Uncovered
Daily Kos has an excellent summary of what 60 Minutes uncovered last night, which puts documentation at odds with what Dan Bartlett tries to spin in the full transcript of his interview with 60 minutes (courtesy of Josh Marshall).
So what goods did 60 Minutes have on Bush?
- A memo ordering Bush to take a physical
- A memo discussing "options of how Bush can get out of coming to drill from now through November." And that due to other commitments "he may not have time."
- A document suspending Bush for "failure to perform to U.S. Air Force/Texas Air National Guard standards and for failure to take his annual physical as ordered."
- A memo from Bush's squadron commander where "he is being pressured by higher-ups to give the young pilot a favorable yearly evaluation; to, in effect, sugarcoat his review. He refuses, saying, 'I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job.'"
And while Republicans are working to discredit Ben Barnes, who admitted to pulling strings to get rich-boy Bush into the guard (at the expense of some poor shlub who was instead sent to Vietnam in his place), the records are much tougher to fight off.
Funnily enough, after the program aired last night, the White House released more records... how much more do they have?
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