TooMuchBlue

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2004-09-17

Burkett vs. the facts

It now seems pretty clear that Bush-hater Bill Burkett is the source of the forged documents. He claims to have either reconstructed or saved from the trash certain records about the retirement records of 1LT George W Bush, depending on when you ask him. Unfortunately, the facts do not hold out his claims, and it appears that the President did fulfill his requirements to the Guard, if only by a small margin. While we'd all prefer the President be a grade-A student, the difference between a C and an F is still the difference between an honorable and dishonorable discharge. "Youthful exuberance" leads us all to do things which are unwise. As long as he wasn't being dishonest or pushing for special favors, settling for a C on attendance doesn't bother me that much. And really, what tells us more about how he'll do as a Commander-in-Chief; three years as a First Lieutenant 30 years ago, or three and a half years as Commander-in-Chief? Contrast this with Kerry's voting record over the last 20 years. Many of the campaign promises he's making today are things he would have voted against from his seat in the Senate. If Kerry could win on his record, he would be pushing his record. If he could win on his leadership, he'd be talking about it constantly. Instead, he's running on a platform of "I'm not Bush", and according to today's Gallup poll results, losing by a fairly wide margin.

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