHTER PILOT)

I can tell you from experience, if joining the Air Force in the 1960’s and early 1970’s made you a “draft dodger” then we have a LOT of us!

[GOPsterinMA]

If I saw this pig and she was on fire, I wouldn’t piss on her.

[Wardenclyffe]

"Allegations that Mary Mapes and I are hiding sources related to the fals...true documents showing President Bush missed a doctor's appointment have been traced to a secret right-wing group led by a mysterious, but diabolical mastermind named Jim Thompson."

[Senator John Blutarski]

W volunteered for service in VN not once, but twice, as I recall the material that emerged in the wake of the Dan Rather bogus letter episode. He was turned down because the aircraft he had trained in, the F-102 Delta Dagger (a tricky plane to fly, or so I’ve been told), had been phased out of VN service, the air war was winding down, and the USAF already had plenty of suitably qualified pilots coming out of their newly accelerated training program.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Documents suggest special treatment for Bush in Guard [Post 47]

[Obadiah]

I agree with everyone else that this was an outrageous deliberate omission by Mapes designed to deceive. However, I also blame Bush! Where was he and his campaign to forcefully knock this down? I never knew Bush volunteered, and if I didn't I doubt the average Joe did.

No, sadly much of the blame is on Bush who, for most of his public life felt it undignified to respond to buckets of slime hurled at him. On some level you simply HAVE to respond or have surrogates respond, or -gasp- have the RNC do some work.

The problem with being to dignified to respond means that all the flat out lies stick and directly impact the entire party of supporters.

[Right Wing Assault]

CBS

See? BS.

[GreyFriar]

the story I mentioned

[norwaypinesavage]

How come I have known for a number of years that President Bush volunteered for Vietnam, but Bernard Goldberg didn’t know until now? Maybe Goldberg doesn’t read Free Republic?

[kennedy]

Meanwhile, Kerry admitted several years ago that he signed up for swift boat duty because he thought it would keep him out of Vietnam.