Yawn.
HAHAHAHAHA
The AP sued for more records and what did they get?
Records from the Air Guard written to George Herbert Bush telling him what a great kid he had.
Released from where. did I miss something while I was gone.
And this is news - why?
This is.....it's.....stop the.....(bonk, snore).
Can this reporter explain why the WH would be "embarrassed" whenever new documents are found and released? There has been nothing damning of the president's service in the Texas ANG, and the White House is not the keeper of these records. Personnel records are theoretically contained in one central location, but in practice they could be scattered almost anywhere, if not destroyed for some innocent reason in years past.
Rope-a-dope
Ping the hordes!
I think that it is noteworthy that the CO sends unsolicited praise about the new recuit. Also, notes in the record, waaay before kitty's book, indicating that narcotics were not part of the game at that time. If they were, perhaps they would not have been mentioned, but then, a positive letter would not have been entered into the file and local papers.
Is this a joke? Why does the MSM think people have any interest in this Guard stuff? What's next, did Bush keep his shoes and brass shined?
When I was in ROTC, press releases were sent to everyone's local paper. It was a recruiting tool. My name was in my local paper 3-4 times. I was somewhat embarrassed, but my parents loved it!
I'm sure the AP is going try and spin this negatively but I think this is a really cool tidbit of info. I can just picture GHWB saying stuff like that, can't you?
"...took a special interest in him as a trainee and wrote to his father to praise his son."
Gosh, this seems to show the exact opposite of what's been alleged. No letter form GHWBush asking the brass to keep an eye on his son...just a letter from the brass to GHW bragging on the boy. No smoking gun...no silver bullet... not even a spitwad.
""George Bush is one member of the younger generation who doesn't get his kicks from pot or hashish or speed," the news release said. "Oh, he gets high, all right, but not from narcotics."
Three decades later, a new book by Kitty Kelley has alleged that Bush used cocaine while he was a student at Yale University and later at Camp David while his father was president."
This is one heck of a hit piece. Going from that statement to Kelley's screed is one miserable piece of journalism. And, I'm going to write to let ol' Matt know.
Why that clinches it < /sarcasm>
Eventually it's going to dawn on people that if Dubya really wanted to use connections to escape service & danger he made lousy use of it going into the TANG for a six-year committment?
With all this clout why didn't he give a job for say six months as a journalist on a highly protected military base in Vietnam. Then he could claim to be a Vietnam vet if he was thinking about a political future?
Or why didn't he use his pull to get a job as a staff flunky in Washington or Europe or Japan? What kind of committment would that have been? Two years? I could be wrong.
The more I hear about Dubya the more I like the guy.
Come on, Matt Kelley. Don't be coy. We know you're one of "Bush's critics".
The White House has said repeatedly that all of Bush's Guard records have been disclosed, only to be embarrassed when new documents have turned up.
What evidence is there that the WH is "embarrassed? Tsk tsk. Young Matt is making things up here, I'm afraid. That's a big "no no", as Mrs. Knox might say.
In addition to the letter from Bush's father, the latest documents contain news releases that the Texas Air National Guard sent to Houston newspapers in 1970 about young Bush, then a second lieutenant and new pilot. "George Bush is one member of the younger generation who doesn't get his kicks from pot or hashish or speed," the news release said. "Oh, he gets high, all right, but not from narcotics."
We've actually seen this article from the "Houston papers". In other words, nothing new was uncovered except they thought GWB was a great guy. (Oh, I know, "Bush's critics" will say they were just saying that).
Nothing new, but WAIT:
Three decades later, a new book by Kitty Kelley has alleged that Bush used cocaine while he was a student at Yale University and later at Camp David while his father was president.
Breathtaking. Matt Kelley (any relation to Kitty, Matt??) wants to be Dan Rather when he grows up.
I know AP intends this as an attack on President Bush, but I don't see anything bad about it. They are really reaching.
Geeze! His father was an American pilot in WWII. Perhaps it's the liberal mind set but why can none of them seem to comprehend that Bush the Younger just might have admired and respected his father, Bush the Elder, so very much that he wanted to follow in those very large footsteps?