Questions, Questions

I don’t think this is the biggest issue going. But if the media is going to air people questioning the size of Kerry’s shrapnel 35 years ago, we might as well be talking about these questions too:

–Why did Bush, described by some of his fellow officers as a talented and enthusiastic pilot, stop flying fighter jets in the spring of 1972 and fail to take an annual physical exam required of all pilots?
–What explains the apparent gap in the president’s Guard service in 1972-73, a period when commanders in Texas and Alabama say they never saw him report for duty and records show no pay to Bush when he was supposed to be on duty in Alabama?
–Did Bush receive preferential treatment in getting into the Guard and securing a coveted pilot slot despite poor qualifying scores and arrests, but no convictions, for stealing a Christmas wreath and rowdiness at a football game during his college years?

We won’t find out answers with records remaining sealed and this type of thing going on:

Since February, the White House has banned all Guard and military commanders outside the Pentagon from commenting on Bush’s records or service. Requests for information must go to the Pentagon’s Freedom of Information Act office.

Of course many of these FOIA requests don’t go anywhere without an accompanying lawsuit, which delays the process for months. But I guess that’s the point; November is less than three months away. And if we can keep the focus on John Kerry’s bleeding, it will be here before we know it.