Posted on 09/16/2004 7:07:21 AM PDT by Dog
From The Washington Post:
In a related development, White House press secretary Scott McClellan hinted that more documents regarding Bush's National Guard service may soon be released. Asked whether officials in the White House have seen unreleased documents, McClellan called that "a very real possibility." Other officials with knowledge of the situation said more documents had indeed been uncovered and would be released in the coming days.
In case you're wondering where all this is going, what the Bush bashers have been trying to prove since at least 1999 is that Bush skipped his flight physical to avoid a drug test. This charge is wholly unsupported by all of the records (and even the fake memos) released to date. Of course it's also possible that the newly uncovered records could prove that such a charge is baseless.
Stay tuned...
Drug tests were not routinely conducted at that time. Let the bastards hope for this as their smoking gun. It will be more fun to watch than Rathergate.
"In case you're wondering where all this is going, what the Bush bashers have been trying to prove since at least 1999 is that Bush skipped his flight physical to avoid a drug test"
Well it would help their case if drug tests were a part of the physical. They were NOT.
Keep trying.
The "drug test" story is not going to fly. The military didn't do them until after August 25, 1980, according to my research.
Well, now they've learned to use an old typewriter when they forge something.
Sounds like a pretty cool name for a garage band.
"Yeah, Garth. And monkeys might fly out of my butt!"
This IS Rathergate. It's just a heck of a lot bigger than we anticipated at first.
Only in the mainstream media and against a Republican president could this be "ominous".
How is it that, after the CBS fiasco, ANY newly released memo that slams W's TANG service could possibly be believed? "Uh, well the last one's were forgeries, BUT THESE...."
Just go away...
There's already an extensive thread on this topic that includes the whole surrounding text.
I don't care about fake memos against Bush. They're just tabloid.
I want real documents. I want to know what the SBV found in the 4 cases of Kerry's records. That should be great! Those documents are military issued! They're real!
This is EXACTLY what it is. Now I'm beginning to smell a Rove conspiracy---and I'm not that type---but after all this, they are going to produce docs that CLEARLY show Bush attended all his necessary commitments and met all obligations. Wow.
I mean who would you rather have to your house for dinner? The guy who did it and put it away, or the guy who tells lame stories about it?
It's over.
The Dem's are throwing every possible old charge they can at President Bush with as much sophistication as they can muster. In the Case of the CBS documents that wasn't much. Now Rather is going to identify the aged secretary who says she didn't type them, but that the content was basically correct, or that she doesn't remember what they said (depending upon the day that she speaks.)
Remember that CBS has been working on this story for 5 years. There are others out there who have been working on the drunk driving story, the mistress story, and other stories that were dismissed by the media in the last election.
The Dem's are now despirate. We should look to the recent California Governors race with its last hour charges as an example of the kind of slim that the Dems love to do.
If the Bush team can turn this story by releasing documents into a "we need to focus on the real issues" and not the "forgery attacks on character," then when the Dem's cut loose in late October with their real prize, things should go better.
Also remember that the DNC has been working on its "Fortunate Son" attack for quite a while now. They got the permission for the rock and roll music, they did the slick advertising film, they just needed to wait to finish it until Dan Rather did his interview.
I hope Bush has something in the documents to release that closes this and goes on the attack.
I don't care about what these young men did in the 1970s, except what they did politically. Period.
Just as a datapoint, I can attest that a drug testing program was in place in the USAF as early as 1974. It was called Operation Goldenflow. Since it was fully implemented and routine by the time I enlisted, I assume it was probably around in some form in 1972. At least, I wouldn't bet against it.
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