Randy Davis
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Bush Avoided the Vietnam War
Just like Dan Quayle and Steve Forbes, two other politically-connected rich kids, Bush Junior joined his home state's National Guard.
It's not clear how he got past the waiting list, but his dad was a U.S. Congressman at the time, and his grandfather was a famous U.S. Senator.
Instead of going to Vietnam, he flew cool jet planes around Texas, valiantly defending us against the Mexican air force.
His political connections got him a sweet deal -- they not only got him into the National Guard, and got him the last (rare) training slot for pilots despite the fact that he scored the lowest allowable score - 25/100 - on a pilot's aptitude test, but he was assigned to fly an older plane (the F102) which was being phased out at the time, which meant that he had no chance at all of going to Vietnam.
On this issue, too, Bush has weaseled in a manner eerily reminiscent of Bill Clinton. He claims that he joined the guard to fly planes, just like his dad.
But George Bush, Senior, a genuine war hero, joined the Navy, not the National Guard.
Both the Navy and Air Force had plenty of openings when Bush Jr. joined, but he chose the stateside Guard.
Furthermore, his enlistment form had a check box to indicate whether you volunteered to go the Vietnam or not. His was checked NO, but now he claims that the clerks there often filled that part out and checked NO for you.
Once he joined, Bush was promoted to First Lieutenant in just 4 months, a very short time, and was given several months off to work on a political campaign.
He was also released 6 months early to work on another campaign.
Just like Dan Quayle and Steve Forbes, two other politically-connected rich kids, Bush Junior joined his home state's National Guard.
It's not clear how he got past the waiting list, but his dad was a U.S. Congressman at the time, and his grandfather was a famous U.S. Senator.
Instead of going to Vietnam, he flew cool jet planes around Texas, valiantly defending us against the Mexican air force.
His political connections got him a sweet deal -- they not only got him into the National Guard, and got him the last (rare) training slot for pilots despite the fact that he scored the lowest allowable score - 25/100 - on a pilot's aptitude test, but he was assigned to fly an older plane (the F102) which was being phased out at the time, which meant that he had no chance at all of going to Vietnam.
On this issue, too, Bush has weaseled in a manner eerily reminiscent of Bill Clinton. He claims that he joined the guard to fly planes, just like his dad.
But George Bush, Senior, a genuine war hero, joined the Navy, not the National Guard.
Both the Navy and Air Force had plenty of openings when Bush Jr. joined, but he chose the stateside Guard.
Furthermore, his enlistment form had a check box to indicate whether you volunteered to go the Vietnam or not. His was checked NO, but now he claims that the clerks there often filled that part out and checked NO for you.
Once he joined, Bush was promoted to First Lieutenant in just 4 months, a very short time, and was given several months off to work on a political campaign.
He was also released 6 months early to work on another campaign.
Hmmm?