CBS Bush Memos Fakes? Nahh!

Bush's sketchy record in the National Guard is no secret. New reports from the Boston Globe have revisited the issues in question:

The reexamination of Bush's records by the Globe, along with interviews with military specialists who have reviewed regulations from that era, show that Bush's attendance at required training drills was so irregular that his superiors could have disciplined him or ordered him to active duty in 1972, 1973, or 1974. But they did neither. In fact, Bush's unit certified in late 1973 that his service had been 'satisfactory" -- just four months after Bush's commanding officer wrote that Bush had not been seen at his unit for the previous 12 months.

Now, memos uncovered and publicized by CBS' 60 Minutes show details concerning Bush's failure to fulfill requirements. Special treatment is again noted towards Bush, to the point where one of his superiors protests: "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job." The memos were immediately called into question as to their authenticity. This seems only natural, considering the nature of content. The claim is that the memos use proportional spacing not used on most typing equipment from the time period. Especially noted is the "th" printed together instead of spaced evenly as on an IBM pre-Selectric typewriter from that time:



See a further explanation of this problem here.

It would not have been impossible for someone to plant fake documents. However, would such an act be necessary or probable in this case? The new memos pretty much tell us what has been already discovered through other sources regarding Bush's poor efforts in the National Guard. Is there something new here that would require a forgery? I don't see it.

We have added the memos to the Urbanstar archives in PDF format:

New Bush National Guard Memos

Let the mud sling

It looks like the presidential campaign is in full swing. In other words, accusation and mud slinging has begun. The first salvos have come from the vice-presidential candidates. Mr. Cheney, just how is John Kerry being elected going to cause a terror attack? Didn't the current administration blow off reports of an planned attack on the U.S. a month before the attack on the World Trade Center? Hasn't the invasion and occupation of Iraq fueled Al-Qaeda and helped them recruit many new followers? (Note to Zell Miller [news - website]: we are occupying Iraq.) I'm sorry, but, I don't see us being any safer under a second Bush term than under John Kerry. I'm hoping that Kerry has the insight to focus on the economy and how Bush has ignored the problems of the common man in his push to bring his form of democracy to the oil fields of Iraq.

I also want a discussion about the current mess of a health care system we have. During the Republican convention last week there was some talk about reforming(deforming) the system. But, all I heard were plans to give insurance and drug companies more leverage and income. We did that last year in passing Medicare reform.

One last thought for right now: we need to re-elect Russ Fiengold [news - website] to the Senate. He is one of the few senators who has the guts to say and do what he feels is correct. My best guess his opponent will be Russ Darrow [news - website]. We don't need to have another car dealer in Washington. Feingold is one senator who will listen to his constituents as evidenced by his holding meetings in every county in the state every year. You can even see what was discussed at these meetings on his Senate web site. I urge everyone to support his re-election. He will have a rough fight against Darrow. After all, when was the last time a car salesman told you the truth?

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