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To: LindyBill who wrote (55194)	9/9/2004 9:12:32 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 89467

Lame, like you.

To: LindyBill who wrote (55194)	9/9/2004 9:44:53 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Where was George? ____________________ SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD Thursday, September 9, 2004 In times of war, especially controversial war, it is legitimate to examine the military bona fides of the commander in chief and anyone who would be commander in chief. Sen. John Kerry has learned that the hard way as his service in Vietnam has been questioned in response to his "reporting for duty" approach at the Democratic convention. And with more than 1,000 U.S. dead in Iraq, the controversy over President Bush's service -- or lack thereof -- in the Texas Air National Guard will not go away. The Boston Globe reported yesterday that an analysis of military records shows that Bush "fell well short of meeting his military obligation" in the late '60s and early '70s and he did not face the prescribed punishments for doing so. The allegations, first raised by The Globe in 2000, have returned with new fervor. And the exposure of a Bush campaign connection to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attack on Kerry naturally spurs new interest in Bush's National Guard record and renews questions of strings being pulled to help a privileged son avoid Vietnam through a coveted slot in the Guard. If it's fair game to question whether Kerry earned the medals he was awarded for his tour of duty in the Vietnam War, it's fair game, too, to question whether Bush earned what amounted to his deferment from that war. seattlepi.nwsource.com