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Bush told forces chiefs to 'sweeten his war record'

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Posted by: Joeychgo

September 10, 2004

Bush told forces chiefs to 'sweeten his war record'
From Roland Watson in Washington

AFTER a month in which John Kerry’s actions 35 years ago have dominated the presidential campaign, President Bush is now squirming under the spotlight as his wayward past comes under fresh scrutiny.

New evidence, supported by testimony from several well-placed individuals, threatened to tear holes in the official account of his Vietnam years with the Texas National Guard. They confirm that strings were pulled for Mr Bush to gain a highly prized slot as a trainee fighter pilot, and again when he wanted to relocate to Alabama. Mr Bush’s father was a Texas congressman at the time.

NI_MPU('middle');Contemporary memos suggest that Mr Bush personally pressed commanding officers to let him do fewer drills and leave Texas. At least one of his commanding officers was trying to “sugar coat” his record, according to Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Killian, commander in the Texas air national guard at that time. Mr Bush also refused a direct order to undertake a medical.

The White House was forced to denounce incendiary claims in a new book on the Bush dynasty, branding as “garbage” its assertion that Mr Bush took cocaine at Camp David while his father held political power, and also used cocaine and marijuana while serving with the Texas National Guard.

Kitty Kelley, a celebrity biographer famed for her salacious exposés of the rich and famous including the British Royal family, cited Sharon Bush, the President’s former sister-in-law, as a secondary source for the Camp David allegation.

The book, entitled The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, is due out next week, just as the presidential election campaign hots up, and clearly has Republican chiefs worried.

They have been pressing the networks to cancel a series of high-profile television and radio interviews with Ms Kelley and have sent memos to conservative talk radio hosts attacking Ms Kelley.

Mrs Bush, who is divorced from Neil Bush, a brother of the President, and whose ties with the Bush family are strained at best, issued a statement saying: “I categorically deny that I ever told Kitty Kelley that George W. Bush used cocaine at Camp David or that I ever saw him use cocaine at Camp David. When Kitty Kelley raised drug use at Camp David, I responded by saying something along the lines of, ‘Who would say such a thing?’” Ms Kelley’s publisher insisted that the account was an accurate reflection of a four-hour lunch the author had with Mrs Bush and a 90-minute telephone call the next day in the presence of one of her editors.

The claims of drug use and absence from the national guard coincide in the early 1970s. Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Killian, commander in the Texas air national guard, said in one memo dated August 1972 that the then Lieutenant George Bush had “made no attempt” to undergo a medical exam “as ordered”.

None of Mr Bush’s critics has suggested he failed to show for his annual physical to hide narcotics in his system. A previous book, though, alleged that Mr Bush had a cocaine conviction during his “missing months” in 1972 that was scrubbed from official records.

The issue of Mr Bush’s national guard service has been given new momentum after the dissection of Mr Kerry’s actions during the episodes that won him three medals for being wounded and two for bravery during combat in Vietnam. The Pentagon released a series of memos concerning Mr Bush’s service after the White House had insisted that all records on the issue were in the public domain.

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Posted by: JohnnyBz00LS

Keep 'em coming Joey!

Posted by: Kbob

The story about Killians memo and Bush's service has been debunked by almost every expert except for CBS. That book by Kitty Kelley has also been debunked by everyone except for the most ardent of Bush-haters. That story has no teeth other than to keep repeating the same lies so that some will eventually believe it.

Posted by: MonsterMark

See how it goes with the liberal side of the equation. Keep on saying the thing over and over, even if it is a lie. In fact, it absolutely doesn't matter if it is true at all. Only that the media picks it up and runs with it. The whole thing that was posted above is a lie on every level. The Killian krap, the Kelly krap. All of it. And they always quote un-named sources and then protect the people just like Kerry is doing to his "band of brothers".

I have seen the swift boat guys all over the news and heard them all over the radio. I have yet to see one of Kerry's band of brothers ever since that embarrassing joke of a display they put out at the convention. All except for the even more pathetic display of sending the guy in the wheelchair down to serve Bush a letter asking for him to stop the bad guys beating up on poor 'ol John Kerry. What a sad site that display was. We were all supposed to be feel sorry for this poor Vietnam Vet who lost 3 of his limbs. Don't get me wrong, I'll truly feel for the guy but he should not be out on the national staged acting like a Veteran wounded in action. I think it diminishes the injuries suffered by guys under enemy fire. His injuries were self-inflicted (sound familiar Kerry) and therefore should not be garnering the sympathy vote, IMHO.

Posted by: Punisher

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Originally Posted by MonsterMark

See how it goes with the liberal side of the equation. Keep on saying the thing over and over, even if it is a lie. In fact, it absolutely doesn't matter if it is true at all. Only that the media picks it up and runs with it. The whole thing that was posted above is a lie on every level. The Killian krap, the Kelly krap. All of it. And they always quote un-named sources and then protect the people just like Kerry is doing to his "band of brothers".

I have seen the swift boat guys all over the news and heard them all over the radio. I have yet to see one of Kerry's band of brothers ever since that embarrassing joke of a display they put out at the convention. All except for the even more pathetic display of sending the guy in the wheelchair down to serve Bush a letter asking for him to stop the bad guys beating up on poor 'ol John Kerry. What a sad site that display was. We were all supposed to be feel sorry for this poor Vietnam Vet who lost 3 of his limbs. Don't get me wrong, I'll truly feel for the guy but he should not be out on the national staged acting like a Veteran wounded in action. I think it diminishes the injuries suffered by guys under enemy fire. His injuries were self-inflicted (sound familiar Kerry) and therefore should not be garnering the sympathy vote, IMHO.

Dunno I dont really agree. I think its pretty cold hearted to sit and say Hey you didnt get your limbs blown off by the ememy, it was a accident that happened because you were serving your country and when dealing with very dangerous explosives and ammunition that have inherint risks things can happen. So you dont get simpathy. Bye now.

Posted by: MonsterMark

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Originally Posted by Punisher

I have sympathy for him. I really do. I don't have sympathy for letting himself be used as a 'prop' for the Democratic propaganda machine. It is so transparent that to trot him out on national stage the intent is to show that Democrats are sympathetic and caring. What they hoped for sending him down to Texas was to get a photo op of Bush kicking his wheelchair down the hill. That was the only intent and therefore why I do not feel sorry for him.

He is a political partisan using his injuries for political gain. Shame, shame.

But to his injuries, I do feel sorry for him, and even though they were self-inflicted, it was a tragic event. Over 250 Americans in Iraq have been killed not by enemy fire, but by accident. Happens all to often.