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   XPost: alt.society.liberalism   
   From: kenpask@usa.net   
      
   Tazmanian Devil wrote:   
      
   >Republican Operatives Dig Up 'Witness' to Bush Duty - Do We Smell a   
   >'Jessica Lynch' Production?   
   >   
   >If something sounds too good to be true... Lt. Col. John "Bill" Calhoun   
   >has come forward to "prove" that Bush did serve in the Alabama Guard on   
   >THE VERY WEEK the AWOL story finally hits the mainstream media. The GOP   
   >claims Calhoun contacted them in 2000. Yeah, right - like they would   
   >keep that secret! So now they have Calhoun laying it on with a trowel:   
   >"I saw him each drill period. He was very aggressive about doing his   
   >duty there. He never complained about it. ... He was very dedicated to   
   >what he was doing in the Guard. He showed up on time and he left at the   
   >end of the day.'' Meanwhile, two other Alabama guardsmen have come   
   >forward to say Bush NEVER showed up. Hey Rove, that's 2 to 1, and the   
   >two are working WITHOUT a script!   
   >http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3744759,00.html   
   >   
   >   
   You should read the article a little more carefully.  It's more than 2 to 1.   
   "The 187th's former commander, retired Brig. Gen. William Turnipseed,   
   has said he doesn't remember Bush ever turning up on base, and more than   
   a dozen members of the 800-person unit, including its commander, told   
   The Associated Press this week they have no recollection of Bush.   
   Critics have made much of the fact that the White House has failed to   
   produce anyone who could remember seeing Bush there."   
      
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