[Dog]

Staudt retired in 1972....before the August 18,1973 was written.

[hole_n_one]

lol!

This is absolutely priceless!

[Petronski]

LOLROFAPIMPRFI

[Redcloak]

Them Bushies ought to be ASHAMED of themselves for making a poor old man like Dan Rather go on National TV and make a fool outta himself! It's ALL their fault!! They made him say those things!!

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[airborne]

IT DOESN'T RAIN...BUT IT POURS!

[IrishGOP]

Oh that is priceless!!

[Jeff Head]

The more I see of this, the more I am convinced that Kerry is being submarined in order to set up Hitlery for 2008.

[savedbygrace]

But CBS investigated these memos and it certain they are genuine. How could this be?

I find myself LOL while just sitting here doing nothing. This is great.

It was sad, dear Lord, it was sad, dear Lord,
It was sad when the great ship went down . . .

[mewzilla]

Great catch!!

[Howlin]

Get a look at this!

[jrawk]

What if they were fake on... JUST KIDDING!

I think this pretty much sticks a fork in my PA theory... now someone needs to examine the files on the secretaries computer at Bill Clintons Harlem Office.

-- l8s
-- jrawk

[Petronski]

SCRAPPLEFACE:

1972 Email Casts Doubt on Bush Guard Service

(2004-09-09) -- CBS reporter Dan Rather today released the text of a recently discovered email from then-Lt. George W. Bush's Air National Guard commanding officer which casts more doubt upon the military service of the man who would become the 43rd President of the United States.

The revelation of the email comes just hours after questions were raised about the authenticity of typewritten memos from the same officer, shown yesterday by Mr. Rather on 60 Minutes.

According to the previously unseen email message sent in May 1972 by squadron commander Jerry Killian, Lt. Bush phoned Col. Killian because "his internet connection was on the fritz and he couldn't IM me."

Lt. Bush apparently wanted to talk about "how he can get out of coming to drill from now through November."

According to Col. Killian's email, the young Bush wanted to go to Alabama to work as webmaster for a Republican candidate's website.

Mr. Rather said the authenticity of the 32-year-old email has been confirmed by several Nigerian officials who specialize in electronic funds transfer by email.

[nopardons]

Holy cow! Whoever did this hatchet job,was a lousy forger,who was SO clumsy,that debunking it is proving to be easy and a great "game"! CBS was so damned stupid! LOL

[alnick]

Has old media always been this sloppy?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Damn, what a catch, and thank GOD for Bloggers like Big Trunk of Powerline.

[mcspur]

It's this kind of reporting that keeps me coming back to Free Republic!!!

[VRWCTexan]

Great! - Also I was in TX ANG following 31/2 years active duty in USAF - I was discharged in Sept 1971 (partial overlap with GWB's service)

Key POINT: All documents in my possession (orders, discharge, etc - as signed by ANG officers ALWAYS lists their Rank - FOLLOWED BY TX ANG (that designation is missing feom the CBS documents)

[jennyp]

Here's the article that the blog links to. (Feb 15, 2004 LA Times). It has this paragraph:

Bush's application, as well as his commission, were handled by then-Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, who said, "Nobody did anything for him…. There was no … influence on his behalf. Neither his daddy nor anybody else got him into the Guard." Staudt, who retired in 1972 as a brigadier general, said Bush was enrolled quickly because there was a demand for pilot candidates.

[faithincowboys]

I thought the memo was from '72.

[Caipirabob]

"Kerry, that stupid gimp bought it! The anointed time is near, the stars are aligning properly, soon the prophesy will unfold..."

[dfwgator]

D'oh!