For post and discussion: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39637ed44496.htm --------------------------- 2 friends recall Bush serving in Alabama Guard Associated Press Wednesday, July 5, 2000 DECATUR, Ala. -- Two friends who worked with George W. Bush in a U.S. Senate campaign in Alabama more than 28 years ago say they remember him serving in the Alabama Air National Guard. "It was pretty well known that he was in the Guard while we worked on the campaign," said Morgan County resident Joe Holcombe. He is former chairman of the Morgan County Republican Party. "I remember one weekend he was not at a campaign staff meeting, and we were told that he was pulling National Guard duty." The question of whether the Texas governor actually served in the Alabama National Guard has become an issue in his campaign for president as the likely Republican nominee. Bush was a member of the Air National Guard in Texas in 1972 when he went to Alabama for more than three months to serve as campaign manager for Winton "Red" Blount's unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign against Sen. John Sparkman. Records show that Bush was granted permission to transfer his duties in the Texas Air National Guard to Alabama while he worked in the campaign. Authorities said no documents exist that show he actually served on Guard duty while in Alabama. But Holcombe and Emily Martin of Key Biscayne, Fla., said they remember Bush talking about being in the Guard. "He told us that he was having to do his Guard duty in Alabama while he worked on the campaign," said Martin, a former Alabama resident. She said she dated Bush during his time in Alabama. "I remember he actually came back to Alabama for about a week to 10 days several weeks after the campaign was over to complete his Guard duty in the state," Martin said in a telephone interview with the Decatur (Ala.) Daily from her Florida home. "We both were single at the time he was in Alabama, and we went out a lot," she said. "I have fond memories of those times. Although I never actually drove him to Guard duty, he told me that he went and there is no reason for me to believe that he did not go." Holcombe and Martin were paid campaign workers in the 1972 election. Bush was asked about his Alabama Guard duty last month when he visited Tuscaloosa, Ala. "I was there on a temporary assignment and fulfilled my weekends at one time," Bush said. "I made up some missed weekends. I can't remember what I did, but I wasn't flying because they didn't have the same airplanes. I fulfilled my obligations." Holcombe said he came forward after reading that Bush's campaign was looking for people who served with him to verify his story. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
