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Caught In The Act Of Not Being AWOL!
Decatur Daily ^

Posted on 09/12/2004 8:19:14 PM PDT by Sir Gawain

Caught In The Act Of Not Being AWOL!

The Decatur Daily (Alabama) published an interview this morning with former Air Force Sgt. James Copeland, who insists that he saw George W. Bush doing his required drills at Dannelly Air National Guard Base in Montgomery, AL during the period CBS and Democrats claim he was AWOL:

Copeland, who lives in Hartselle, retired from the Air Force on Jan. 31, 1980. He was the disbursement accounting supervisor, a full-time position, for Dannelly Air National Guard Base in Montgomery from Oct. 28, 1971, to Oct. 27, 1975. His office was less than 100 yards from the hangar where Bush performed drills.

Rumors say Bush went AWOL while assisting Winton "Red" Blount in an unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate focus on 1972 and 1973.

Copeland, 65, remembers meeting Bush on two occasions. He does not remember the precise dates. On one occasion, Copeland said, Bush and Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun came to Copeland's office with a question about Bush's pay. Copeland is not sure, but he believes the question had to do with where to mail Bush's checks.

Copeland also backs up previous AANG witness Lt. Col. John Calhoun, who earlier this year verified Bush's service in Alabama:

Copeland stressed that Calhoun's account of Bush's service in Montgomery would be accurate because Calhoun was in a position to work with Bush during every drill. Calhoun told The Associated Press last week that he saw Bush every drill time, which was one weekend each month.

Not only was Calhoun in a position to know of Bush's service, Copeland said, but Calhoun "was an ethical and honest officer."

And the Decatur Daily, in a demonstration of actual investigative journalism that the spoiled brats at CBS could only envy, actually looked around for witnesses at the Winton Blount campaign to see if Bush missed any campaign events because of his National Guard duties. Bingo!

Joe Holcombe, 71, of Joppa worked with Bush on the Blount campaign. He told THE DAILY last week that he remembers Bush missing at least one campaign meeting because of his National Guard drills.

Perhaps when the story of the 2004 campaign is written for history, the only one noted as the loser will be the candidate who didn't get into the White House. However, those of us who lived through it will recall that the biggest losers of all were the mainstream media outlets who rabidly pursued their partisan agendas, chasing after unsourced myths and promoting obvious forgeries to support their agenda, while ignoring over 250 combat veterans who went on record and supplied evidence regarding the malfeasance of their preferred candidate.

I'd call it Bonfire of the Vanities is the name hadn't already been taken. Perhaps we'll just call it The Year Of The Fallen Masks. (Hat tip: Amelia.)


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aang; ang; ltbush; napalminthemorning; rathergate; tang
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1 posted on 09/12/2004 8:19:14 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain

Oops didn't mean to post to Breaking.


2 posted on 09/12/2004 8:20:14 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain

Is anyone going to write a story about if Kerry was AWOL or not before his discharge in 1978?


3 posted on 09/12/2004 8:20:50 PM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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To: Sir Gawain

I'd love to see a commerical spin off this. They should run an ad the calls Senator Kerry's name for a Senate Vote, call it again, then say when the critical ________ bill came up for a vote, Senator Kerry was AWOL.


4 posted on 09/12/2004 8:20:53 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: Sir Gawain

Liar. :)


5 posted on 09/12/2004 8:21:38 PM PDT by rintense (Results matter.)
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To: Sir Gawain
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6 posted on 09/12/2004 8:21:43 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: rintense

I actually meant to before I didn't mean to. :-D


7 posted on 09/12/2004 8:23:09 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain

BTTT


8 posted on 09/12/2004 8:24:00 PM PDT by EdReform (Free Republic - helping to keep our country a free republic. Thank you for your financial support!)
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To: Sir Gawain
E-Mail this story AND links to the media today.

John Kerry directly contributed to the lies of the anti war movement AND caused deaths and injuries
to US Military serving in Vietnam AND
directly caused deaths from injuries at home AND countless suicides because of his false testimony.

John Kerry is not fit to be elected dog catcher let alone President of the United States.
ANYONE who votes for Kerry AFTER knowing this data
is guilty of covering up John Kerry's war crimes!


John Kerry, director of the Vietnam Veterans against the War,
testified before special session the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April 22, 1971

KERRY GAVE TESTIMONY BASED UPON FALSE INFORMATION
THAT KERRY KNEW AHEAD OF TIME TO BE FALSE!




September 6, 2004 -- **BREAKING** In Yesterday's Lies: Steve Pitkin and the Winter Soldiers, Scott Swett tells the story of a former VVAW member and participant in the Winter Soldier Investigation who states that John Kerry and others pressured him to give false testimony about American atrocities in Vietnam. After more than 33 years, Pitkin is the first Winter Soldier "witness" to file a legal affadavit regarding that event...

My name is Steve Pitkin, age 20, from Baltimore. I served with the 9th Division from May of '69 until I was airvaced in July of '69. I'll testify about the beating of civilians and enemy personnel, destruction of villages, indiscriminate use of artillery, the general racism and the attitude of the American GI toward the Vietnamese. I will also talk about some of the problems of the GIs toward one another and the hassle with officers.

-- Steve Pitkin, Winter Soldier Investigation, February 1, 1971.


E-Mail and/or fax these url's to EVERYONE ASAP! Kerry MUST be exposed NOW!
PUT PRESSURE ON THE MEDIA TO COVER THIS BEFORE NOV 2nd

Steve Pitkin Story


http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=YesterdaysLies1

Steve Pitkin Affadavit, August 31, 2004


http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinAff

Steve Pitkin DD-214


http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/PitkinDD214.jpg

Steve Pitkin WSI testimony


http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinWSI

Steve Pitkin WSI video clips -- February 1, 1971 (4:16, 1.6MB)


http://www.wintersoldier.com/video/pitkin2.wmv

John F. Kerry
Timeline of a traitor.
Click Here


http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html


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Kerry's disrespect in 1971 to USA Symbols Video

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Ramsey Clark to Join Panel for Saddam’s Defense
arabnews press release 25 August 2004

NOTE :
Ramsey Clark is pictured below with Kerry and
Vietnam phony vet Al Hubbard
Who was head of the
Vietnam Veterans Against the War movement.



Al Hubbard Sgt., 22 Troop Carrier Squadron Aug. ’65-June ’66
- Al Hubbard, proven fraud who never set foot in Viet Nam.
The only Vietnamese he ever met was
when he was collaborating with the North Vietnamese in Paris
on the American Communist Party's nickel.

John Kerry's explanation:
"He (Hubbard) simply exaggarated his particular position.
But nobody knew it at the time. And those things happen."

Free online version of
Kerry's "The New Soldier"
You can read it online right now.

Kerry hopes everyone
in the USA gets this book!


NEW:
“Without question,
we were held captive longer
because of the anti-war people,
the Kerrys, the Fondas and Haydens,
the names we knew over there -
they encouraged the enemy to hang on.”
Excerpt from “Stolen Honor” website
- Leo Thorsness
Former Vietnam POW
CLICK HERE


Jane Fonda tells the student audience at the Michigan State University in 1969:

"I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope,
you would pray on your knees, that we would someday become communist."


Joe Moore, Can Tho Airfield 550th Signal Company


Copy and paste the links to everyone you know.

Steve Pitkin Affadavit, August 31, 2004

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinAff

John F. Kerry Timeline of a traitor

http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html

Kerry's disrespect in 1971
to USA Symbols Video

Windows Media
http://swift3.he.net/~swift3/medals.wmv

Real Player
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Quick Time
http://swift3.he.net/~swift3/medals.mov

AOL
http://swift3.he.net/~swift3/medals.mpg

Send this url for the online "The New Soldier" version

http://ejsmithweb.com/fr/newsoldier/

Send this url for the Stolen Honor website

http://www.stolenhonor.com/




9 posted on 09/12/2004 8:24:08 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (MAKE SURE YOUR YOU ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED AND VOTE Nov 2nd!)
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To: Sir Gawain

Let's see Kerry and McCaullife choke on this!!

MGY


10 posted on 09/12/2004 8:25:06 PM PDT by TitanicMan2003 (The Dems hit the iceberg, and refuse to accept it)
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To: Sir Gawain

RE Bill Calhoun: I knew Calhoun in Birmingham Air National Guard about 1965- 1966 while I was an Air Traffic Controller in Birmingham. He is an honest individual.


11 posted on 09/12/2004 8:26:04 PM PDT by southland (Dan rather cost kerry the election!!!)
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To: Sir Gawain

How dare you question my patriotism!!!! :-P


12 posted on 09/12/2004 8:26:06 PM PDT by rintense (Results matter.)
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To: Sir Gawain

I question the timing of this. Did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam? Are you questioning John Kerry's patriotism?
(/sarcasm)

Really good post. Thanks!


13 posted on 09/12/2004 8:28:36 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
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To: rintense

Got me by 30 seconds!


14 posted on 09/12/2004 8:29:07 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
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To: Sir Gawain

The dems are saying calhoun is a known liar and a right wing republican. I cant remember where I read an article on it, but either way they have tried to discredit him.


15 posted on 09/12/2004 8:29:10 PM PDT by aft_lizard (I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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To: Sir Gawain; Howlin; Buckhead; mabelkitty

Nice post.

1 Day Left Until The AWB Expires

16 posted on 09/12/2004 8:29:40 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Sir Gawain
This election has become inane and trite.

Does anyone know what the winner will have a mandate to do in office? All I hear is Vietnam this, National Guard that.

Can we go back to the primaries and select two civilian candidates please?
17 posted on 09/12/2004 8:30:25 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: Sir Gawain; Southack

Paul Begala, pick up the white courtsey phone.


18 posted on 09/12/2004 8:31:06 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: Sir Gawain

This should be in Breaking. What a great piece of journalism!


19 posted on 09/12/2004 8:32:19 PM PDT by doug from upland (Dan Rather is a journalist like Michael Moore is a pole vaulter.)
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To: aft_lizard
"The dems are saying calhoun is a known liar and a right wing republican."

If so, he should be on display somewhere. Those are rare birds.

20 posted on 09/12/2004 8:33:35 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (John Flip-Flop Kerry led our nation to military defeat before ... He's just the man to do it again!)
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