July 24, 2002

10:37 AM

"Verbal orders of the Comdr on 1 Aug. 72 suspending 1st Lt. George W. Bush ... from flying status are confirmed... Reason for suspension: failure to accomplish medical examination." Did I miss this 2 yrs ago? Did you? From page: "Year of refusing to take medical: 1972 Year drug testing implemented in military medical exams: 1972 When pinned down, George W. Bush said he has not taken drugs "since 1974." Era: Viet Nam war, young men drafted and required to go to Viet Nam. George Bush: after suspension, was able to "choose" to undertake civilian duty. Later, was assigned to disciplinary duties in Denver. " The best part is the the things News Editors said when this was sent to them.
posted by bas67 (19 comments total)

I heard about it and, like most voters, voted for the other guy.

Boy, don't I look silly!
posted by NortonDC at 10:41 AM on July 24, 2002

It could be he was taking a courageous stand against mandatory drug testing...?

::ducks::
posted by UncleFes at 10:52 AM on July 24, 2002

oh come on!!
where are the staunch defenders?
Where are those fair, righteous mefi members who will come to the aid of their fair leader?
posted by das_2099 at 10:59 AM on July 24, 2002

I wonder if Major James R Bath realized during his later years selling weed out his van, that he could have been the leader of the free world with the right family connections.
posted by machaus at 11:03 AM on July 24, 2002

I'm not going to defend him just cuz he's white, das.
posted by insomnyuk at 11:04 AM on July 24, 2002

hey das, that dork is not my leader. at best he's a housesitter who checks the mail and makes bad decisions.
posted by RubiX^3 at 11:08 AM on July 24, 2002

Who cares?
-- Dan Engler, Member, MEFI
posted by Danelope at 11:22 AM on July 24, 2002

Will the first person who was 18-24 years of age in 1972 and who did not smoke any dope whatsoever, inhaled or not, while in that age bracket, go right ahead and throw the first stone.
posted by beagle at 11:29 AM on July 24, 2002

At least I'm not running a hypocritical "war on drugs" or an equally fake war on terrorism.
posted by MaddCutty at 11:41 AM on July 24, 2002

beagle: it's not smoking the dope that's the problem - it's the lying about it afterward. This is an argument a Republican president should be able to understand.
posted by Mars Saxman at 11:56 AM on July 24, 2002

Mars,

It's also an argument the Clinton haters should understand. As in "It's not about the sex, it's about the lying!" I hear lying is an impeachable offense of the highest order. Shall we start building the gallows?
posted by nofundy at 12:17 PM on July 24, 2002

One of the editors said:

"Trying to publicize this information at this point, without enough time to fully investigate any facts is far below the integrity one would expect from any organization [sic]."

And really, that's true. This was aberrantly released days before the election.
posted by delmoi at 12:34 PM on July 24, 2002

*aperrantly

God, I have got to start paying more attention while spellchecking
posted by delmoi at 12:35 PM on July 24, 2002

apparently so!
posted by modge at 12:50 PM on July 24, 2002

Maybe it's just me, but they would seem a lot more credible if they weren't using that BLINK tag.
posted by Gilbert at 1:11 PM on July 24, 2002

blink? who uses netscape? talk about credibility?
posted by machaus at 1:18 PM on July 24, 2002

"I read this in Newsweek in April.."
Jim Turpin, News Director WAVY-TV 10/WVBT-TV Fox 43

ohmygosh!!
these stations are in my city!!

the conspiracy finally strikes home
posted by daHIFI at 3:08 PM on July 24, 2002

What am I missing.

Year of refusing to take medical: 1972
Year drug testing implemented in military medical exams: 1972
When pinned down, George W. Bush said he has not taken drugs "since 1974."

How does this indicate a lie?
posted by cedar at 3:43 PM on July 24, 2002

all those [sic]s make me dizzy
posted by dfowler at 8:25 AM on July 25, 2002