It's got legs! AP, Boston Globe, 60 Minutes focus on AWOL Bush

[joefree1]

AP Gets New Bush Military Records as Major 'Globe' Report Appears

By E & P Staff

Published: September 08, 2004 10:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK After nearly a month of focus on Senator John Kerry's war record in Vietnam, the media glare returned today to President George W. Bush's stateside service, and reputed gaps in it.

The Associated Press, after being told by the White House in February that it had released all of the President's military records, inexplicably got a new batch of documents from the Pentagon on Tuesday. Nicholas Kristof, columnist for The New York Times, who had not previously written on this subject, nailed the first major interview with Bob Mintz, an Air National Guard lieutenant colonel who claimed he never saw Bush report for duty in Alabama.

And the Boston Globe, which has also at times been harshly critical of Senator Kerry, produced a major report by its Spotlight Team, concluding that Bush "fell well short of meeting his military obligation."

All this is in advance of a much-ballyhooed CBS "60 Minutes " interview scheduled for tonight with Ben Barnes, former lieutenant governor of Texas, who says he arranged for Bush's entry into the Guard in 1968.
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000625682

They messed with our bounce we burn down theirs! Welcome to the new Democratic Party!

[rocktivity]

1. And in less than a week, I'll have buttons!

Net proceeds to benefit a pro-Kerry group, of course.

:headbang:
rocknation

[joefree1]

7. Steal ..., er, use any art from my web site you might need

[charlyvi]

2. Nic Kristoff of the NYT

also wrote his editorial about it today. Good read.

[Cha]

3. "IT GOT LEGS"!!!

May it run far and wide and get the truth out to every American and to the World! Except the rest of the World already has Kerry winning by a landslide.

[NWHarkness]

4. Detroit Free Press

Carried the Globe story this morning.

[livetohike]

5. Can't wait to see Scott McClellan squirm

I hope this stays in the fore front and the media pours it on.

[klook]

6. Barnes on "60 Minutes" TONIGHT

There's been some confusion about whether this interview will air Wed. 9/8 or Sun. 9/12. It's tonight, 9/8:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/05/24/60II/main48284.shtml

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[joefree1]

9. Hee, obviously you care so it must be biiiiiiiiiiiig!

Kerry served and Bush swerved. It's gonna be all over the media.

Just get over it.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. Yes! Lots of people care!

[ezee]

11. People do CARE,

most will if they conduct there lives in a truthfull manner. This goes to his credability. IF theses stories are true(and they are) then it proves that bush has been telling lives for thirty years. THAT is a big deal.

[livetohike]

12. Bush is running on his "leadership" and character

Yes, I think people care. This shows his character - he can't finish anything he starts! He was 27 years old in the year in question. Twenty seven and irresponsible. Contrast that to Kerry.

He deserted his guard duty and went on to another failure - campaigning for a Senate candidate who ended up losing the election.

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[livetohike]

15. Medals don't lie

and I believe the men who were on the boat with Kerry. The veterans speaking out against Kerry are lead and funded by someone who is carrying a 30 year grudge - O'Neill. Why does he have a grudge? Someone should ask him.

It still goes to the foundation and character of this man. He hasn't done much with his life that wasn't funded by his father and his cronies.

[bookman]

13. Finally Tonght - Barnes on 60 Min

CBS) Wed., Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Correspondent Dan Rather talks exclusively to former Texas House Speaker and Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, a Democrat, about the role Barnes says he played in getting President George W. Bush into the Texas Air National Guard -- and why he now regrets it.

Rather's exclusive interview will be broadcast Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

16. Will it last at least a week?

[DanGough]

17. 60 minutes interview

Actually watched the interview with Ben Barnes. CBS finally grew some balls and asked a couple tough questions of Scott McCellan. Of course they held the line and didn't get off message. It will be interesting to see if this gets as much traction as the swift boat ads did. Should know by the time I read the Sacrametno Bee tomorrow morning. Will Fox cover this? DOOOOH as Homer J. would say.:bounce: