sandringham

How stupid are Bush and Cheney supporters? Stupid, stubborn and
masochistic if they believe this:

"Kerry has received more special interest money than anyone else in
the Senate."

Kerry has received more special interest money from paid lobbyists*
than any other Senator. Of course, the vast majority of special
interest money comes from PACs, not lobbyists, and Kerry doesn't
accept PAC money, so he really comes in at number 92 out of 100
Senators.

* Paid lobbyists = American citizens, as private citizens, making
legal contributions to political campaigns as any other American can
and does make.

monsîeur lé kérry

"It's none of your business"

Presidential wannabe John F...ing Kerry responding to an
American Voter during a town hall meeting, March 2004

mr. n

-Bush Has Said He Used No Special Treatment To Get Into The Guard. How Does
He Explain The Fact That He Jumped Ahead Of 150

Applicants Despite Low Pilot Aptitude Scores?

-Col. Albert Lloyd Said A Report From Alabama To Ellington Should Have Been
Filed. Where Is That Report?

-Why Did Bush Miss His Medical Exam In 1972?

-Where Are The Complete Results Of The Required Investigation Into Bush's
Absence From The Exam?

-Why Did Bush Specifically Request To NOT Be Sent Overseas For Duty?

-Why Does The White House Say Bush Was On Base When Bush's Superiors Had
Filed A Report Saying He Was Gone For A Whole Year?


http://johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0427b.html


-Why Is The Pentagon Under Orders To Not Discuss Bush's Record With
Reporters?

-Where Are Bush's Flight Logs?

-Why Hasn't Bush Himself Demonstrated That He Showed Up For Service in
Alabama?

Bush Has Said He Used No Special Treatment To Get Into The Guard. How Does
He Explain The Fact That He Jumped Ahead Of 150

Applicants Despite Low Pilot Aptitude Scores?
"There was no special treatment."

--Then-Gov. George W. Bush [Dallas Morning News, 7/4/99]

FACT: With Family Connection, Bush Got Coveted Slot in Texas Guard Shortly
After Graduating from College. A family friend of Bush's father pulled
strings to secure Bush's spot; Bush joined the Texas Air National Guard
after his student deferment ran out when he graduated from Yale in 1968.
Before he graduated, Bush personally visited Col. Walter "Buck" Staudt --
the commander of the Texas Air National Guard -- to talk about the Guard.
After Bush met with Staudt, he
applied and was quickly accepted -- despite a waiting list of over 150
applicants. Staudt recommended Bush for a direct appointment, which allowed
Bush to become a second lieutenant right out of basic training without
having to go though officer candidate school. The direct appointment also
cleared the way for a position in pilot training school. [New York Times,
9/27/99; Houston Chronicle, 10/10/92; Los Angeles Times, 7/4/99]

FACT: Bush Scored in 25th Percentile on Pilot Aptitude Test. When Bush
applied for the Guard, his score on the Air Force pilot aptitude section,
one of five on the test, was in the 25th percentile, the lowest allowed for
would-be fliers. [Dallas Morning News, 7/4/99]

FACT: No Shortage of Pilots in Texas Guard. Although a Bush spokesman
claimed Bush was fast-tracked because the Guard needed pilots, Charles C.
Shoemake, a chief of personnel in the Texas Guard from 1972 to 1980
remembered no such shortage. "We had so many people coming in who were
super-qualified," Shoemake said Texas Guard Historian Tom Hail said there
was no apparent need to fast-track applicants. "I've never heard of that,"
he said. "Generally they did that for doctors only, mostly because we needed
extra flight surgeons." [Los Angeles Times, 7/4/99]

Col. Albert Lloyd Said A Report From Alabama To Ellington Should Have Been
Filed. Where Is That Report?

FACT: Col. Lloyd: Guard Records Should Include Evidence Of Alabama Service.
Lloyd also said he did not know whether Bush performed duty in Alabama. "If
he did, his drill attendance should have been certified and sent to
Ellington, and there would have been a record." [Boston Globe, 5/23/00; AP,
6/24/00]

FACT: White House's Own Expert Said Bush Should Have Done More. According to
the Globe, "the White House included with the do***ents a memorandum from a
Texas Air National Guard personnel specialist stating that the do***ents
prove that Bush had a 'satisfactory year' for 'retirement/retention'
purposes between May 27, 1972, and May 26, 1973. But that specialist,
retired Lieutenant Colonel Albert C. Lloyd Jr., acknowledged in an interview
last night that he evaluated Bush using the lower of two measures for rating
Guard service. Guardsmen, he said, needed to serve more days to meet
minimum-training requirements than to meet the lower threshold to receive
retirement credit for the year. 'Should he have done more? Yes, he should
have,' Lloyd said of Bush, who was a fighter-interceptor pilot. 'Did he have
to? No.'" [Boston Globe, 2/11/04]

Why Did Bush Miss His Medical Exam In 1972?

FACT: Bush Was Suspended From Flight Duty For Failing To Take Mandated
Medical Exam. On September 29, 1972, Bush was officially suspended from
flying for missing his annual medical examination. The orders note that Bush
's suspension is authorized under the guidelines presented in Air Force
Manual 35-12 Para 2-29m, which reads that Bush's local commander "will
direct an investigation as to why the individual failed to accomplish the
medical examination."
[Aeronautical Orders, Number 87, 29 Sept 72; AFM 35-13, Para 2-29m]

Where Are The Complete Results Of The Required Investigation Into Bush's
Absence From The Exam?

FACT: The order suspending Bush from flight duty stated: "Verbal orders of
the Comdr on 1 Aug 72 suspending 1STLT George W. Bush.from flying status are
confirmed.Reason for Suspension: Failure to accomplish annual medical
examination. Off will comply with para 2-10, AFM 35-13. Authority: Para
2-29m, AFM 35-13. [Aeronautical Orders, Number 87, 29 September 1972,
emphasis added] Para 2-29m, AFM 35-13: "When a Rated Officer Fails To
Accomplish a Medical Examination Prescribed by AFM 160-1.(1)The local
commander who has authority to convene a Flying Evaluation Board will direct
an investigation as to why the individual failed to accomplish the medical
examination. After reviewing the findings of the investigation, the local
commander may convene a
Flying Evaluation Board or forward through command channels a detailed
report of the cir***stances which resulted in the officer's failure to
accomplish a medical examination, along with a recommendation that the
suspension be removed. (2) The individual's major command will forward the
report along with the command recommendation to USAFMPC/DPMAJD, Randolph AFB
TX 78148 for final determination." [Para 2-29m, AFM 35-13, emphasis added]

Why Did Bush Specifically Request NOT To Be Sent Overseas For Duty?

FACT: Bush's Application Indicated Bush Did Not Volunteer for Overseas Duty.
On Bush's application to the 147th Fighter Group at Ellington Air Force Base
in Texas, Bush was asked what his "Area Assignment Preferences" were. Bush
checked the box beside "Do Not Volunteer" for overseas duty. [Application
for Extended Duty With The United States Air Force, 5/27/68]

Why Does The White House Say Bush Was On Base When Bush's Superiors Had
Filed A Report Saying He Was Gone For A Whole Year?

FACT: Bush's Superiors Were Unable to Evaluate Him for a Full Year, Saying
he "Has Not Been Observed at This Unit."May 2, 1973: Bush's superior
officers William D. Harris Jr. and Jerry B. Killian, wrote on his yearly
evaluation form, "Lt. Bush has not been observed at this unit during the
period of report," and that a "civilian occupation made it necessary for him
to move to Montgomery, Alabama. He cleared this base on 15 May 1972 and has
been performing equivalent training in a non flying status with the 187 Tac
Recon Gp, Dannelly ANG Base, Alabama." [AF-77, 2 May 73, emphasis added]

..But the White House Claims Bush was on Base the Same Day Superiors Filed
Report.
White House release says Bush paid on May 2, 1973, the very day his
superiors reported, "Lt. Bush has not been observed at this unit during the
period of report." [2nd Q 1973 pay record]

FACT: Bush's Superior Officer Says He Would Have Known If Bush Had Reported
for Duty.
November 12, 1973: Rufus G. Martin signed a report on Bush's evaluation,
saying Bush was "Not rated for the period 1 May 72 through 30 April 73."
[AF-77a, 12 Nov 73, emphasis added] Boston Globe: "But retired colonel
Martin, the unit's former administrative officer, said he too thought Bush
had been in Alabama for that entire year. Harris and Killian, he said, would
have known if Bush returned to duty at Ellington." [Boston Globe, 5/23/00,
emphasis added]

Why Is The Pentagon Under Orders Not To Discuss Bush's Record With
Reporters?

FACT: Freedom of Information Officers Under Orders From Senior Pentagon
Officials To Ignore Requests on Bush Files. According to the Spokane
Spokesman-Review, "at the National Guard Bureau, now headed by a Bush
appointee from Texas, officials last week said they were under orders not to
answer questions. The bureau's chief historian said he couldn't discuss
questions about Bush's military service on orders from the Pentagon. 'If it
has to do with George W. Bush, the Texas Air National Guard or the Vietnam
War, I can't talk with you,' said Charles Gross, chief historian for the
National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. Rose Bird, Freedom of Information
Act officer for the bureau, said her office stopped taking records requests
on Bush's military service in mid-February and is directing all inquiries to
the Pentagon. She would not provide a reason. Air Force and Texas Air
National Guard officials did not respond to written questions about the
issue. James Hogan, a records coordinator at the Pentagon, said senior
Defense Department officials had directed the National Guard Bureau not to
respond
to questions about Bush's military records." [Spokane Spokesman-Review,
3/14/04, emphasis added]

--
-My Real Name

PRO-AMERICA / ANTI-BUSH
Be Patriotic: VOTE BUSH OUT

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