a coveted job as a pilot? that was a hard job to get. he didn t get good scores on the aptitude test. how did he get the pilot gig? has he served his time in the national guard, and got a transfer at one point to the alabama guard so he would work on a political campaign in alabama. did he meet his obligations? did he meet his obligations when in texas? all the other candidates with considerable military service records have just released all their records, and the press at least has had those records to go by. with george w. bush, there were really lots of gaps in his record, lots of things that were missing, lots of stories that just didn t have clear answers to them. there was a lot for the press to chew on. in the 2004 campaign the press really did chew on this for months. the papers did. the tv news organizations did. this was a major journalistic
there was a lot for the press to chew on. in the 2004 campaign the press really did chew on this for months. the papers did. the tv news organizations did. this was a major journalistic ever. the earliest ones from that clip just from our archives, the earliest were february of 2004. the last one i showed was from september of 2004. this was going on all year long. in fact the last story i showed you was specifically from september 8th, 2004. that last clip with andrea mitchell reporting on the new reporting from the boston globe and newly found documents, september 8th, 2004, nbc nightly news, september 8th. nightly news airs at 6:30 p.m. that night, september 8th, 2004, 90 minutes after that nightly newscast, another network aired their own original story on that
because he dad was a congressman and his grandpa was a senator. once he got into the coveted national guard unit, did he get a coveted job as a pilot? that was a hard job to get. he didn t get good scores on the aptitude test. how did he get the pilot gig? has he served his time in the national guard, and got a transfer at one point to the alabama guard so he would work on a political campaign in alabama. did he meet his obligations? did he meet his obligations when in texas? all the other candidates with considerable military service records have just released all their records, and the press at least has had those records to go by. with george w. bush there were really lots of gaps in his record, lots of things that were missing, lots of stories that just didn t have clear answers to them. there was a lot for the press to chew on. in the campaign the press really