Thursday, September 30, 2004
George W. Bush Document(ed) Lies
AP: Bush Document Details Military Departure0 comments
The White House continues to avoid the questions America keeps asking and keeps answering the questions that no one ever asked. Sweet approach.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the resignation was found in connection with a lawsuit brought by The Associated Press. The White House said the document had been in Bush's personnel file and that it had been found by the Pentagon.
Earlier Wednesday, the White House said Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the Guard.
As usual, you have to parse every syllable Scott McClellan utters.
the White House said Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard
No one has said he was. That's not the problem. When he actually felt like showing up, he actually got decent to good reports. And the four or so commanders or Bush-level peers who can remember ever seeing or dealing with him are on record as saying he was an OK guy.
What is charged is that he disobeyed a direct order to have a physical and was suspended from flying, which of course can be interpreted as an administrative move.
never failed a physical
No one ever said he failed a physical. What's this got to do with the price of corn in Iowa? What is on record is that HE BLEW OFF a physical. This immediately following the addition of drug testing to the physical procedure. The inference of his trying to avoid a drug test hangs heavy with many Americans.
and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the Guard.
Again, into Parseland. No one ever said he asked in so many words: "Daddy, could you get me into the Texas Air National Guard, please? I hear they have champagne there." This is gobblety-gook. All he needed to do is let it be known that "Damn! My deferment is up in FIVE DAYS! I could get drafted! YIKES!" to set all the machinery of the well-connected into motion.
Bush has maintained he fulfilled all of his National Guard requirements and served honorably.
And Baghdad is a sleepy, peaceful town and chads never hang.
posted by Gotham 2:35 PM
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