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Bush's Right Stuff

Despite the campaign by the media to discredit President Bush, there have been a couple of interesting articles about President Bush's background. One is a letter to the editor of the Washington Times by another Lieutenant who served at the same time in the Air National Guard. (via Instapundit)

The Bush critics do not comprehend the dangers of fighter aviation at any time or place, in Vietnam or at home, when they say other such pilots were risking their lives or even dying while Lt. Bush was in Texas. Our Texas ANG unit lost several planes right there in Houston during Lt. Bush's tenure, with fatalities. Just strapping on one of those obsolescing F-102s was risking one's life.

There's a lot more by COL. WILLIAM CAMPENNI, read it.
The other discusses the President's academic background from Harvard Business School. Maybe a young George Bush coasted in his undergraduate studies at Yale, according to this fellow, he couldn't have done that at HBS. (via Horsefeathers)

There is simply no way on earth that the son of the then-Ambassador to China, or anyone else, could have coasted through Harvard Business School with a “gentleman’s C.” I never, ever heard of a case of an incompetent student being allowed to graduate, simply because a certain family was prominent. On the contrary, I did hear stories of well-born students having to leave prior to graduation. The academic standards were a point of considerable pride.

Again, as they say in the blogosphere, read the whole thing!
It's important that the presidential campaign is fought over what's best for the country now. The irresponsibility of the media in allowing (false) allegations about the President's past raise concerns about his credibility now is beyond contempt, reveals the partisan bias of the media. Let's set the past straight so the argument can and will be about the country's future.

Posted by SoccerDad at February 13, 2004 3:41 AM