Holy Crap! AP, Memos: Bush refused order while in Guard.

[TheDonkey]

Memos: Bush Refused Order While in Guard


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WASHINGTON - Addressing questions that have lingered for years, newly unearthed memos state that George W. Bush failed to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war, that he refused a direct order and that his superiors were in a state of turmoil over how to evaluate his performance after he was suspended from flying.

Goes on to talk about the "sugar coating" and Barlett controversy. Have I been sleeping. This is juicier than I thought.

Bush is going to be losing some sleep, tonight!


Link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_national_guard

[kentuck]

1. What was the order he refused??

I read that he was told he could not transfer to Alabama and he went anyway. Is that the order?

[Kierkegaard]

5. He failed to report for a flight physical under direct orders

[TheDonkey]

7. Here is a little mmore of the article

Seems like controversy over his examination (let the coke rumors fly!)

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"On this date I ordered that 1st Lt. Bush be suspended from flight status due to failure to perform to USAF/TexANG standards and failure to meet annual physical examination ... as ordered," says an Aug. 1, 1972 memo by a superior officer, Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, who is now dead. Killian said in the memo that he wanted a formal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the flight suspension. No records have surfaced that one was ever conducted.


"I conveyed my verbal orders to commander," Killian's memo stated.


The same memo notes that Bush was trying to transfer to non-flying status out of state and recommends that the Texas unit fill his flying slot "with a more seasoned pilot from the list of qualified Vietnam pilots that have rotated."

[GainesT1958]

2. And aparently, pointedly so, too...

Wow!:wow:

Dub must think he really IS God!:eyes:

B-)

[displacedtexan]

3. You've missed a lot today, TheDonkey!

Check out some more really juicy stuff (on my blog):

http://ascrivenerslament.blogspot.com/

[grannylib]

4. I heard the "sugarcoating" comment briefly on NPR this morning but

have not been near the TV since; have not surfed much other than here except to see if CBS had anything to say about the affiliates that pulled 60 Minutes 2.

Yeah, I think this thing has some legs. The Chimp has made his credibility an issue in this campaign; this is just more evidence that he has none.

[patrice]

6. Randy Rhodes had an explanation of what a "champagne unit" is.

The planes he/they flew were DE-COMMISSIONED from service in Viet Nam, and yet their mission was to fly them anyway, the purpose being to have some sort of "impressive" duty that would not put them in Viet Nam.

[Darby]

8. How would * have performed in Vietnam?

No way I see him steering a swift boat into an attack.

[emulatorloo]

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