Posted on 09/09/2004 7:33:57 AM PDT by TastyManatees
New Questions On Bush Guard Duty
CBS) The military records of the two men running for president have become part of the political arsenal in this campaign a tool for building up, or blowing up, each candidates credibility as America's next commander-in-chief.
While Sen. Kerry has been targeted for what he did in Vietnam, President Bush has been criticized for avoiding Vietnam by landing a spot in the Texas Air National Guard - and then failing to meet some of his obligations.
Did then-Lt. Bush fulfill all of his military obligations? And just how did he land that spot in the National Guard in the first place? Correspondent Dan Rather has new information on the presidents military service and the first-ever interview with the man who says he pulled strings to get young George W. Bush into the Texas Air National Guard.
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But 60 Minutes has obtained a number of documents we are told were taken from Col. Killian's personal file. Among them, a never-before-seen memorandum from May 1972, where Killian writes that Lt. Bush called him to talk about "how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November."
Lt. Bush tells his commander "he is working on a campaign in Alabama
. and may not have time to take his physical." Killian adds that he thinks Lt. Bush has gone over his head, and is "talking to someone upstairs."
Col. Killian died in 1984. 60 Minutes consulted a handwriting analyst and document expert who believes the material is authentic.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Good morning Mr. Drudge! :) (Thanks, Andy)
The "th" thing is the least of the evidence. The folks at LGF typed one of the memos using Word, with default settings, and got what appears to be an EXACT match.
FReeper IncPen overlaid the CBS "original," and the LGF Word version, and got this 4-frame dissolve:
It is most assuredly a fake.
If the source got these docs on the up-an-up, and they are legit, why keep his identity a secret?
I remember the first time I typed up a document on a computer using "th" and thought it so kewl that the superscript automatically appeared. I've used IBM Selectric I & II before but never got that superscript.
By the way, I just saw in the CNS article posted upthread that the spokesperson for 60 Minutes is -- no joke -- "Kelli Edwards."
I'm sure that's a typo and her real name is "Kerry Edwards."
I'm certainly no expert but there are proportional fonts -- where letters such as "i" take up less horizontal width than "w" but there is also something called "kerning" in which letter shapes are taken into consideration when spacing is done. Under kerning, it is possible for one letter to "intrude" into the horizontal space of another where say an "A" is next to a "W" as in "AW".
I don't know for sure, but I doubt proportional font typewriters would be capable of kerning as they would need to "know" what letter had preceded the one being typed.
Looking at the first memo, it appears that kerning was employed in the word "May" where the tail of the "y" appears to curl beneath the serif on the "a".
Reading this reminds me of the tactics used by the Communists to distort reality and present lies as truth. Somehow, given the morally bankrupt state of many in the Democratic party this comes as no surprise anymore.
They should prosecute these bastards and give them some JAIL TIME to think twice before trying to do these kind of political assassinations ever again. Time for America to stand up and expose these LIARS and DECEIVERS for the scum they truly are.
DESPICABLE!!!
Right... I saw that ... but I also saw the Washington Monthly comments on same, basically they are claiming that, get this, since the White House re-released the CBS documents today, these proves they are genuine and that the White House is 'sitting on documents' in other words, 'proof of a coverup'.
I also note that 'th' subscript is on another document ...
White House would need to clarify this.
I hear you.
Half the world hears you.
And soon, the second half will hear the first half!
Email IBM. I'm sure they can answer your question.
Sorry for the brain burp. It was an Executive, not a Selectric. Long gone, along with a lot of my memory. :-)
Some of my thoughts:
The typed out "August" alerted me to a military truism.
Whenever possible and sometimes when not very possible always, always take a shortcut.
Military orders are generally full of shortcuts. JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC were all the months.
"Off WP" instead of "officer will proceed" never "you will go" or "you will proceed".
"AR NLT" instead of "arrive not later than" or "arrive no later than" the memo actually has "not later than" and then (NLT) in parentheses. WHY?
Lastly - Rank was always ASAP(As Short As Possible) 1st Lieut, nope, it was always 1LT.
Oh, and lest we forget. National Guard units were always the ugly stepchildren of the military and getting hand-me-downs, not top of the line typewriters, especially since no one above the rank of buck Sargent ever typed anything longer than a brief "Reply by Endorsement."
These documents look to be the work of someone who had a couple of years or ROTC and quit before advanced ROTC because he realized he had to be in more than a couple of years to make 5 stars.
At best they are the work of a fresh recruit to the TANG and LTC Killian was not a man who knew how to constructively chew ass.
Cut to the chase
CHECK THIS OUT!
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200409\POL20040909d.html
Or find the real life guy from "Catch Me If You Can." I'm sure he could spot a forged letter. That is his specialty. If you saw the movie you know what I mean. I believe he works for corporations spotting forged checks and other forgeries. I bet he would LOVE to analyze these documents as to their authenticity.
I believe the little th was on some balls but not all. My old Brother (which is a disk system) is the same way...it is on some but not all. You want to look at an IBM KEYBOARD.
You are very welcome. Check this out if you haven't already
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200409\POL20040909d.html
Thank you!!!
That pic sure brings back memories. I learned to typeset on a Comp 4. It had a small memory and film inside which had to be processed, than pasted up on grid paper.
Thank you for sharing those very good points! And thanks for coming aboard!! This is really getting exciting because I think we snagged the rats again!!!
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