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Originally posted by Whit
Hey Tob, I was wondering what you thought about George Sr. pulling strings to get him in the Guard and away from the draft?
I admit, I don't have any links to the story, I kinda thought it was common knowledge. For all I know you don't believe that happened. I read about it in the paper in Dallas while Bush was running for Governor. As I recall, GW got moved from the 57th slot to the top of the list after Dads phone call. This means that someone else that earned the spot got bumped.
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To be honest, I have never looked into that aspect of it much. If someone has a link to some substantive information, I'd appreciate it.
If those allegations are true, then yes, I agree it was shirking his duty and using connections to get special treatment. It doesn't, however, reduce my faith in him as my current commander-in-chief.
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Anyway, this bugs me, but I've never served in the military. As a guy that just got the sand out of his boots I was wondering what your opinion was on just that. Leaving out the desertion thing entirely, of course.
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You must have me confused with someone else; my boots are still very much filled with sand! I'm just at a camp that has interent connections now.