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February 28, 2004
GARRY TRUDEAU CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY
Despite offering to donate $10,000 to the USO in the name of anyone who can prove George Bush showed up for Guard duty in Alabama, Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has been unable to find anyone to claim the prize. With a high profile gig like Doonesbury and $10,000 for the USO at stake, you'd think that somebody - anybody - who could prove Bush's attendance would have stepped forward by now.
"You can be sure some very motivated people have tried to find a witness who can establish Bush's presence at Dannelly Base beyond a reasonable doubt," said Trudeau. "Anyone who could do so would almost certainly have surfaced by now."
That's just the point, Garry. Even with $10,000 on the line... even with the credibility of Dumya Bush at stake... the fact is that NO ONE has been able to come forward to independently corroborate that George W. Bush ever showed up where he was supposed to be for his Guard duty in Alabama. Bush himself can't do any better than chucking out a few old dental records - but can't name a single airman he served with. Not one. And that's something that I just don't understand about Bush's defenders. How can people be so willing to turn a blind eye to the overwhelming evidence that this man was AWOL from his Guard duty - a spot he scammed through family connections in the first place so that he could get out of going to Vietnam?
Face it, kids. The man never showed up. He was AWOL. And now he wants to be known as your wartime president, and land on aircraft carriers and proclaim "mission accomplished." I believe the Yiddish word for it is, "chutzpah."
