President Bush, why don’t you just stand up, like a man for once, and tell the American public the truth. Tell them the reason you joined the Texas Air National Guard was because you were scared shitless at the prospect of going overseas and fighting in a war that was already taking the lives of thousands of less fortunate American’s.
Tell them the reason you got into the ANG was because of your father’s political connections. It’s not like you’re alone in that, why should you be ashamed of it just because you’re in the public spotlight. Hundreds of other rich daddy’s kept their sons from fighting and dying in Vietnam, why should you be any different.
Tell them that you didn’t serve one fucking day in Alabama because quite frankly you didn’t feel like it. You had been raised your whole life being told that you were special and having mommy and daddy take care of you and get you out of jams, so you didn’t feel like this was such a big deal. If anyone is to blame it’s not you, it’s your mom and dad, or maybe even the National Guard for expecting someone as privileged as you to show up. They should not only expect that you’ll show up whenever you feel like it but be happy if you show up at all.
Tell them you were off making important political connections, which is far more important that serving our country. How on earth were you supposed to manage being appointed President by a Republican controlled Supreme Court without building a good ole boy network from the ground up. You don’t get those kind of connections in the National Guard.
Tell them you were off planning what to do after you were appointed President. I mean you can’t just come up with this stuff overnight. You don’t decide to completely re-write our national energy laws to help your corporate friends, or help your corporate friends completely destroy the environment by making our environmental legislation laxer, you don’t come up with that stuff when you’re busy having to be bothered to show up to your Air National Guard duty.
Just tell them the truth Mr. President, I’m sure everyone will understand.
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