2004 Presidential Election
Here's a link to FreeRepublic.com. The author says that he spoke with Brigadier General William R. Turnipseed and the general is angry that his comments about President Bush's Alabama National Guard Service have been cherry-picked and misrepresented. From the post, "Bush was never ordered to report for duty to his unit. Since Bush was in the Texas National Guard and Turnipseed was in the Alabama National Guard, he couldn't have ordered him even if he had wanted to. But he didn't want to ... Additionally, Turnipseed says that he never once said anything about Bush being 'AWOL.' He said it isn't even a term used in the National Guard. And anyway, as already noted, Bush's training record was not his concern, but the Texas National Guard's. He said that since the Texas National Guard gave him an honorable discharge it shows that he fulfilled his training requirements." There you go, straight from the horses mouth. You gotta love weblogs. Thanks to Blogs For Bush for the link.
Mike Littwin profiles John Kerry in his column in today's Rocky Mountain News [February 7, 2004, "Littwin: Despite his 'wrong vote,' Kerry thrives"]. Says Littwin, "If Kerry wins, he's the Democratic war hero running against a president whose record during Vietnam is, at best, unclear and, at worst, more than unclear. Obviously, being a war hero hardly guarantees election. Bill Clinton beat both the senior Bush and Bob Dole. But for Republicans, especially those who have made a living questioning the patriotism of Democrats, it could be strangely unnerving to see a Democratic war hero running for president. Certainly, Kerry has flaws as a campaigner. And he may well be a waffler or, as Dean calls him, 'a talker, not a doer' with an unimpressive Senate record. But if you're looking for a basis for Kerry's so-called electability, you can find it on a Swift boat on a river during a war that never seems to end."
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