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Hoaxes
Propped Up CBS's Fraudulent Memos
 Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes Hit Piece on
President Bush's ANG Record based
on Left-Wing Media Hoaxes.
By Col. John H. Wambough, Jr. USAF (Ret.) October 22, 2004 - See Bush and Uncommon Valor www.nsar.us
(Permanent
link to this Column: http://WrennCom.Com/CommentaryArchives/2004/20y04m10d20-01.asp)
Article: Series One
Leapfrogged Hundreds Hoax and Political
Influence/Favoritism Hoax
Since Left-Wing Media (LWM) has fabricated many
hoaxes (concerning President Bush's Air National Guard
service), it is not practical to address
each of them in one article - so they will be presented to
the American people in a series, starting with the “Leapfrogged
Hundreds Hoax” and “Political Influence/Favoritism Hoax”.
LWM treachery,
deception and distortion laid a solid foundation for Dan
Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes fabricated story and
fraudulent memos. Thousands of
communications misled the American people about GWB’s ANG record.
As you read LWM hoaxes below, appreciate that
they are nothing more than interwoven myths created (via
repetition) by LWM, the DNC, Kerry's Campaign and Left-Wing 527s to
help get a Left-Wing Liberal Democrat (John Kerry) elected President.
It
would be incomprehensible for investigative journalists to get so much
wrong without malicious intent to deceive the American
people. How is it possible that LWM investigative
journalists didn't inform the American people that there was "no
waiting list" to get into the TANG (147th Fighter Interceptor
Group [FIG]) as a pilot in May 1968? How is it possible
that the American people weren't informed that F-102 pilots (from
GWB’s unit) were flying combat missions in
Vietnam
at the very time GWB applied for pilot duty? As you review the LWM
hoaxes below, you should appreciate that Dan Rather's CBS'
60 Minutes
was just
the tip of iceberg of the fraud that has misled the American
people in an effort to defeat a sitting President of the United
States. As you read, make a
list of the hoaxes that you "unwittingly" accepted as truth.
I accepted some of them at face value myself; for example,
the very first hoax.
"Leapfrogged
Hundreds Hoax" Left-Wing
Media (LWM) asserts that GWB was leapfrogged over hundreds of Texas Air
National Guard (TANG) applicants to protect him from the draft and
avoid Vietnam.
There is no truth to this assertion; there was “no waiting list” for
“qualified pilot applicants” in May 1968 when GWB applied to the TANG (147th
Fighter Interceptor Group [FIG]). In
mid 1968, the 147th FIG (the unit GWB signed up with) was
under manned by 156 military personnel (130 enlisted and 26 officer
positions). Pilots, on occasion, had to be recruited outside Texas
to fill vacant pilot positions. A coveted pilot slot in the
ANG in 1968 was a LWM myth.
There
were reasons why the TANG was short of pilots. At the time GWB applied
for a pilot slot, the 147th TIG was routinely deploying F-102 pilots to Vietnam
to fly combat missions. These deployments came at a time when squadron
pilot positions were not fully manned. In May 1968, the 147th TIG found it challenging to find qualified pilots due to:
(1) stringent educational, security clearance and physical
requirements to qualify for an ANG pilot slot
and United States Air Force (USAF) pilot training;
(2) a six-year service commitment; and (3) the "danger
factor" (70 pilots were killed flying the F-102). A six-year
commitment, stringent requirements and risky
training (versus the alternative - serve 2 years of enlisted
time) made pilot training a very uninviting option - if anyone
were trying to avoid Vietnam.
Can
it be validated that there was "no waiting list for qualified pilot
applicants in May 1968" when GWB applied for the TANG? Yes it can. Four
separate entities can confirm no waiting list: First, the pilots that
were flying in the 147th TIG (111th TIS) in May 1968; Second, the ANG
senior officers that were in the 147th TIG in May 1968; Third, the
Director of Operations for the TANG (when GWB was in the ANG) Colonel Earl Lively
says:
there was no waiting list for qualified pilot applicants to get in
the TANG as a pilot in 1968; and Fourth, the TANG history
indicates no waiting list for qualified pilot applicants in May
1968. Even later, when there were waiting lists, practically
all applicants were applying for ANG enlisted positions and not
for officer pilot training.
Kerry's
strategy was to malign President Bush’s military service and
undermine the peoples’ trust in GWB as Commander-In-Chief. At
the same time, this strategy called for promoting Kerry as a war hero.
Kerry's strategy was calculated to offset his anti-war activities and
his extreme anti-national security voting record. So who
promoted/fabricated the Leapfrogged Hundreds Hoax? Answer: LWM,
the DNC, Terry McAuliffe, the Kerry Campaign, Left-Wing 527 Groups and
Left-Wing supporters.
The
leapfrogged hundreds hoax has been a progressive hoax. Once
LWM duped the American people into "erroneously" believing that GWB was
leapfrogged over hundreds of applicants, then the hoax was embellished
with an assertion: that the only way GWB could
have leapfrogged over hundreds of applicants would be
through the use of political influence, family intervention,
favoritism and special treatment. Then the hoax manufacturers went in
for the kill with Dan Rather’s CBS' 60 Minute
interview with Ben Barnes. In this interview, Ben asserts how troubling
it was for him to admit that it was he who got GWB leapfrogged over
hundreds of ANG applicants. Ben, answer one question, how did you get
GWB leapfrogged over hundreds of applicants if there was no
waiting list (in the 147th TIG) for qualified pilot applicants in 1968?
This is a question that needs to be answered by Ben Barnes and Dan
Rather.
The
progressive hoax doesn’t stop here. The hoaxers further duped the
American people into believing that not only had GWB used political
influence to leapfrog hundreds of ANG applicants but that he did so to
avoid going to Vietnam;
therefore, GWB was a coward. Also, the
"Leapfrogging Hundreds Hoax" gave
credence to charges of political influence and
favoritism which propped
up Dan
Rather's CBS' 60 Minute fabricated
story and fraudulent memos and the Ben Barnes' fabricated
story of political influence. Note: Colonel William Campenni
(retired), U.S. Air Force/Air National Guard served in the same fighter
squadron as GWB. See his articles: "Bush
and I were Lieutenants" and "Answering
Kerry's Questions" Also, see my article: Bush and
Uncommon Valor
"Political
Influence/Favoritism Hoax"
Left-Wing Media (LWM) asserts that political influence, family
intervention, favoritism and special treatment were used to
get GWB into the ANG. There assertion is false. See LWM’s
"Leapfrogged Hundreds Hoax” The truth is GWB got into the Guard
based on his own merit.
President George Herbert Walker Bush stated publicly that the
Bush family played no part, whatsoever, in getting GWB in the ANG.
President George W. Bush stated publicly that he had no help from
anyone in getting into the Guard. For arguments sake, let's
disregard what both Presidents said on this issue.
A
serendipity benefit of the CBS 60 Minutes fraudulent memo scandal
was that the public got to hear directly from retired
ANG senior officers about GWB's ANG service (unfiltered
by LWM). What these officers had to say was
quite different from what LWM had been telling the American
people. Retired Colonel Walter B. "Buck" Staudt (who
conducted the interview that resulted in GWB being selected by the ANG)
stated in an ABC
Special Interview that: "He recalled Bush as a standout
candidate"; “No one called me about taking George Bush into the Air
National Guard. It was my decision. I swore him in. I never heard
anything from anybody.”; “He didn’t use political influence to get into
the Air National Guard”; “He was highly qualified. He passed all the
scrutiny and tests he was given” “He was a well-educated, bright-eyed
young man, just the kind of guy we were looking for." "He presented
himself well. He more than met the requirements for pilot training. I’d
say he was in the upper 10 percent or 5 percent or whatever we ever
talked to about going to pilot training. We were pretty particular
because when he came back (from training); we had to fly with him.”
Any
investigative journalist (searching for the truth on how GWB was
selected for the ANG) would have asked themselves simple logical
questions. First, why wouldn't the ANG want GWB?
Bush was a Yale graduate and potentially a great asset to the Guard.
Second, why wouldn't the Guard select a young man who had already met
stringent educational, security clearance and physical requirements for
pilot training and held the attributes Staudt stated in the ABC
Special Interview? (These attributes were well known by
many people). Third, there was “no waiting list” for “qualified pilot
applicants” in May 1968 (when GWB applied for pilot training) so why
would political influence be needed? Fourth, GWB's pilot instructor in
the F-102 (Major Maurice Udell) pegged GWB in the top 5 percent of
pilots he instructed; GWB was known to be a top notch fighter pilot by
the pilots that flew with him and knew him. Given due consideration to
the above considerations and positive information about the flying
skills of GWB, a fair minded journalist would have concluded that the
ANG made the right decision when they selected GWB for a pilot
training.
Journalists,
having done their homework, would have known that GWB got
into the Guard based on his own merit. Their problem was that this
wasn't the story LWM wanted told, so LWM fabricated a
different story: one of political influence, family
influence and favoritism and sold that story to the American
people. They perpetrated a hoax on the American people every bit as
malicious as the fabricated story and fraudulent memos used in Dan
Rather's CBS' 60 Minute hit piece.
President Bush is the 19th President of the United
States
to have served in the National Guard. Colonel Staudt’s 36 year-old
decision to select GWB for pilot training (based on his assessment
of GWB's character and qualifications) has stood the test of time.
The ANG got it right! LWM got it wrong! LWM's "Political
Influence / Favoritism Hoax" propped up Dan Rather's
CBS' 60 Minute fabricated story and fraudulent memos and
the Ben Barnes' story.
Note:
Should LWM want to use Ben Barnes to defend their accusation of
political influence, remind them that Ben Barnes swore under oath he
had nothing to do with getting GWB in the Guard and that Barnes'
daughter (Amy) stated her father told her (during the 2000 election)
that he had nothing to do with getting Bush into the Guard. Also,
remind LWM that Ben Barnes is a big fund raiser ($100,000) and
supporter of John Kerry and may have a job should Kerry be elected
President. This is the “reliable source” Dan Rather used to attack
President Bush and help validate the content of CBS’ fraudulent memos.
Ben Barnes is the type of “reliable source” LWM goes to when they want
to attack the President. He is the "reliable source" that now swears
that he got GWB leapfrogged over hundreds of ANG applicants even
though there was “no waiting list” for “qualified pilot applicants” in
May 1968 when GWB applied to the TANG. See LWM's "Leapfrogged
Hundreds Hoax" above.
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The President of the United States and Commander-In-Chief of our Armed Forces served honorably
in the ANG. See my article Bush and
Uncommon Valor and retired Colonel William Campenni's article “Lt
Bush and I were lieutenants." The
LWM hoaxes covered above are just a small sampling of what LWM has done
to assassinate the character of GWB for the purpose of getting a
Left-Wing Liberal Democrat elected President. Articles written
about the President's service in the Guard are seldom written from a
politically neutral perspective. When LWM goes back 30 plus years to
"explore" GWB's ANG record, they are on a search and destroy mission.
They are not looking to find the good. They are looking for the bad.
When they they don't find bad, then they speculate, conjure
up, fabricate and manufacture the bad. LWM uses fraud and
deception each time they attack GWB's ANG service. The
American people have been duped by LWM.
 John
Wambough is a retired Air Force colonel with 28 years of service.
During his career in the Air Force, Colonel Wambough flew F-105 and
F-111 tactical fighter aircraft. His combat tour in Southeast Asia was
in the F-105s with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Also, he served
in Current Operations at 7th Air Force Headquarters, TanSon Nhut Air
Base, RVN. He was a Fighter Squadron Commander (F - 111E aircraft, 55 TFS, Royal Air Force, Upper
Heyford, United Kingdom) and later Group
Commander at the same base. He served on the Air Staff and Joint Staff
in the Pentagon -- and attended the National War College. He was head
of the Joint Studies Group at Tactical Command Headquarters, Langley
AFB, Virginia and completed his service in the Air Force as Commander
of the 4442nd Tactical Control Group and Commandant of the United
States Air Force Air Ground Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Florida.
He retired in March 1990 - having served 28 years in the Air Force.
Contact info: j-bwambough@cox.net
Visit Site: www.nsar.us
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