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Here's a new one.....maybe?
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Maybe 4:30. I have to ride home and put on jeans before bike night. I will be leaving work around 3:00. Did the Zanno Polish thing last night.
thesnake
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perhaps here some lies you overlooked from the GB camp:
[May 23, 2000 Robinson, Boston Globe] Bush himself, in his 1999 autobiography, "A Charge to Keep," recounts the thrills of his pilot training, which he completed in June 1970. "I continued flying with my unit for the next several years," the governor wrote. [NOTE: this is untrue. GW flew for, at most, two years after June 1970]
[May 23, 2000 Robinson, Boston Globe] Last night [5/22/00], Mindy Tucker, another Bush campaign aide, asserted that the governor "fulfilled all of his requirements in the Guard." If he missed any drills, she said, he made them up later on.
[May 24, 2000 Robinson, Boston Globe] "I did the duty necessary ... That's why I was honorably discharged," Bush told reporters traveling on his campaign plane to Ohio, according to the Associated Press. "I read the comments from the guy who said he doesn't remember me being there, but I remember being there," Bush said of Turnipseed's remarks, the AP reported.
[June 24, 2000 Chris Williams AP] AUSTIN, Texas –– Gov. George W. Bush's campaign workers have concluded that no documents exist showing he reported for duty as ordered in Alabama with the Texas Air National Guard in 1972. They are looking for people who served with him to verify his story that he did.
The Associated Press reviewed nearly 200 pages of Bush's military records released by the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va. They contained no evidence that Bush reported for duty in Alabama.
"He specifically recalls pulling duty in Alabama," spokesman Dan Bartlett said of Bush. "He did his drills."
Campaigning Friday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Bush was asked about his 1972 service in that state.
"I was there on a temporary assignment and fulfilled my weekends at one period of time," he said. "I made up some missed weekends."
"I can't remember what I did, but I wasn't flying because they didn't have the same airplanes. I fulfilled my obligations."
In May, retired Gen. William Turnipseed, the former commander of the Alabama Guard unit, said Bush did not report to him, although the young airman was required to do so. His orders, dated Sept. 15, 1972, said: "Lieutenant Bush should report to Lt. Col. William Turnipseed, DCO, to perform equivalent training."
"To my knowledge, he never showed up," Turnipseed said last month.
In summary, the Bush campaign maintains that:
1) George Bush did attend drills in Alabama.
2) The records that could back up this assertion are missing.
3) Bush "fulfilled his obligation and was honorably discharged."
4) The Bush campaign will find someone who remembers George reporting for duty in Alabama.
Regarding #1: Governor Bush, who is said to have an excellent memory for names and faces, says, "I read the comments from the guy who said he doesn't remember me being there, but I remember being there." Later he said, "I pulled duty in Alabama and I read the comments and the guy said he didn't remember me. That's 27 years ago, but I remember being there."
Regarding #2: There are records that show Bush did not report for duty. Bush missed two physicals and was officially reported as missing for a year by senior officers. Records show that he was required to make up missed time. In addition, the absence of attendance records in a military that is noted for keeping such records indicates not that they were lost but that G.W. did not report for duty.
Regarding #3: The following statement and its variations have been made in order to deflect attention from the missing year. "I served my full obligation with the Texas National Guard. That's why I was honorably discharged," Bush said. You have to read carefully the claims that Bush "did the time that was required." The Bush campaign says that since George got an honorable discharge, he must have done what was required. The assertion is true only if you include the 36 days of "service" that Lt. Bush had to fulfill because he missed at least that many days in the previous year.
Regarding #4: To date, all the Bush campaign can find are two professional Republicans who say they heard Bush say he went to drills. The campaign ignores the four senior officers and the other evidence that says clearly Bush did not attend drills.
[May 23, 2000 Robinson, Boston Globe] Bush himself, in his 1999 autobiography, "A Charge to Keep," recounts the thrills of his pilot training, which he completed in June 1970. "I continued flying with my unit for the next several years," the governor wrote. [NOTE: this is untrue. GW flew for, at most, two years after June 1970]
[May 23, 2000 Robinson, Boston Globe] Last night [5/22/00], Mindy Tucker, another Bush campaign aide, asserted that the governor "fulfilled all of his requirements in the Guard." If he missed any drills, she said, he made them up later on.
[May 24, 2000 Robinson, Boston Globe] "I did the duty necessary ... That's why I was honorably discharged," Bush told reporters traveling on his campaign plane to Ohio, according to the Associated Press. "I read the comments from the guy who said he doesn't remember me being there, but I remember being there," Bush said of Turnipseed's remarks, the AP reported.
[June 24, 2000 Chris Williams AP] AUSTIN, Texas –– Gov. George W. Bush's campaign workers have concluded that no documents exist showing he reported for duty as ordered in Alabama with the Texas Air National Guard in 1972. They are looking for people who served with him to verify his story that he did.
The Associated Press reviewed nearly 200 pages of Bush's military records released by the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va. They contained no evidence that Bush reported for duty in Alabama.
"He specifically recalls pulling duty in Alabama," spokesman Dan Bartlett said of Bush. "He did his drills."
Campaigning Friday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Bush was asked about his 1972 service in that state.
"I was there on a temporary assignment and fulfilled my weekends at one period of time," he said. "I made up some missed weekends."
"I can't remember what I did, but I wasn't flying because they didn't have the same airplanes. I fulfilled my obligations."
In May, retired Gen. William Turnipseed, the former commander of the Alabama Guard unit, said Bush did not report to him, although the young airman was required to do so. His orders, dated Sept. 15, 1972, said: "Lieutenant Bush should report to Lt. Col. William Turnipseed, DCO, to perform equivalent training."
"To my knowledge, he never showed up," Turnipseed said last month.
In summary, the Bush campaign maintains that:
1) George Bush did attend drills in Alabama.
2) The records that could back up this assertion are missing.
3) Bush "fulfilled his obligation and was honorably discharged."
4) The Bush campaign will find someone who remembers George reporting for duty in Alabama.
Regarding #1: Governor Bush, who is said to have an excellent memory for names and faces, says, "I read the comments from the guy who said he doesn't remember me being there, but I remember being there." Later he said, "I pulled duty in Alabama and I read the comments and the guy said he didn't remember me. That's 27 years ago, but I remember being there."
Regarding #2: There are records that show Bush did not report for duty. Bush missed two physicals and was officially reported as missing for a year by senior officers. Records show that he was required to make up missed time. In addition, the absence of attendance records in a military that is noted for keeping such records indicates not that they were lost but that G.W. did not report for duty.
Regarding #3: The following statement and its variations have been made in order to deflect attention from the missing year. "I served my full obligation with the Texas National Guard. That's why I was honorably discharged," Bush said. You have to read carefully the claims that Bush "did the time that was required." The Bush campaign says that since George got an honorable discharge, he must have done what was required. The assertion is true only if you include the 36 days of "service" that Lt. Bush had to fulfill because he missed at least that many days in the previous year.
Regarding #4: To date, all the Bush campaign can find are two professional Republicans who say they heard Bush say he went to drills. The campaign ignores the four senior officers and the other evidence that says clearly Bush did not attend drills.
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