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[Polaris]

Everyone,

I suggest you go to www.polipundit.com to understand what Kerry is doing. This reeks of desperation. Swing and Bush voters will not be swayed by this story. It is old news and nothing new is being revealed. This is why CNN and MSNBC aren't touching it.

However, it will remind Dems why they hate Bush...and that is what this story is trying to do. If you look at the latest internals, Kerry is bleeding Dem (base) support at an alarming rate. According to the latest only 82% of the Dems support Kerry...and it is dropping. That sounds good until you compare it with the 94% (!!) of the GOP (base) that support Bush.

In short, this is pure damage control on Kerry's part.
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-Polaris

Truth is Beauty

[Me#1You#10]

[Kathy Kay]

Can't this resurgence (or attempted resurgence) of interest in Bush's military record be used as a springboard for public requests of Kerry to release his entire record?

[jrsdad]

[Misty]

An act of desparation. We just have to stay on message and ignore their ridiculous attempts to change the subject.
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Misty
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Dad was in the Navy Pacific Fleet
Brother was on the USS Regulus - Vietnam
Husband was AirForce 3rd (34th) Tactical Fighter Wing - Security Police Bien Hoa Vietnam

[vietnamvet173]

[shawa]

From article by Byron York in February 2004 National Review Online:

"The records indicate that, despite his move to Alabama, Bush met his obligation to the Guard in the 1972-73 year. At that time, Guardsmen were awarded points based on the days they reported for duty each year. They were given 15 points just for being in the Guard, and were then required to accumulate a total of 50 points to satisfy the annual requirement. In his first four years of service, Bush piled up lots of points; he earned 253 points in his first year, 340 in his second, 137 in his third, and 112 in his fourth. For the year from May 1972 to May 1973, records show Bush earned 56 points, a much smaller total, but more than the minimum requirement (his service was measured on a May-to-May basis because he first joined the Guard in that month in 1968).

Bush then racked up another 56 points in June and July of 1973, which met the minimum requirement for the 1973-74 year, which was Bush's last year of service. Together, the record "clearly shows that First Lieutenant George W. Bush has satisfactory years for both '72-'73 and '73-'74, which proves that he completed his military obligation in a satisfactory manner," says retired Lt. Col. Albert Lloyd, a Guard personnel officer who reviewed the records at the request of the White House......

.....Now the evidence is public; anyone who is interested in learning about Bush's service can do so. In the end, the president had the facts on his side. But he also had the good fortune to have the allegiance of men who feel so intensely about the Guard and their service that they wanted to speak out even if the White House didn't seem to care. Men like Campenni and Harmon were deeply offended when Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry equated Guard service during the Vietnam War with fleeing the country or going to jail. That was simply too much. "I'm not a Bushie," says Harmon. "The thing that got a few of us crawling out from under a rock, at no instigation from the White House, was that Guard service was being portrayed as being like a draft dodger."


http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200402180840.asp


***Case Closed***

I made a copy of this article and carry it with me. Whenever I am talking to someone who says Bush was AWOL, I pull it out and have them read it. Usually the response is, "Gee, I never heard about this!"

[Misty]

Thanks!
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Misty
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Dad was in the Navy Pacific Fleet
Brother was on the USS Regulus - Vietnam
Husband was AirForce 3rd (34th) Tactical Fighter Wing - Security Police Bien Hoa Vietnam

[openfish24]

Lt. Calhoun is the person who handled the sign in sheets while George Bush performed his duties in the Alabama National Guard. This is the time by the way when Terry Mcauliffe says George Bush was awol. Lt. Calhoun is reporting that he remembers George Bush reporting for his drills.

Lets get back to talking about the the traitor John Kerry.

Pete Bartow
USMC 75-80

[debinNC]

http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=9259

[shawa]

Great Article!!! Gordon Bloyer has really put it all together.

Answers every Question the Kerry attack dogs have been throwing out there.

Thanks for the Link!!!

[You GottaBeKidding]

They will ignore the facts (assuming that they will see them, which is a big assumption).

The DU crew is salivating over the AWOL/Barnes/TANG thing.

[one more captins mast]

These "things" who rush toward the Dark Side, and into the

arms of the Demons HAVE SEEN KERRYS RECORD, THEY KNOW HOW

LOW HE GOES, THEY KNOW THE LIES, THEY KNOW THE "PARASOMINIA"

THEY KNOW THE DICTIONARY ON "EMBLISHMENT" , THEY KNOW

THE PRINCE FOR WHO THEY WEAVE STANDS NAKED BEFORE ALL


BUT THEY ARE SO SICK THEY LIKE THE LOOK AND YET THEY


TRY TO SELL OUR COUNTRY THIS "THING"
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the strange mr aj

[nickb]

[rhv5862]

Remember Kerry now has Carville giving him advice. Carville says only giving advice not working for Kerry Campaign. The truth will be ignored by the new group of Kerry advisors. They will continue to say and do anything to win this election. The thing about this story is it was all looked at months ago and the press lost interest because it was going no where. There is nothing new in what they are now saying.

RHV