No winner yet in 'Doonesbury' Bush search

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the
"Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George W.
Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam War
has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible
evidence yet, the cartoonist said on Friday.

With so much controversy surrounding Bush's National Guard
service, a credible witness would have turned up by now if there
was one, said Garry Trudeau.

"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find a
witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base
beyond a reasonable doubt," said the creator of the politically
irreverent and satirical daily cartoon. "Anyone who could do so
would almost certainly have surfaced by now."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ush.doonesbury
reut/index.html


In other words, I can not prove my assertion, so I will just take the easy
route, and ask others to disprove it.





Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)

In article ,
362436 (Ron) wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the
"Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George W.
Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam War
has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible
evidence yet, the cartoonist said on Friday.

With so much controversy surrounding Bush's National Guard
service, a credible witness would have turned up by now if there
was one, said Garry Trudeau.

"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find a
witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base
beyond a reasonable doubt," said the creator of the politically
irreverent and satirical daily cartoon. "Anyone who could do so
would almost certainly have surfaced by now."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ush.doonesbury
reut/index.html


In other words, I can not prove my assertion, so I will just take the easy
route, and ask others to disprove it.

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who can prove
they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.


Hmmmmm


--Mike

"Michael Wise" wrote in message
...
In article ,
362436 (Ron) wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the
"Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George W.
Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam War
has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible
evidence yet, the cartoonist said on Friday.

With so much controversy surrounding Bush's National Guard
service, a credible witness would have turned up by now if there
was one, said Garry Trudeau.

"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find a
witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base
beyond a reasonable doubt," said the creator of the politically
irreverent and satirical daily cartoon. "Anyone who could do so
would almost certainly have surfaced by now."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ush.doonesbury
reut/index.html


In other words, I can not prove my assertion, so I will just take the
easy
route, and ask others to disprove it.

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who can prove
they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.

I guess this guy's word does not count, huh?

www.usatoday.com/news/washington/ 2004-02-13-bush-military_x.htm

Brooks



Hmmmmm


--Mike

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
...

"Michael Wise" wrote in message
...
In article ,
362436 (Ron) wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the
"Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George W.
Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam War
has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible
evidence yet, the cartoonist said on Friday.

With so much controversy surrounding Bush's National Guard
service, a credible witness would have turned up by now if there
was one, said Garry Trudeau.

"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find a
witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base
beyond a reasonable doubt," said the creator of the politically
irreverent and satirical daily cartoon. "Anyone who could do so
would almost certainly have surfaced by now."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ush.doonesbury
reut/index.html


In other words, I can not prove my assertion, so I will just take the
easy
route, and ask others to disprove it.

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who can prove
they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.

I guess this guy's word does not count, huh?

www.usatoday.com/news/washington/ 2004-02-13-bush-military_x.htm

Ooops. Bad link. Try:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...military_x.htm

Mr. Trudeau apparently does not consider Mr. Calhoun a "witness", huh?

Brooks


Brooks



Hmmmmm


--Mike

In article ,
"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
...

"Michael Wise" wrote in message
...
In article ,
362436 (Ron) wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the
"Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George W.
Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam War
has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible
evidence yet, the cartoonist said on Friday.

With so much controversy surrounding Bush's National Guard
service, a credible witness would have turned up by now if there
was one, said Garry Trudeau.

"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find a
witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base
beyond a reasonable doubt," said the creator of the politically
irreverent and satirical daily cartoon. "Anyone who could do so
would almost certainly have surfaced by now."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ush.doonesbury
reut/index.html


In other words, I can not prove my assertion, so I will just take the
easy
route, and ask others to disprove it.

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who can prove
they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.

I guess this guy's word does not count, huh?

www.usatoday.com/news/washington/ 2004-02-13-bush-military_x.htm

Ooops. Bad link. Try:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...military_x.htm

Mr. Trudeau apparently does not consider Mr. Calhoun a "witness", huh?


I'm not certain, but a single guy swearing up and down he saw Mr. Bush
in the squadron is probably not going to persuade many...unless he has
pictures.



--Mike

"Michael Wise" wrote in message
...

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who
can prove they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.


How do you know there were no takers? The quoted material said there were
no credible witnesses, but did not say what constituted a credible witness.

"Michael Wise" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
...

"Michael Wise" wrote in message
...
In article ,
362436 (Ron) wrote:

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A $10,000 reward offered by the
"Doonesbury" comic strip for proof that U.S. President George
W.
Bush served in the Alabama National Guard during the Vietnam
War
has elicited over 1,300 responses but turned up no credible
evidence yet, the cartoonist said on Friday.

With so much controversy surrounding Bush's National Guard
service, a credible witness would have turned up by now if
there
was one, said Garry Trudeau.

"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find
a
witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base
beyond a reasonable doubt," said the creator of the politically
irreverent and satirical daily cartoon. "Anyone who could do so
would almost certainly have surfaced by now."


http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...ush.doonesbury
reut/index.html


In other words, I can not prove my assertion, so I will just take
the
easy
route, and ask others to disprove it.

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who can
prove
they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet
here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.

I guess this guy's word does not count, huh?

www.usatoday.com/news/washington/ 2004-02-13-bush-military_x.htm

Ooops. Bad link. Try:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...military_x.htm

Mr. Trudeau apparently does not consider Mr. Calhoun a "witness", huh?


I'm not certain, but a single guy swearing up and down he saw Mr. Bush
in the squadron is probably not going to persuade many...unless he has
pictures.

So now you are back to saying that Mr. trudeau was not being true to his
word when he asked for a *witness* to come forward?

Got any pictures of Kerry performing any reserve duty under *his*
obligation?

Brooks



--Mike

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
...

I guess this guy's word does not count, huh?


Of course not. His name was supplied to the AP by a Republican close to
Bush, he's obviously not a credible witness.

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
...

Mr. Trudeau apparently does not consider Mr. Calhoun a "witness", huh?


Certainly not a "credible witness", which I believe was the stated
requirement. Obviously, anyone that states Bush served as required would be
sympathetic to the Bush campaign and therefore not a credible witness.

In article ,
Michael Wise wrote:

With $10,000 as the prize, you would think just one person who can prove
they saw Br. Bush drilling in Alabama would step forward.

The way some of you talk, this should have been easy money....yet here
we are nearly two weeks later and still no takers.

Only if you assume that 50+ year old ex-military types from Alabama are
the types who would read "Doonesbury."

The comics also made sure to specify that they need *proof* that someone
served with Bush, not just someone's word for it. So unless someone can
dig up a 30 year old photo of them with some guy they only saw on a few
weekends, they're out of luck.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

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