"Ex-President Bush Dismisses Vietnam Claims"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW YORK (AP) - President Bush's father says claims he used his influence to keep his son out of the Vietnam War are "a total lie." Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, a decorated Vietnam veteran, says the current president should condemn ads claiming the Democratic presidential candidate fabricated elements of his wartime service.

Bush served stateside in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War while John Kerry commanded a Swift boat and was wounded three times during the conflict.

In an interview aired Wednesday on CBS's "The Early Show," the president's father dismissed claims that he helped his son stay out of the conflict.

"They keep saying that and it's a lie, a total lie," former President George H.W. Bush said. "Nobody's come up with any evidence, and yet it's repeated all the time."

Kerrey, who lost his leg in Vietnam, said the current president should denounce anti-Kerry ads being run by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040901/D84QRU2G0.html

[flakey_foont]

1. Read his lips

total lie?/ yeah, right, wanker

[abrock]

2. Not like anyone named Bush is known for telling the truth!

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Welcome to DU!

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Truth and veracity are not Bush family values

Commitment to maintaining patrician privilege is.

I don't believe the Preppy.

[searchingforlight]

5. Yeah, and his involvement in Iran-Contra was a lie too.

[rvgwinn]

6. key word here

"nobody's come up with any evidence" prove it , they think they got their tracks covered!

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. I thought the exact same thing. Odd phrase to toss out there.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. well it would be very hard to prove

of course, and how do we know how long the waiting list was and if Bush in fact jumped up it?
SOmebody needs to do detective work. All we have is Barnes now saying he pulled strings. We need more than that.