I've had some drawn out discussions with people before about Bush's AWOL record. Ultimately, my own opinion is we can't use it to judge the man due to the break in his life from stopping alcohol. However, having recently seen a video which shows him at least strongly suggestive of being drunk in 1992, and also because others consider the issue of varying importance, I thought it worthwhile to post this.
Read the link, and understand that Bush was AWOL for not less than 7 months. Furthermore, understand that this is despite what I'd bet was a considerable effort to unearth a single person who or fact which could undermine this fact by the Bush campaign/republican party. Its looking to become a major election year issue, and there has been no backed up attempt to opppose it factually, most replies being couched definitionally and equivocatingly.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
To show that Bush has no qualms about sending others to fight his battles?
Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :
How bout this? (boldface mine)
quote: A few of those on the right have tried to compare Bush's behavior here to Bill Clinton's well-chronicled avoidance of the draft. The difference, of course, is not merely one of degree but substantively of kind: Clinton neither broke the law in his behavior, nor flouted or undermined basic rules of military conduct, nor wasted taxpayer dollars in the process.
Looks like some things never change.
I'd call him a deserter. He knew what he was doing; He knew he was breaking the law why thousands of young men who didn't have daddy's protection went out and died for a war that didn't really do any good.
He could have at least shown up. I mean, if this was Clinton or Gore, the Republicans would be all over this like flies on honey.