...the basic story is obviously true and hardly
disputed. Bush, who today postures as an intransigent wartime leader,
sought to escape military
service
in Vietnam and received privileged access to the National Guard due to
the political connections
of his wealthy family....
The Bush campaign has a constant need to change the subject. August was
occupied by the Swift boat smear campaign; September is taken up with
the phony National
Guard memos. As far as the Republican campaign is concerned, that leaves
only one more month in which public opinion must be distracted and confused.—Patrick
Martin
