What did Dubya do in the war, daddy?

Toronto Star ^ | Nov 17, 2002 | LINDA MCQUAIG

[nygoose]

Disregard previous post. Browser/reply screw up.

[Reagan Man]

I hope the following shuts your ass up.

From the WashPost article dated, November.3,2000 and titled "2 Democrats: Bush Let Guard Down". Ari Fleischer responds to attacks from Sens. Bob Kerrey and Daniel Inouye, concerning GW Bushes Air National Guard Service.

Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer called the attacks "the final throes of a campaign that has now lost any semblance of decency. The governor, of course, was honorably discharged, and these are inventions and fabrications. All the questions have been answered."

[eddie willers]

Time for this thread to die, Miss Marple? I think so.

I hope so because I am tempted to call jody_b a lying putz and I'd hate to lose my reputation for civility.

[leadpenny]

I think she/he/it is gone.

[m1911]

I don't have the stomach to look right now, but I suspect this thread is already mirrored on DU with a title like "FReepers admit GW was AWOL!"

[m1911]

Wow, jody_b is gone. I wish they'd quit doing that. Now I can't go see what else they had posted. Had been here for a while, member since 2002-07-30. Sleeper cell? Or a regular poster?

[alwaysconservative]

There's no "official" response from the Bush White House regarding any leftist allegation of stupidity, drug use, killing political enemies, or President Bush going AWOL, and do you know WHY? You don't give credence to a lie by issuing a denial to it. (It's sort of like NOT answering the question of "when did you stop beating your wife?"). Instead, you let the real facts of the situation come out from legitimate third-party sources, such as what occurred here, and let people think for themselves. Your insistence on a response from the WH as "proof" of his loyalty is what people are objecting to as suspicious about your real agenda here. And you know what? I agree with them.

[eddie willers]

Sleeper cell?

Yes.....and there are plenty of them out there.
Don't be surprised to see the occasional 1999 sign up date.

But a quick check of their posting history will guide you to a proper conclusion.

[alwaysconservative]

Do you mean the man or the horse? (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) LOL!

[Wait4Truth]

jody a lying putz? Nothing wrong with speaking the truth, eddie. That is not uncivil at all. This may be a new dredging up of this story. Just heard a black female panelist, Julianne Mulveau, say on CNN that President Bush had gone AWOL. Blitzer shut her down in two seconds flat.

[deport]

What question do you want answered?

The answer is he has a DD214, Honorable Discharge. Nothing more is needed. Questioned answered.

[Wait4Truth]

Thanks, deport. You always come through.

[epow]

. Surely President Bush's staff must have prepared an official response at some time, so where is it?

Give it up jody, no one here is buying your little game.
I give it a D, much too transparent, needs more work.

[Crossbow Eel]

Just to let people know how the Guard works they don't require 4 years of active duty 24X7.

If someone serves say 6 months of active duty (Say like during Enduring Freedom last year) they completed their mandantory time.

But, their service is still required until their discharge date which is normally a four year commitment. During this time they usually don't attend monthly drills and I know many who don't even attend annual drills with their unit. They just attend some training during the year and use this to show they did something.

This is quite common even today so my point is the ANG is a totally different animal then Active Duty !

If I figured it correctly LT Bush served over 1.5 years of full time active duty and this would cover him for 20 years if he stayed in ?

[leadpenny]

J-B's history showed that there had been one other posting about a month ago. It too was about this subject.

[Undertow]

she's pretty...pretty damn ugly.

[woofie]

What is the official position on official postions ?

[epow]

Apologies to all. I should have read the rest of the thread before I posted #73. I would have been satisfied to have just let the thread die the miserable death it deserves.

[Consort]

Is the Toronto Star just another Maple Leaf Rag?

[eddie willers]

jody a lying putz? Nothing wrong with speaking the truth, eddie

It was his oh so innocent "I'm-just-trying-to-get-the-official-response-so-we-can-defend-our-conservative-position" response over and over again that was the lie.

Had he/she survived, his next post would have been..."Who is Barry Seal?"