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Ex-Honcho: I Got Bush Into Guard
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| Contributor | PragCon 3.0 |
| Last Edited | PragCon 3.0 Aug 28, 2004 10:16am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Aug 28, 2004 12:00am |
| Description | I cringe at posting this because I know it will produce 300 worthless one-line responses from both sides, but in duty to the site...
In a video posted on the Internet, former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, a Democrat, says he is ashamed that he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 so they could avoid serving in Vietnam.
"I got a young man named George W. Bush into the National Guard when I was lieutenant governor of Texas, and I'm not necessarily proud of that, but I did it," Barnes said in the 45-second video, which was recorded May 27 at a meeting of John Kerry supporters in Austin. |
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