[Republic]

The untold part of the whole sorry Bush/ANG smear is that like CBS, the Lamestream press is so narrowly focused on "Digging Up Dirt On Bush" (hereafter called "DUDOB,") that they sail right past lots of other very interesting and easily found contraries.

The F102 [this was President Bush's plane in the National Guard, right?] , according to the figures of the Air Force Safety Center was 3 times as dangerous as today's fighter planes.

Also, SEVENTY pilots were KILLED in crashes or accidents with the Delta series. I could be wrong, but I think that's quite a bit higher than the number of dead Swift Boat Pilots.Yet the subscript for the Lamestream Press remains: "Bush was a coward."

We have just GOT to do something about this!

Thank you so much for the information. Great reply!

[Texasforever]

That is one heck of a death rate for non-combat deaths. I wonder how many Swiftboat drivers like Kerry were killed over a similar amount of time?

[rebel_yell2]

BIG DEAL!!! How many swift boat captains died versus how many F-102 pilots died? Numbers and percentages. My bet is that F-102 pilots, even stateside, faced a higher risk than swift boat captains. This would seriously torpedo the DNC talking points!!!