A retired Col from the Alabama Nat Guard steps forward to confirm Bush

[opihimoimoi]

was there, From CNN or FOX this AM. Nothing was said of missing Med Checkups. He is gonna look for others to verify.

If this is a dupe, delete.

[Blue_Roses]

1. oh, come on

how hard was that for them to "convince" someone to speak up. Good grief, what next...

[leftyandproud]

15. bottom line...one word vs another

I don't think we have any devastating evidence against Bush...especially considering the extremely flexible schedules of national guard members. I know someone in the guard, and they don't need to be at every drill...If they can't make it, they reschedule. It doesn't make them AWOL because they take a month off. This may be the case for active duty soldiers, but not part time national guard folks. That's the reality of it.

[Langis]

2. Just like the other guy?

Who said he server with Bush during the 6 months Bush never got paid.

[opihimoimoi]

4. It was on MsNBC, as I got up from sleep, I see

this ret Col saying Bush served his time. and that he is gonna look for more witnesses.

[chelsea0011]

3. And I was at Woodstock........

:hippie: :hippie: :hippie:

I was sitting up near the stage. I had a bandana on. Remember me?



One guy comes forward to remember Bush when Bush's records show he wasn't around. He says Bush was a hard worker. Now we know he's lying! So now the media rushes his face on TV. What a joke. Bush was a NG slacker. Does anyone dispute this?

[opihimoimoi]

5. I think he was a "slacker" and a yellow bellied one at that

[loudnclear]

6. Why was he suspended then? Showing up for FREE medical care but

not showing up for physicals for duty...what the hell is that all about. I am waiting for the cute littel waitress or some other little ditty who was laying up with Bush during that time to come forward. You know between drugging and drinking, you know he was fornicating.

[kayell]

7. This is going to get interesting, others are saying differently

http://www.memphisflyer.com/content.asp?ID=5480&ArticleID=2

Two members of the Air National Guard unit that President George W. Bush allegedly served with as a young Guard flyer in 1972 had been told to expect him and were on the lookout for him. He never showed, however; of that both Bob Mintz and Paul Bishop are certain.

The question of Bush’s presence in 1972 at Dannelly Air National Guard base in Montgomery, Alabama – or the lack of it – has become an issue in the 2004 presidential campaign.

Recalls Memphian Mintz, now 62: “I remember that I heard someone was coming to drill with us from Texas. And it was implied that it was somebody with political influence. I was a young bachelor then. I was looking for somebody to prowl around with.” But, says Mintz, that “somebody” -- better known to the world now as the president of the United States -- never showed up at Dannelly in 1972. Nor in 1973, nor at any time that Mintz, a FedEx pilot now and an Eastern Airlines pilot then, when he was a reserve first lieutenant at Dannelly, can remember.

“And I was looking for him,” repeated Mintz, who said that he assumed that Bush “changed his mind and went somewhere else” to do his substitute drill. It was not “somewhere else,” however, but the 187th Air National Guard Tactical squadron at Dannelly to which the young Texas flyer had requested transfer from his regular Texas unit – the reason being Bush’s wish to work in Alabama on the ultimately unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign of family friend Winton "Red" Blount.

snip

(Here are some people the reporters should be hunting down)
Though some accounts reckon the total personnel component of the 187th as consisting of several hundred, the actual flying squadron – that to which Bush was reassigned – numbered only “25 to 30 pilots,” Mintz said. “There’s no doubt. I would have heard of him, seen him, whatever.” Even if Bush, who was trained on a slightly different aircraft than the F4 Phantom jets flown by the squadron, opted not to fly with the unit, he would have had to encounter the rest of the flying personnel at some point, in non-flying formations or drills. “And if he did any flying at all, on whatever kind of craft, that would have involved a great number of supportive personnel. It takes a lot of people to get a plane into the air. But nobody I can think of remembers him.

[0007]

10. Wish CNN - FAUX - MSNBC would run this story

Maybe even interview 'em.

Thanks for the story, kayell.

[seemslikeadream]

16. Here's the numbers on this story now

It's not going away.

Bob Mintz - 7 google hits

Bill Burkett - 171 google hits

Jonh Calhoun - 6 google hits

[oasis]

17. Memphian Mintz, remember the name folks,maybe he can get on Pacifica Radio

to tell his story. This is going to be a long campaign.

[NNN0LHI]

8. This is the guy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=363921

[papau]

9. on first 10 minutes of NBC TODAY show also.

no real questioning - although did ask how you saw him and no one else did - answer - they were not there on the weekends

he claimed attendance sheet sent in - obvious follow up of "then why was he not paid" was not asked

also Bush claims make-ups were done, but this fellow implies make ups were not needed

also fact that fellow is a GOP volunteer was not mentioned.

[WillParkinson]

11. He worked for free, obviously...

Now the government will owe him back pay PLUS interest.

That should be quite a tidy sum.

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. If indeed Junior was a "fly-boy" - - where are the pictures ??

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Heck, he was being "groomed" for politics, so pictures of Junior IN a plane, standing by a plane - etc. etc., should be all over the place, - no?

A great number of pilots get their pictures taken with their buddies, with their planes, etc. etc.

I wold expect a whole GAGGLE of pictures to be available if indeed Junior was active in the Military in ANY capacity.

Then again, maybe pictures of his youth may parallel that of his daughters - - ? ?

[0007]

13. Exactly! The guy that ran with this photo I understand is now dead

died of anthrax

[bagnana]

14. when was he there???

The guy didn't even apply to show up in Alabama until September 1972 -- so that means from May (when his original transfer request was denied), until September he was AWOL. Doesn't it???

[Moderator]

18. Not LBN... locking

Please continue discussion in one of the existing LBN threads about this subject.

Thanks!

DU Moderator