"Addressing questions that have lingered for years, newly unearthed memos state that George W. Bush failed to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam war, that he refused a direct order and that his superiors were in a state of turmoil over how to evaluate his performance after he was suspended from flying. One military official "is pushing to sugar coat it," one memo says of a proposed evaluation of Bush."
Now, actually, I'm getting really freaking tired of hearing about Vietnam from both sides of the spectrum. It was thirty years ago, people. While I agree it is a sub-issue, it should be vastly eclipsed by the candidate's recent records and political careers. In other words, what have you done for me lately?? So I've no interest in debating Bush's war record, Kerry's or the Jolly Green Giant's right now. Maybe I'm just bitchy today, but hey.
That said, I'm fascinated by the LGF postings because they links to the PDF of the memo in question:
Their point? The fonts are proportional and the darn thing's in Times New Roman. They claim that typewriters in 1973 didn't have access to that kind of kerning. The second posting has a comparison with a Word 2004 document, and I've got to admit it does look suspiciously similar:
So, is it a real memo or is it a fake?
Should be interesting to find out. Either way, trust the blogosphere to raise these kinds of issues within hours of the original story breaking.
UPDATE
Scrappleface gets in on the act with this post entitled:
"1972 Email Casts Doubt on Bush Guard Service"
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