A “Lost” Fact in the “Rathergate” Mess — Part 1

Remeber Dan Rather and "Edit-Gate"? Well the story isn't dead because Rather is suing CBS for $70 million dollars. But can he really defend himself when CBS's own investigation turned up this...

Mapes had information prior to the airing of the September 8 [2004] Segment that President Bush, while in the TexANG [Texas Air National Guard] did volunteer for service in Vietnam but was turned down in favor of more experienced pilots. For example, a flight instructor who served in the TexANG with Lieutenant Bush advised Mapes in 1999 that Lieutenant Bush “did want to go to Vietnam but others went first.” Similarly, several others advised Mapes in 1999, and again in 2004 before September 8, that Lieutenant Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam but did not have enough flight hours to qualify.

Read Bernard Goldberg's entire post here. Apparently, thanks to the media's Bush Derangement Syndrome, we never actually knew the real facts about President George W. Bush. (That we know even less about Obama is even sadder.)