Re: CBS Goes To Far!

From: charles hill (charleshill_at_verizon.net)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:24:06 GMT

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 04:09:48 +0000, A Nengineer wrote:

> charles hill wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:51:25 +0000, libs stink wrote:
>>
>>
>> George Bush is a coward just like his daddy.
>
> Man who swore Bush into Air Guard speaks out The Daily Times ^ | Sep 24,
> 2004 | Lance Coleman
>
> Ed Morrisey Jr. has his opinion about rumors President Bush received
> preferential treatment when he was allowed into the Texas Air National
> Guard in the late 1960s.
>
> The Blount Countian also has firsthand knowledge.
>
> The 75-year-old Jackson Hills resident is a retired colonel with Texas Air
> National Guard. He swore Lt. George W. Bush into the service in May 1968.
>
> On Thursday, Morrisey said the argument that Bush got off easy by being in
> the National Guard doesn't take into consideration the context of the
> 1960s.
>
> ``Bush and the others were flying several flights day or night over the
> Gulf of Mexico to identify the unknown,'' he said. ``The Cold War was a
> nervous time. You never knew. There were other things going on equally
> important to the country, and the Air National Guard had a primary role in
> it.''
>

Mr. Morrisey got out in 1968 when the draft was picking up and was not
around in 1971-1972 when Bush went AWOL from the Alabama Air Guard.
Lots of Alabama boys volunteered or were drafted in 1971 and 1972.
Bush was neither an officer or gentleman.

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