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. Perhaps
that is why Bush was under the impression that the order to take his
annual physical was optional, as well.



Funny, the Bush camp isn't denying their authenticity.
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'60 Minutes' Documents on Bush Might Be Fake
By Robert B. Bluey
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
September 09, 2004