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To: unclewest who wrote (69648)	9/12/2004 8:41:33 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793688

The DNC is not very military savvy. Locally it has been running an add supporting my state's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, but they are calling him a Vietnam combat veteran despite the fact that he was an intelligence officer who never saw combat. The guy never claimed to have combat experience and asked them to remove the add, but I see it's still running.

To: unclewest who wrote (69648)	9/12/2004 8:41:35 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793688

Problem is that the average American (myself included) doesn't know how the military operates and so the Dems can say this stuff and people take it at face value. And the Bush campaign does a lousy job of clarifying it.

To: unclewest who wrote (69648)	9/13/2004 3:54:12 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793688

DNC TO LAUNCH FRESH ATTACK ON BUSH GUARD DUTY: WILL RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT 1978 CAMPAIGN LIT Exclusive drudgereport.com XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN SEPT 12, 2004 19:02:38 ET XXXXX Faster than a CBS eye can blink, dogged Dems are set to take to the airwaves anew hoping to keep questions about President Bush's National Guard duty in play, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Candidate Kerry apparently has rejected former President Clinton's advice not to get further locked in a 2004 Vietnam quagmire. "George W. Bush's campaign literature claimed that he 'served in the U.S. Air Force.' The only problem? He didn't," slams a new DNC press release set for distribution. Dems will attempt to increase the heat on Bush ahead of his planned Tuesday address before The National Guard Association gathering in Las Vegas. In 2000, Bush opened his National Guard Association speech: "General, I am reporting for duty." MORE Kerry plans to speak to the group on Thursday, but he personally hold back questioning Bush's service, sources explain. The coordinated nationwide effort this week by the DNC has been code-named "Operation Fortunate Son." "George Bush has a clear pattern of lying about his military service," DNC Communications Director Jano Cabrera blasts in the new release. "From 1978 to the present day, George Bush has refused to tell voters the truth about his service. It's time for the President to come clean." "Flyers distributed to Texas voters during Bush's failed Congressional race say 'he served in the U.S. Air Force and the Texas Air National Guard.' But according to Air Force officials, Air National Guardsmen are not counted as members of the active-duty Air Force." MORE