Did anybody consider that in May 1972, when Bush went AWOL....

[TruthIsAll]

Watergate was about to explode?

That Dirty Tricks Master Donald Segretti, with the help of protege Karl Rove, was about to disrupt the Democrats throughout the campaign?

Just wondering, but isn't the timing suspicious? Bush was AWOL during the period of Watergate, from Summer 1972 to Winter 1973.

And Daddy Bush was RNC Chairman in 1973.

Connect the Dots
1973:
Nixon...> Bush I...> Segretti...> Rove...>Bush II

[KC21304]

1. Was Daddy RNC chairman at that time ?

I may be off by a few years.

[TruthIsAll]

5. Well, almost...

Karl Rove
Senior Advisor to the President

Biography:

Political Background:

Special Assistant to Republican National Committee Chairman George H.W. Bush, 1973-74;

Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. William Clements, 1981; Executive Director of the Fund for Limited Government, 1977-78; Chief Strategist for President George W. Bush's Presidential Campaign, 1999; Senior Advisor to the President George W. Bush; 2000-present.

[proud patriot]

2. hmmmmmmmmm

are you thinking he was part of the dirty tricks ?

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Bush* went AWOL because he had caine in his system.

Can't take a physical with caine in your system. The missing year was covered up. Just like him getting a new drivers license in Texas was a cover up. Why would anyone do that? Cocaine arrest?

[stanwyck]

6. What's this new spin

about Bush making up the drill time on weekends? Apparently Wolf Blitzer was throwing out this sludge. Wouldn't there be some proof of this "weekend" training. Can't the Bushies come up with verifiable proof that Bush completed his service? I don't understand this. My mother was able to obtain our German ancestors' military records from the 19th century. My son is a Marine and I can't believe the meticulous paperwork detailing when/when/with whom/and how his training is progressing. My father, a WWII veteran, has a scrapbook full of photos, medals, certificates, and paperwork. You would think a man with Bush's resources could show his country proof of his military service. And what about his statement to the Houston Chronicle when he was governor: "I've been to war. And I've been the father of twins. Raising twins is tougher." Cute. (I'm a mother of twins). But when and where was he at war? Could Tim Russert ask him that on MTP this weekend?

[demosincebirth]

10. Tough avdversaries

He was at war with his demons...booze and drugs. They are tough adversaries!

[DemoTex]

15. You left out his other, bigger, demon:

Pretzels.

[newyawker99]

27. Hi augie38!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[NNN0LHI]

11. Wonder if the Guardsmen in Iraq right now would like to make up their...

...time at some later date and come home right now for a year to work on a political campaign? Wolf's spin don't wash.

Don

[DemoTex]

17. I campaigned for Jimmy Carter for Ga. governor in Vietnam.

I pushed Carter with my fellow Georgians and arranged absentee ballots for them. I would have much rather been campaigning in Atlanta and drinking beer every night at that Democratic haven, Manuel's (Manuel Maloof, prop.).

BTW: If you are a Democrat and don't know who Manuel Maloof is, you need to get with it. I think a couple of Atlanta DU socials have been held at Manuel's in Virginia-Highlands.

[Karenina]

21. And check out oneighty's

up close and personal account of circumstances beyond his control that resulted in his being AOL in 1952. ALL DOCUMENTED!!! Hmmmm...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1089815

[spanone]

37. His father became the HEAD of the CIA

Poppy bush had the wherewithall to scrub the shrub* military records every way possible. The truth was probably destroyed some 30 years ago.

[KC21304]

4. Well, what da ya know !

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/presidents/george-hw-bush/


Check out his debate performance. I don't think W could do any worse.

[welshTerrier2]

7. Great Last Line

i followed the link you provided ... here was the very last entry on the page ... now who would do such a thing ...

26 Apr 1999 Former President George HW Bush: "I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the names of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors."

[TruthIsAll]

8. Kick and ask the question..where were you in '72?

..

[KamaAina]

9. And wasn't Bush* working for Winton Blount in Ala.?

right before he went AWOL?

no tyro, Blount, when it comes to dirty tricks, either.

[ThoughtCriminal]

20. I remember they had a really dumb ad

Warning Alabama voters that if they did not vote a straight ticket , they might vote for McGovern by mistake (Mark the big X, Pull the big lever). Didn't work.

[bushwakker]

34. That was really thoughtful of them

very funny, love this kind of stuff. must have been awol's idea.

[TruthIsAll]

35. Ok, kids, you have come up with your first nugget...

Keep digging...

[never cry wolf]

12. shrubbie worked for 41's campaign

According to "The Fortunate Son" he was called the enforcer.

[dumpster_baby]

13. also, the draft ended about then....

as for the Watergate link, well, carry on, as they say...

[NNN0LHI]

22. The draft ened in 1973. Long after Chimpy went AWOL. Thanks anyway n/t

[DemoTex]

14. Don't forget that Poppy and Robert Mosbacher were bagmen for Nixon.

Of course Poppy, Mosbacher, and James Baker were old CIA operatives too. By all indications, Bu$h Jr's AWOL partner, James Bath, did a trick or two for the CIA himself (and later, as a sleazy used-jet broker, sold a Saberliner 65 to one of the Bin Laden brothers). All sorts of shit happening in the early 70s.

[TomNickell]

16. He was already working on inventing...

that EarthQuake machine.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Pete Rose and Babe Ruth!

Get a life.

[TruthIsAll]

18. So you are saying that GWB could not have met Rove in '72-'73?

Karl Rove
Senior Advisor to the President
Special Assistant to Republican National Committee Chairman George H.W. Bush, 1973-74;

We know GWB was AWOL (deserter) during this period. Don't you think there is a chance he went to visit Poppy? And if he did, wouldn't he have met Rove also?

Typical TomNIckell. So quick to perform your Queeg act.

[TruthIsAll]

19. So you are saying that GWB could not have met Rove in '72-'73?

Karl Rove
Senior Advisor to the President
Special Assistant to Republican National Committee Chairman George H.W. Bush, 1973-74;

We know GWB was AWOL (deserter) during this period. Don't you think there is a chance he went to visit Poppy? And if he did, wouldn't he have met Rove also?

Typical TomNIckell. So quick to perform your Queeg act.

[KC21304]

26. I believe that the link in my post #4 does say that

Bush's daddy was RNC chairman during Watergate. I guess 41 would have had too much on his plate to keep his eye on little shrub. Though shrub would have been 26 yrs old at that time, so he should have been able to take care of himself.

[TomNickell]

30. I'm saying there's no more evidence than that...

Bush is a Space Alien.

Sure, he could've been doing a -lot- of things. He could've been on a mission for the CIA. Could have been robbing banks. Could have been working as a gigolo. Could have just been a lazy frat boy trying to get laid. Could have been taking courses in auto mechanics. Could have been taking a correspondence course in art appreciation.

More likely he was drunk on his ass.

You add no evidence or argument. Just speculation.
This only detracts from serious questions and discussions.

[TruthIsAll]

31. We agree. Just speculation on my part. But it seems a logical

question to ask. If Bush was AWOL for such a long period of time, as he was, it is very reasonable to assume that he would be spending this time with Poppy who got him into TANG in the first place.

Remember, Bush obviously knew Poppy would protect him. And if he met with Poppy, he may well have met with Rove.

Sure. Just speculating. But based on what we know Bush is capable of, this is not wild speculation.

He has never fully accounted for his whereabouts for the time period in question.

[latebloomer]

23. I doubt it

Georgie was a loose cannon, a drunk and a druggie, at that time. I doubt he could have been tasked with anything more challenging than taking out the garbage.

Methinks you give him too much credit.

[Karenina]

24. Truth IS all and will out.

Now works for me. You too? Thanx TIA for your tireless efforts to honor TRUTH. :loveya:

The smirking *dauphin is a slimy self-absorbed shirker. (Latebloomer, do you really think he could even handle the garbage? ;-) ) He's also the frontman for the most rapacious, vicious, Tyrannasaurus Rex of a *corporate monster the world has ever seen, one that will devour billions in its jaws if not stopped.

JOB ONE is getting the *puppet OFF the stage. The sooner, the better.

I'm SEEING this AWOL picture ripping the mask off. Took dozens of THOUSANDS of death to get us here, but HERE we ARE.

HE'S GOING DOWN!!! Let's help the poor thing along,eh! Just keep asking the question REAL LOUD. "HEY THERE, DUBYA-DOO, WHERE WERE YOU IN 72?" Oh, lookee here below! Seems somebody else also be a-s-k-i-n-g...


Q Scott, you expressed some outrage this morning that Democrats are questioning whether President Bush shirked his military duty with the Texas Air National Guard. Is the White House trying to come up with any records or any eye-witnesses to demonstrate that he did show up for his last two years in Alabama?

MR. McCLELLAN: Terry, I would just say that it was a shame that this issue was brought up four years ago during the campaign, and it is a shame that it is being brought up again. The President fulfilled his duties. The President was honorably discharged.

Q Scott, can I follow that up?

MR. McCLELLAN: Do you have a follow-up?

<snip>


Weeeyyylll... Seems Ms. Norah did...

Q Scott, can I ask you about, again, the National Guard thing? As you know, the President was committed to a six-year term, and what's at issue is the last two years. And the commander of the Alabama unit in which Bush was assigned in 1972 said that Lt. Bush never showed. That is absent without leave, otherwise known as AWOL, which is the charge that the Democrats are making. Can you be specific then about those last two years which are in question --

MR. McCLELLAN: Norah, we already have been specific. We were specific four years ago when this shameful accusation was made. I think you need to go back and look at the facts. The President was honorably discharged. He fulfilled his duties. It is really sad that people are now stooping to this level once again. And people should condemn this.

Q So where was he, then, in that period when his commander says he did not appear?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040203-4.html


Can I hear an AMEN?

[TruthIsAll]

29. Amen, sister...

The president was honorably discharged...The president was honorably discharged...The president was honorably discharged...

He got into the TANG at the last minute after scoring 25% on the exam, skipping over the waiting line, because of his daddy..

He got a promotion in record time because of his daddy.

He got off from being charged for desertion because of his daddy.

He had his military records scrubbed because of his daddy.

Want more of this?

[Karenina]

32. New drivers' license

SCOTUS "appointment," and on and on and on. Remember that "character" thing we heard so much about, way back in the wayback?

[TacticalPeek]

25. Kick.

[Karenina]

28. That's not how you spell amen.

.

[TruthIsAll]

33. Weekend kick

.

[TruthIsAll]

36. Connecting dots...Roger that...

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