Monday, January 26, 2004

A quick question

Apropos of the dustup over George W. Bush's record of going AWOL while serving in the National Guard, a related question arises:

Can anyone name any veteran who has been a major candidate for the presidency in the past half-century who has not released his military records?

This list, it must be remembered, includes John McCain, Robert Dole, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Barry Goldwater, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Not to mention John Kerry, Wesley Clark, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, George McGovern, Lyndon Baines Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Harry Truman.

The answer, as near as I can determine: One. George W. Bush.

Incidentally, TBogg has a nice summary of Kevin Phillips' account of Bush's military service that provides even more detail about how Bush landed the fighter-pilot slot in the first place.

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