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2004-09-16 Home Front: Politix

Wash Times: Bush says he did not defy an order

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-16 04:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "We talked about him getting his flight physical situation fixed." He noted that the memo said Mr. Bush "says he will do that in Alabama if he stays in a flight status."
"Even if you take the documents at face value and said that they were authentic, you can tell by one of the memos where it said that he talked to Bush about his flight exam. We obviously interpret that as he was working with his commanders on the very issue as to whether he needed to take it or not. He obviously ended up not taking it because he was not flying," Mr. Bartlett said.

OUCH! That has to hurt. CBS goes down over memos that, if true, actually prove Bush discussed this with his superiors. So now CBS is in the postion of begging us to believe the president. Bwahahahhahaa

This just gets better and better.

Posted by 2B 2004-09-16 9:52:06 AM|| 2004-09-16 9:52:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 OUCH! That has to hurt. CBS goes down over memos that, if true, actually prove Bush discussed this with his superiors.

As Glenn Reynolds said, "..a dead body feels no pain."

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-16 2:49:41 PM|| 2004-09-16 2:49:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Rather is hanging his hat on the testimonial by the secretary. Several things that have come up to discredit her:

1. Killian's son points out that she was primarily the Administrative Assistant to the Unit Commander not to his father the Ops Boss although she did do typing for all the officers in the shop.

2. She is previously quoted as saying that she didn't remember anything specific about paperwork concerning Bush.

3. Usually, CYA paperwork is secret documentation that is kept to document a disagreement with your boss when your boss has overruled you. Having your boss's secretary type up that flavor of CYA paperwork would seem to be a very poor choice.

4. In her conversation with Drudge her animus for all the rich kids is apparent. She seems to lump them together as a group out of which GW is remembered as a polite young man only to be hated for because he is of the wealthy class - yet she remembers typing up all this documentation about this young man that didn't stand out. Her memory seems to have been injected with a heavy dose of whatever Michael Moore is prescribing in his "documentary."

If I were going to question her to ascertain her believability, I would ask her specifically about procedures. Either she is a confidant of generals or she is an Admin Assistant who every one respects and is polite to. For example, Killian's son points out that orders to report for flight exams come from the Officer in Charge of the Medical Unit not the Unit Commander. Asking her to describe that type of procedure would be a valid way of divining to what extent her assertion that Bush violated procedure should be believed.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-16 4:46:37 PM|| 2004-09-16 4:46:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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