AP lawsuit gets SOME Chimp AWOL records

[Sparkly]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040908/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_national_guard

"Previous requests from other requesters for President Bush's Individual Flight Records did not lead to the discovery of these records because at the time President Bush left the service, flight records were subject to retention for only 24 months and we understood that neither the Air Force nor the Texas Air National Guard retained such records thereafter," the Pentagon told the AP.

"Out of an abundance of caution," the government "searched a file that had been preserved in spite of this policy" and found the Bush records, the letter said. "The Department of Defense (news - web sites) regrets this oversight during the previous search efforts."

In other words, another "Hey, look what we just found that we didn't know was here!"

More important:

Significantly, it showed the unit joined a "24-hour active alert mission to safeguard against surprise attack" in the southern United State beginning on Oct. 6, 1972, a time when Bush did not report for duty, according to his pay records.

A quote I take issue with in the AP's reporting: "Supporters of Democratic nominee John Kerry (news - web sites), a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, have criticized Bush for serving stateside in the National Guard." That is NOT what he's criticized for. Is this all too "nuanced" for the AP? Do we need to believe even respected wire news sources can't understand anything but simplistic kindergarten-level ideas now?

Anyway... WHY did he miss his flight physical, WHY did he miss so much required time, and WHEN will the media demand answers???

[dennis4868]

1. WHEN will the media demand answers???

hahahahahhaahaha...from Bush? Where have you been the past 5 years? hahahaha...demand answers from Bush....now that is too funny.....deam on my friend, dream on!

[Sparkly]

4. Silly me

I want them to hammer Scott McClellan at the next WH press conference.

I want them to hammer every Bush* surrogate on every talk show.

I want anyone and everyone to ask the questions rhetorically in print, on the airwaves, and over the internet, and then question why they haven't been answered!

No, nobody will ask the Chimp in Chief himself (how could they?) but here's an example of the media looking for a scoop and reviving the buried questions. It's time for ALL of us to demand answers.

[blueknight]

2. he probably intentionally

missed his physical because:
A. he knew he would test positive for drugs or
B. he knew it would diqualify him, and he could depend on daddy to help him out.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Come on now,

You are talking about our commander in chief, the president of these united states of America! (fanfare). Show the office of the president some respect!

The world would have been a hell of a lot better if that little wise ass cracker had simply OD-ed or succumbed from alcohol poisoning when he was in his 20's.

[Sparkly]

6. right, but the excuses so far have been really lame

The only semi-official answers I've seen are:

1. He figured he was only going to do "desk-duty" in Alabama so the physical wasn't necessary;
2. His personal physician was in Texas.

Both are VERY lame answers.

[mbali]

8. Don't forget the one about the jet he was trained on was being phased out

Bush and his spokesman have said that Bush did not fly again because he planned to go to graduate school. Also, they say that as the unit was upgrading to a newer fighter, the F-101, it made little sense for the Guard to retrain him for that jet.
--Boston Globe, October 10, 2000

Ooops - the new records prove that to be a lie.

Oh, well.

[mbali]

7. Besides, the military doesn't give honorary discharges unless deserved

They give out Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars to anyone who asks - but if they gave Bush an honorary discharge, it's because he EARNED it!

[Skip Intro]

3. Oh, there they are

If it'd been a snake, it'd have bit me.

riiiggghht.

Wonder what else they have lying around that they might "discover" under court order?

[sambird90]

9. bush "awol" ; )

has anyone else seen the ann 'hiel hitler' coulters site where she says that the bushies already answered all the questions dealing with his courage in helping keep texas safe during vietnam.