So, This Is News?
This important information appeared on the front page of the New York Times Website earlier today:
Thirty-five years before he would land on the carrier Abraham Lincoln in a flight suit, igniting a political storm, the future commander in chief was issued a duffel bag, six pairs of cotton drawers, a pair of black combat boots, a flight cap and some United States Air Force insignia tape, among other supplies and clothing.
To Mr. Bush’s previously known arrest record up to that point in his life — a misdemeanor charge, later dropped, for a prank at Yale in 1966 — the documents added that he was issued two speeding tickets in the summer of 1964, for which he was fined $10 each. He also had two “negligent collisions” in the month after he turned 16 in July 1962.
Then there is his medical history, set out in more detail than many Americans might want to know. He had his tonsils removed as a young boy, had appendicitis when he was 10 and at 14 had an operation to remove a cyst from his chest, leaving a scar. At the time he applied for entrance into the guard, he had a hemorrhoid, the location of which was charted with military precision.
I will wait patiently for the New York Times to be fair and balanced and drill that deeply into the minutia of Senator Kerry’s activities thirty-some years ago. Unfortunately, that will happen about the same time this happens.
Even worse… it’s a terrible lead paragraph.
Comment by Jeff — February 14, 2004 @ 9:23 pm
Jeff –
I fairness, (this is , after all not the NY Times), it was not the lead paragraph,. The lava-hot story opened with:
“It was February 1968, just a few months before he would graduate from Yale, and George W. Bush’s plan to enlist in the National Guard had hit a snag.”
The “snag” was that the President was initially “not qualified” for flight school because of his teeth. That lead to a discussion of the President’s teeth and dental records.
Comment by Jim - Parkway Rest Stop — February 14, 2004 @ 10:58 pm
My bad.
Comment by Jeff — February 16, 2004 @ 1:44 pm