On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 04:43:22 -0000 (GMT), "John Deere"
wrote:

felton wrote:

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:14:50 -0000 (GMT), "John Deere"
wrote:

Since the White House only got copies of the documents this week, from
CBS,
for comment on the story, they maybe didn't have time to consult
multiple
experts on document authenticity and get the reports back. The blogs
beat
them to it. I suspect that if you asked GW if any of his dad's friends
put
in a good word for him to get him into the Air Guard, he would say, "I
assume they did, yes. Why not?" I don't think there were many doctor's
sons
who passed the draft physical, if they wanted to flunk it. Definitely
not
heroic, but not uncommon either. Bush would have been an officer (like
Kerry) in any case, and officers had more choices even when they ended
up
in Vietnam.

Philip Carroll wrote:

Well, Bush wouldn't have been an officer "like Kerry", as Bush
received a direct appointment, bypassing any required officer
training. The only case of that happening for a pilot, as far as I
have been able to determine. Kerry actually had to go to officer's
training. I suppose it was that 25 percentile that Bush scored that
qualified him to skip all that unnecessary officer training.

Don't bet your boat on that 25th percentile figure. I know where it comes
from and it's not from a news source. It's originally from a Bush-hater's
online list of all the grievous sins of GW Bush, most of which are complete
fabrications or the deliberate misreading of a military document. But if
you do bet on it, bet with another raving liberal that cares nothing for
the truth. Then you may have a chance.

Not from a news source?

FACT: Bush Scored in 25th Percentile on Pilot Aptitude Test. When Bush
applied for the Guard, his score on the Air Force pilot aptitude
section, one of five on the test, was in the 25th percentile, the
lowest allowed for would-be fliers. [Dallas Morning News, 7/4/99]

There are dozens of sources for this, and unless you include MSNBC as
a "Bush-haters online list", you are full of crap.

Feel free to find ONE source that disputes the 25 Percentile score,
other than your own opinion, and we can go from there.