WHAT IF it turns out Bush served and did a great job

[cheezus]

Lets say they convince the American people that Bush was the best guardsman who ever guarded. Then what happens to the democrats?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. Bush needs to produce his "band of brothers"

who are conspicuously absent.

[cheezus]

3. oh yeah, he has a LOT of loose ends with this one

but, hypotheically, they convice the public in the same manner they conviced the public that sadam hussein had nukes and was going to give them to al queda.

are we screwed?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

12. I'm 100% sure it won't happen

but even if it does he's fucked up everything else so bad he can't get re-elected- unless he replaces petroleum with water as our source of energy.

[On the Road]

2. If Bush Served and Did a Great Job

There should be a little more evidence of the fact. That's the winning attitude.

[West Coast Democrat]

4. The GOP would've pushed that image since the very beginning

so it's obviously not possible

[childslibrarian]

5. What if the moon is made out of cheese?

There is a six month gap that they can't explain. The whole thing smacks of political pull for W because of dear Daddy....

[arcane1]

6. "what happens to the democrats?"

why would anything "happen"? The Democratic party isn't built and founded upon Bush's Nat'l Guard service or lack thereof. I don't see where it would do a damned thing. He's still the worst president we've ever had, regardless of what he did during Vietnam

[maddezmom]

7. where are the folks he served with?

Not one person has spoken on his behalf to date, that I know.

[EdGy]

8. this is not about service necessarily,

it's about lying.

The Bush Regime is now in the process of being caught lying.

How can we trust them? They've lied about WMD, Iraq, and even about Bush's guard service...

This is just ONE piece of evidence, and it happens to be a symbolically great one.

But if it goes away, there are plenty of other areas where the Regime has lied through its teeth in ways much more dangerous and fundamental than the national guard issue.

Just look at this issue as icing on the cake. Even if there's no icing, there's still a cake.

[BL_Zebub]

9. What if it turns out I won that little war in Heaven and I'm really God?

One is about as likely to happen as the other.

[LEW]

10. There lies the quandry

We wouldn't be having this debate if shrub had done a good job. You don't see anyone asking Kerry or Clark to prove their duty do you?

[bowens43]

11. Nothing happens to the Democrats

[jpak]

13. What if Bush did a great job????

When has Bush EVER done a great job????

LOL!

[lastknowngood]

14. One of the shrub's NG buddies just showed up I 'm not sure

of his name but he is military and will in all likelihood be the get out of jail free card for the shrub. Wake up people we've been suckered, now Kerry doesn't have an issue and will look foolish. Expect the media to turn ever so little at a time against Kerry with
a new question for him to rebut each week. The DLC/DNC/RNC wins again.

[arcane1]

15. "now Kerry doesn't have an issue"??

was his entire platform built around AWOL? :shrug:

[Snivi Yllom]

16. A NG buddy published a letter today

Figures it was in the Wash Slimes. but it looks legit.

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040210-082910-8424r.htm

'Bush and I were lieutenants'

George Bush and I were lieutenants and pilots in the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS), Texas Air National Guard (ANG) from 1970 to 1971. We had the same flight and squadron commanders (Maj. William Harris and Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, both now deceased). While we were not part of the same social circle outside the base, we were in the same fraternity of fighter pilots, and proudly wore the same squadron patch.

It is quite frustrating to hear the daily cacophony from the left and Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, et al., about Lt. Bush escaping his military responsibilities by hiding in the Texas ANG. In the Air Guard during the Vietnam War, you were always subject to call-up, as many Air National Guardsmen are finding out today. If the 111th FIS and Lt. Bush did not go to Vietnam, blame President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, not lowly Lt. Bush. They deliberately avoided use of the Guard and Reserves for domestic political calculations, knowing that a draftee only stirred up the concerns of one family, while a call-up got a whole community's attention.
--------------------------------snip----------------------------

[Uzybone]

22. You mean that you hope its legit

Once again he is vouching for a period of Bush's "service" that is not in dispute. Either way I doubt many people will base their decisions on this issue. Its almost meaningless to me compared to what Bush has don't in the last 3 years.

[sandnsea]

26. 1970-1971, in Texas

This doesn't answer anything. And Bush said he went into the National Guard because he didn't want to get his eardrum shot out or go to Canada. So Col. Campenni better talk to Bush about avoiding Vietnam first.

The rest of the letter is 101 excuses as to what could explain the absence of records on Bush in Alabama. Because it's obviously clear to Col Campenni that Bush didn't show up.

So now the question becomes, if Bush didn't show up, why is he lying about it now?

[Uzybone]

21. No you've been suckered

stop praying for Bush to win. The guy that showed up on local media served with Bush in Texas. Big deal.....no one is disputing that.

[Snivi Yllom]

25. Read it again

I think this is a losing issue to push that will go nowhere.

Other than that I resent your implication that I am "praying for Bush to win".

[sandnsea]

27. I read it again

101 reasons why someone may not have records on their service. Which means the good Col. knows without a doubt that Bush didn't show up.

[AP]

17. That's why you run on what you're for, not what you're against.

What if Bush comes up with a convincing forgery and people to lie that he was there?

[SangamonTaylor]

20. exactly n/t

[leetrisck]

18. What job? He was trained to fly an airplane

that he never flew "as a job" - so WHAT JOB? Thousands of dollars of taxpayer money down the drain and he walked away - TO WHERE.

[Uzybone]

19. What if we find stockpiles of anthrax

ricin, mustard gas and nuclear weapons in Saddams closet in his old palace in Bahgdad. What happens to the democrats??????

[mmonk]

23. If that were the case

it would have been easier to explain.

[yellowcanine]

24. What if I win the $150 million dollar MegaMillions this Friday?

Maybe I can finance my own ABBB TV ads!

[MessiahRp]

28. This is a bet we can't lose...

The entire reason the Bush people are so defensive on this is because they know we've got them on it. Bush got into the guard thanks to a favor from his Senator Daddy. Bush got out of the guard likely from the same favors. He missed a year of duty and as he said "cut a deal with the military to get out 8 months early." Who cuts a deal with the military when we're involved in the most violent war since World War II at that moment?

Bush is caught dead to rights on this one and he can't weasel out of it. It will play huge that someone who doesn't respect military service and went AWOL is the one forcing our kids to die in war.

Rp