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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (31423)	2/25/2004 5:14:38 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793600

'....I heard someone say that a nexus-lexus search at that time showed only about 50-100 hits on the Bush story..... Clinton's story turned up 13,000 hits...." I find that claim highly suspicious. I don't recall Clinton's draft dodging was not a major news item in 1992 in the print media. It certainly was not reflected in how the major networks covered the story either (10 times - see below). Where are the other 12,990 hits?.... ABC, CBS and NBC Give Bush “AWOL” Charge Double the 1992 Coverage of Clinton’s Draft Dodging <font size=4> ....The networks followed McAuliffe’s agenda. From Feb. 1- 16, ABC, CBS and NBC aired 63 National Guard stories or interview segments on their morning and evening news programs. That’s far more coverage than Bill Clinton’s draft-dodging scandal received in 1992. Back then, the three evening newscasts offered 10 stories on Clinton’s complete evasion of service; this year, those same broadcasts pumped out 25 stories on whether Bush’s acknowledged service was fully documented..... <font size=3> mediaresearch.org __________________________________________________________ "And BTW, many of Bob Doles campaign commercials included clips of him in a military hospital and in full uniform....so yes, he did run as a war hero. " This link seems to be completely at odds with your assertion........ cnn.com

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (31423)	2/25/2004 9:53:22 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793600

Bush's story got a lot of traction in 2000 in the Boston Globe, that did the investigation. I'm not sure how much it got in the rest of the country. Bob Dole certainly let people know that he was a wounded WWII vet. But he didn't run on his war-hero status; he didn't claim in gave him special insight into military affairs, or special fitness to hold office. He never to my recollection said or implied that Bill Clinton was unfit to hold office because he lacked military experience. Dole ran primarily on his long experience in the Senate. Whereas John Kerry....