"There's paperwork involved with being declared AWOL. I would like to know the percentage of DU'ers that have any working knowledge of the military?"
Exactly . . .
Besides the fact, that they aren't interested in Kerry's status after leaving active duty; or Clinton's efforts to avoid service, etc.
It's all about getting Bush -- and they seem to be coming to the battle unarmed with actual knowledge (about military status) and evidence (that Bush did not complete, honorably, his service; which he did, because it is in his file.)
And they think some commander's memos to himself are going to prove a military offense to contradict the official personnel file? Sheesh . . . ignorant wishful thinking . . .
Podhoretz when Hewitt pointed out CBS is standing by the story: "They are NUTS".
Podhoretz cites the site "Little Green Footballs" and describes how that guy over there (it was posted here numerous times) exposed the fraud.
"CBS got it wrong. They got duped".
Hewitt: "They wanted to be duped".
Podhoretz: That is correct. Their thinking along with the New York Times and other media is that since Kerry got such a tough time about the Swift Vets it's only fair to give GWB a hard time (As if they hadn't been on this story for YEARS, and were on it big time last winter).
Right and right.
The DU idiocy in many instances clearly goes to military matters as well.
I think it explains the rush (think reporters running into phone booths in Airplane!) to call every military engagement a failure or quagmire as soon as the press can get away with it as well. You can't spend 99% of your time fearing/hating/feeling just a little bit inferior to/ the military and then expect to have the first clue about how it works when the need arises.