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To: Joe NYC who wrote (202624)	9/17/2004 6:06:12 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578397

despite the fact that I follow politics more than an average person, the issue of Bush's National GUard service is barely tangential to the selection of the president. I live outside the US, and have never seen a Swift boat ad or Bush military record ad, so I agree with you completely. What's amazing is how much of the posts here (and I imagine the political discussion back home) revolves around what is essentially marketing by the two political parties. Come on people, concentrate on the issues that matter to you, not the ones the two parties tell you you must pay attention to! Elroy

To: Joe NYC who wrote (202624)	9/17/2004 8:21:13 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578397

I am taking your word for it, because, despite the fact that I follow politics more than an average person, the issue of Bush's National GUard service is barely tangential to the selection of the president. The latest 'lost' document 'found' and released by the WH last week confirms that Bush did not sign up for a new NG unit in Boston. Suppose that the charges that Bush's NG service was not 100% satisfied, but only 80%. So what? That's still a B, which is above average overall, good enough for most people. Huh? This isn't some college course........its the military. He failed to live up to his military commitments. He got a D. Not only that, but because he was the son of a congressman, he got away with it. He went AWOL with no repercussions. Those don't sound like good qualifications to be president. I don't think there is anybody in this country who does not know about Bush's youthful indiscretions. So what? You may look upon them as youthful indiscretions but to me they suggest bad judgment. And his bad judgment continues to plague him to this day. It was bad judgment that got us into Iraq. Dems just wasted a week on an irrelevant issue, stumbled on it, since their chief accuser is trafficking forged documents to support the charges, and all they did is show Bush in uniform looking good and some of the viewers will compare that to image of Kerry from that time accusing US soldiers of being war criminals. Wasted? I don't know......most polls now show Bush's post RNC lead to have been reduced dramatically. ted