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zimv20
Feb 13, 2004, 01:11 PM
link (http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/7932511.htm)


George W. Bush left his Texas Air National Guard assignment and moved to Alabama in 1972 even though the Air Force denied his request for a transfer, according to his military records.

In fact, Bush did not even ask for an official transfer until nine days after he moved to Alabama in May 1972.

The Air Force quickly rejected Bush's request, saying the fighter pilot was "ineligible" to move to the Alabama unit Bush wanted - a squadron of postal handlers.

Nevertheless, Bush stayed in Alabama until his Texas commanders finally gave him written authorization five months later to train there.

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if true, it does fit a pattern in bush that i've observed -- he holds himself above the laws, standards and rules to which most of the rest of us adhere.



wwworry
Feb 13, 2004, 04:41 PM
I wonder what he would look like in a mailman suit.

pseudobrit
Feb 13, 2004, 04:46 PM
Noting's changed I see. He just does whatever he wants and lets someone else sort the mess out later.

Thirty years on, he did the same thing with Iraq.

revenuee
Feb 13, 2004, 05:02 PM
defiance is key -- good for you george