Guard Supervisor Wrote to Bush's Father

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20040918/ap_on_el_pr/bush_guard_records

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The officer in charge of the unit where Bush took his basic training wrote to then-Rep. George H.W. Bush in 1968. The officer's letter was not released Friday, but the elder Bush's reply was: "That a major general in the Air Force would take interest in a brand new Air Force trainee made a big impression on me."

Bush, who was elected president 20 years later, wrote that his son "will be a gung-ho member" of the Air Force, and its instructors had "helped awaken the very best instincts in my son."

Democrats called the exchange proof of preferential treatment.

The letter and other material were the latest in a stream of documents released about President Bush's service three decades ago during the Vietnam War. His critics say Bush received preferential treatment as the son of a congressman and U.N. ambassador. Critics have also questioned why Bush skipped a required medical examination in 1972 and failed to show up for drills during a six-month period that year.

[leftchick]

1. Woopsie... Thou doth protest too much!

LOL!

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Besides the letter from Bush's father, the latest documents contain news releases that the Texas Air National Guard sent to Houston newspapers in 1970 about young Bush, then a second lieutenant and new pilot. "George Bush is one member of the younger generation who doesn't get his kicks from pot or hashish or speed," the news release said. "Oh, he gets high, all right, but not from narcotics."


Three decades later, a new book by Kitty Kelley alleges that Bush used cocaine while he was a student at Yale University and later at Camp David, Md., while his father was president. Bush spokesmen have denied the charges.

[Cocoa]

2. lol, look at this part

Besides the letter from Bush's father, the latest documents contain news releases that the Texas Air National Guard sent to Houston newspapers in 1970 about young Bush, then a second lieutenant and new pilot. "George Bush is one member of the younger generation who doesn't get his kicks from pot or hashish or speed," the news release said. "Oh, he gets high, all right, but not from narcotics."


Three decades later, a new book by Kitty Kelley alleges that Bush used cocaine while he was a student at Yale University and later at Camp David, Md., while his father was president. Bush spokesmen have denied the charges.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

Long thread here:

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