BUSH'S GUARD 'ACCUSER' ADMITS FAULTY MEMORY (Alzheimer's)

NY Post ^ | 2.15.04

[ambrose]

February 15, 2004 -- Serious doubts have been raised about the stories of two key Alabama National Guard figures who questioned whether President Bush showed up for weekend duty there in the early 1970s.

Retired Brig. Gen. William Turnipseed, the 187th's Tactical Reconnaissance Group's former commander, recanted his statement that he couldn't remember if Bush reported for duty, now saying his memory is faulty because he's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease.

[GretchenEE]

Bush's assailants just keep digging to China on this one.
It's a wonder they don't suffocate themselves with all that dirt falling back in the hole over them.

[Ophiucus]

Watch John Kerry speak to his supporters.... There is no message, just hatred for Bush and the only time in his life when he stood for something, the problem is, he stood with our enemies when he returned from Vietnam

Very true - the old "speaking to the base" crud of a primary.

The election campaign will go back to bread and butter and building a bridge to the Xth dimension. That is if Hitlery doesn't jump in.

[3catsanadog]

If he is then I apologize for snickering at his name.

I still wonder how Turnipseed becomes a family name.

[GretchenEE]

For the record, there's a FR thread posted in the last week or so, I think by Hon, after a telephone conversation with Turnipseed, who said he never said what the media reported he said. He told the FReeper that the media has consistently disorted and edited his comments and that he has tried repeatedly to set the record straight but when the media (dolts) find out he's a Bush supporter and that he's never claimed Bush wasn't in Alabama, they go away and quash the story.

[WaterDragon]

It all sounds like very sleazy 'reporting' by the liberal media because they don't like Bush. And those 'journalists' don't bother to even try to find the truth out. They've really damaged their credibility!

[Ophiucus]

'Bout time for Terry to come up with a new phony story to replace his old phony story.

The heavy stuff should start coming out after the Rat convention. Look for a Bush love child.

[3catsanadog]

Rush, the other day quoted someone (and he didn't have the name right then) who said, "Well we know that Bush's teeth were at the dentist, but we don't know if Bush was there."

[GretchenEE]

Better to be associated with the farmer element of this name than the transportation company element.

Imagine being Mr. Turniptruck.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

The name "Turnipseed" is a little unusual, but I've known many people who have that last name, most of them fine folks.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks for the "ping". I hope this is an indication that the story is losing its legs. I'd like to start watching the "news" again.

[Indie]

The Democrats have no new ideas. They have no new policy suggestions. They have no new plans for America. All that they have, they've had for decades. Nationalize healthcare. Abort babies. Legalize gay marriage. Give U.S. troops over to be controlled by UN kleptocrats. Ban all public talk about traditional religion as "hate speech." Redistribute American wealth by paying global fines (e.g. Kyoto Global Warming Treaty). That doesn't leave much for them to campaign on, save for smears against their opponents...

Sounds like a damn good commercial to me.

[beckysueb]

Thats pathetic. Exposing the Presidents hemmoroid problem to the world. They have absolutely no credibility left!

[NautiNurse]

while there was no evidence of illegality or regulations broken to accommodate Bush's entry or rise in the service, doors were opened and good fortune flowed to him at opportune times.

Sounds like the first page of a dime store paperback.

[dirtboy]

They have no new policy suggestions. They have no new plans for America.

Which is why the Dems desperately want to wage this campaign in the last century, not this one.

[NautiNurse]

I've known many people who have that last name, most of them fine folks

Gotta admit though--"Forgetful as a Turnipseed" will probably become political lexicon.

[The Wizard]

caught in the ntreap and trying to escape

[FreedomPoster]

Ping. This one puts it all the refutations in one place, very succinctly.

[ChadGore]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It certainly does. And Kerry, no stranger to privilege, is painted in a different light.

[RottiBiz]

The Dems have been working hard to undermine President Bush's credibility ever since last year's talking points were developed by McAuliffe, Carville, Daschle and Gephardt.

Remember this article from January 6, 2003?

Dems plan to undermine America to beat Bush