DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe just remarked in an interview with Shepard Smith that Bush didn't serve in the military. Is McAuliffe saying that the Texas Air Guard isn't a branch of the military?
While the Dems, conspiracy buffs and Bush haters consume vast amounts of bandwidth claiming Bush was a deserter, however claiming he never served is mendacious nonsense.
There is no question that he enlisted, attended boot camp at Lackland, graduated from flight school at Moody and Ellington.
Texas Air National Guard 1st Lt. George W. Bush flew F-102 Delta Dagger fighter jets from 1970 to 1973 with the 11th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Ellington Air Force Base, Texas.
Here's a pix for those of you who have never seen a 102 up close and personal.
Did Bush receive an early discharge? His records appear to indicate that he that he did, but nobody's carping about Al Gore's shortened six-month tour as a "Stars & Stripes" reporter in Vietnam. Sons of the rich and powerful have always had influence with the brass hats, is that news? Hello? During the Civil War they paid poor men to die in their place.
I am fed up with the cheapening of military service as an election ploy and a "mine is bigger than yours" approach will not gain the Dems the WH, for it will turn off many more voters than it convinces. Kerry is making a big mistake if he thinks public displays of his combat prowess will offset his vote for the Iraq resolution with his base or against funding with moderates and Indies.
