July 23, 2004
Friday Surprise?
Though I suspect that there are few who even raise their eyebrows at this disclosure:
WASHINGTON (AP) � The Pentagon on Friday released payroll records from President Bush's 1972 service in the Alabama National Guard, saying its earlier contention the records were destroyed was an "inadvertent oversight."Surely you never believed that this stuff was lost or destroyed. This is all a matter of the administration decided when they will release material.The two computerized payroll record sheets cover July through September of 1972, when Bush was working as a campaign volunteer in Alabama. The future president had been transferred from the Texas Air National Guard to the Alabama unit so he could stay in Alabama.
Oh, Thomas over at The Gadflyer notes:
Bush�s payroll sheet apparently shows that he logged NO flight time during this period when he was working on a Republican Senate campaign.I don't think this is that big a deal as, if memory serves, he was actually suspended from flying beginning 8/1/72 because he had avoided taking his required physical for some reason.
It will be interesting to see what the folks who have studied the bush record in depth have to say about what this release adds to our understanding of bush's performance.
Via Pacific Views.
Posted by Steve on July 23, 2004
