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Alabama commander regrets Bush comments
by Elonka at 8:37 pm EST, Feb 11, 2004

] Brigadier Gen. Turnipseed, 75 and retired in Montgomery,
] Ala., says he's sorry he ever said he would have "had
] some recall" of Bush had he attended a meeting of the
] Alabama Air Guard unit.
]
] "I don't remember whether he came or not. Our unit had
] about 900- 1,000 men and he could have attended many
] meetings without me ever knowing it," Turnipseed said
] this week.

For anyone who feels so incentivized, there's a good timeline on this page that shows the details of Bush's service. You're welcome to examine it for yourselves.

Personally, I don't see anything there that raises a red flag for me. There are plenty of other things that Bush says or does that I find annoying or inexcusable. But this 30-years-ago suspected-AWOL non-story is not one of them.

Can we please go back to discussing *real* issues now?


 
RE: Alabama commander regrets Bush comments
by Acidus at 9:47 pm EST, Feb 11, 2004

] Personally, I don't see anything there that raises a red flag
] for me. There are plenty of other things that Bush says or
] does that I find annoying or inexcusable. But this
] 30-years-ago suspected-AWOL non-story is not one of them.
]
] Can we please go back to discussing *real* issues now?

Where I come from lying on your resume gets you canned. Period. I agree with k's earlier comment: this *is* a big deal, this *is* a real issue.


  
RE: Alabama commander regrets Bush comments
by Elonka at 3:51 am EST, Feb 12, 2004

Acidus wrote:
] ] Personally, I don't see anything there that raises a red
] flag
] ] for me. There are plenty of other things that Bush says or
] ] does that I find annoying or inexcusable. But this
] ] 30-years-ago suspected-AWOL non-story is not one of them.
] ]
] ] Can we please go back to discussing *real* issues now?
]
] Where I come from lying on your resume gets you canned.
] Period. I agree with k's earlier comment: this *is* a big
] deal, this *is* a real issue.

No, it's rumor-mongering by Democratic Party officials who are doing their level best to find an emotional rallying cry that distracts the public from discussing *real* issues.

It's not coincidence that this came up during an election year. They're playing games with public opinion, so that they can position their Kerry War Hero against Bush-The-AWOL-Guardsman.

(sigh) I guess if you want to see it as a real issue, that's your call. But I feel strongly that the Democratic Party is trying to use it for misdirection, and you're just falling for their bait.

When it comes to election-year thought manipulation, Just Say No.


 
 
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