[Hacksaw]

Didn't the left also try to insinuate that George H Bush either committed atrocities or cowardice? Sidney Blumenthal might have been behing this. I recall a reference to some article or talking point accusing him of bailing out due to cowardice.

[Martin Tell]

Didn't the left also try to insinuate that George H Bush either committed atrocities or cowardice?

I remember that as well. It was used in the '92 campaign as a way to counter the draft dodger charges against Slick.

The substance, such as it was, had to do with the circumstances under which G.H.W. Bush was shot down. There were insinuations that he machine gunned Americans in the water and bailed out too fast. Despicable lies. Trudeau in "Doonesbury" really played it up.