[mburbank]

Naldo, that essay you posted doesn't really shne much light, and while the author states his career paralelled W's, it sure doesn't seem that way. W. gave absolute minimal service. This guy is career military.

He wasn't given leave, he was told to report in Alabama. Today there are Dental records being displayed by the whitehouse, so it looks as if he did show up. I'll certainly give W. the benefit of the doubt.

He didn't 'miss' his physical by 'a month', he never took it, and he's given a bogus excuse about his personal physician being in Texas, when Personal physicians don't do army medical exams. He lost his certification, which our folks paid for him to get. Other people may have done all the same things, but other people suck too.

I don't think it's a big deal. I just think it's pretty obvious that like a lot of things, W. isn't forthcoming.

Your idea that W. is acting like a democrat only shows how little you know about democrats. But I totally understand. I always thought Clinton acted like a Republican.