I caught this article this evening while do a little research on Zell Miller's keynote speech at the RNC.
The Associated Press is like a dog with a bone (thank goodness!) and are still trying to get the government to cough up Bush's military records for the period when he was apparently AWOL in 1972.
No luck so far but they have been able to clearly document what is missing--the documents that military procedure dictates should have been written. I doubt anything will come of this with the man the sitting president but one can always hope.
Posted by artandscience at September 6, 2004 07:02 PM<quote>The AP talked to experts unaffiliated with either campaign who have reviewed Bush's files for missing documents. They said it was not unusual for guard commanders to ignore deficiencies by junior officers such as Bush. But they said missing a physical exam, which caused him to be grounded, was not common.
"It's sort of like a code of honor that you didn't go DNF (duty not including flying)," said retired Air Force Col. Leonard Walls, who flew 181 combat missions over Vietnam. "There was a lot of pride in keeping combat-ready status." </quote>
well, that explains it: do the Bush clan *have* a code of honor?
Posted by: paul at September 6, 2004 09:00 PMI'm not sure about his "honor" - cannot speak to that. I just want the man out of office post-haste. I believe that he has done more to destroy the reputation of America overseas than anyone since Teddy Roosevelt. Add in the underhanded evisceration of the Clean Water and other environmental laws and we're quickly moving back to the '50s and '60s rape-and-pillage style of capitalism.
Posted by: stefan at September 7, 2004 09:33 AM