[DMZFrank]

GWB was flying a very tempremental hi performance fighter aircraft, the F-102 interceptor. It had a disturbingly high accident rate. The odds of W being injured or killed in a training accident were probably higher than REMF Al Gore's of being hurt or killed in combat.

[XBob]

9 - "GWB was flying a very tempremental hi performance fighter aircraft, the F-102 interceptor. It had a disturbingly high accident rate. The odds of W being injured or killed in a training accident were probably higher than REMF Al Gore's of being hurt or killed in combat."

True - I had an ANG F-102 fall out of the sky (not shot down) on me in Vietnam, had to go in on a SAR and rescue the pilot behind enemy lines. (We had a hard time keeping them aloft in the states)

Gore was a reporter with a body guard for about 4 months, behind the lines in Vietnam.

[bushfamfan]

It's always interesting to hear the Demonrats belittle Bush for his National Guard service. He could have at least taken a desk job. Funny that he'd want to pilot a jet like that if he was all for keeping his arse safe. It backs up his pattern of wanting to do what his father did in flying. He's virtually followed the path of his father his entire life.