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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (621307)	9/9/2004 10:04:10 PM
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New holes in Bush military record BY THOMAS M. DeFRANK, JAMES GORDON MEEK and CORKY SIEMASZKO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Thursday, September 9th, 2004 The Bush campaign was rocked yesterday by allegations that the Top Gun President was a substandard pilot who disobeyed a direct order while serving in the Texas Air National Guard. President Bush's commanding officer complained of being pressured to "sugarcoat" Bush's review despite his "failure to perform" to Guard standards and that Bush "made no attempt" to maintain his flight status. The picture of a privileged pilot getting preferential treatment at the height of the Vietnam War was the latest salvo in a political campaign where character and what happened 35 years ago have become an issue. A battery of new documents obtained by CBS' "60 Minutes" and the Boston Globe allege that Bush: # Escaped service in Vietnam because a Texas oilman pulled strings to get him into the Guard. # Disobeyed a direct order to get a physical. # Discussed how to skip drills for five months because he would be "too busy" working on a political campaign. # Failed to fulfill a pledge to join a Massachusetts Guard unit when he moved to Boston. The fresh charges came as the campaigns of Bush and John Kerry traded ugly accusations and questioned the honor of the candidates during the Vietnam quagmire.... ...Bush backers led by former Sen. Bob Dole fired back by unveiling a new anti-Kerry documentary called "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal." In it, former Vietnam POWs Ken Courdier and Paul Galanti claim their captors used Kerry's anti-war statements against them. Courdier also appeared in the Swift Boat ads. But in a Washington Post interview last month, ex-POW Phil Butler said Courdier and Galanti were "full of it." "We never heard a blooming thing about John Kerry while we were there," he said. nydailynews.com