[techweenie]

ASSOCIATED PRESS (1/27/02): President Bush says between going to war and raising twins, he’d choose war.

Bush’s visit to West Virginia last week included a chat with Bob Kiss, Democratic speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates. While they hail from different parties, they found plenty to talk about—although while both have twins, Kiss’ 5-week-old twin boys aren’t quite old enough to cause much trouble.

Kiss told Bush that if he wasn’t doing anything the next morning, he could come by for their 3 a.m. feeding. Kiss said Bush joked, “I’ve been to war. I’ve raised twins. If I had a choice, I’d rather go to war.”

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...in his own 1999 campaign autobiography (as written by Karen Hughes), [Bush] dramatically describes his experience as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.

On page 34 of A Charge to Keep, Mr. Bush claims that, after learning to fly the F-102 fighter jet, he was turned down for Vietnam duty because "had not logged enough flight hours" to qualify for a combat assignment. Before going on to recall the "challenging moments" that involved close formation drills at night during poor weather, he adds: "I continued flying with my unit for the next several years."

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The only existing documentation is GWB's application for National Guard duty, where he checks 'do not volunteer for overseas duty.' There's no evidence he ever changed his mind and volunteered for Vietnam. After being disqualified for flying, he obviously did not 'continue to fly with his unit.'

GWB has never shown more than a passing acquaintance with truthfulness.