Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>[1] -- Not "one thing" but also they are attempting to smear GWB<<<

Isn't anyone who doesn't buy wholesale the honor and dignity of GW Bush trying smear him in the eyes of most republicans? Never mind those who have the poor taste of reporting the facts.


>>>[2] -- Whereabouts of GWB from spring of 1972 to spring of 1973 from public records : May 24, 1972: Bush, who has moved to Alabama to work on a US Senate race, gets permission to serve with a reserve unit in Alabama. Sept. 5, 1972: Bush is granted permission to do his Guard duty at the 187th Tactical Recon Group in Montgomery. November 1972 to April 30, 1973: Bush returns to Houston.<<<

You're not stating his whereabouts but rather where he was supposed to be. We already know where he was supposed to be and we know he didn't show up as required:

"From May to November 1972, Bush was in Alabama working in a US Senate campaign, and was REQUIRED to attend drills at an Air National Guard unit in Montgomery. But there is no evidence in his record that he did so. And William Turnipseed, the retired general who commanded the Alabama unit back then, said in an interview last week that Bush never appeared for duty there."
http://awol.gq.nu/AWOL_Globe%20series.htm


>>>[3] Drills may not be required for officers not on active flying status -- The National Guard allows officers to elect to accept 'inactive' status where they do not drill, get paid, or receive retirement points.<<<

"For a full year, there is no record that he showed up for the periodic drills REQUIRED of part-time guardsmen."
http://awol.gq.nu/AWOL_Globe%20series.htm


>>>[4] Only a problem for the Bush Haters -- not a problem for the Texas National Guard<<<

Not a problem for the Texas National Guard which is why they removed Bush from flight status?

"Bush was removed from flight status in August 1972 for failing to take his annual flight physical. Bush's campaign aides have said he did not take the physical because he was in Alabama and his personal physician was in Houston. But flight physicals can be administered only by certified Air Force flight surgeons, and some were assigned at the time to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, where Bush was living."
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/Republican_ticket_lets_a_military_connection_s...