The American Spectator

p> ON STANDBY br> Re: The Washington Prowler’s One Last Smear : /p> p>All this liberal blather about Bush and the National Guard is nonsense. For one thing, since when is it a disgrace to serve in the National Guard? Service in the Guard certainly is no guarantee that one will avoid combat. National Guard units now serve in Iraq. Bush had no control over the Texas Air National Guard, and had it been ordered to Vietnam he certainly would have deployed with it. Our political leadership in those days, Democrat Lyndon Johnson and RINO Robert McNamara, insisted on so micromanaging the war that North Vietnam with the aid of the Soviet Union had time to construct the world’s most effective air defense system, one which resulted in the deaths of large numbers of American airmen, and the incarceration of more than 500 others in the Hanoi Hilton, where they were privileged to endure the slimy accusations of such as John Kerry. If the Texas Air National Guard had gone to Vietnam, our President might well have been among them. br> — John G. Hubbell br> Minnetonka, Minnesota /p> p> Someone might ought to check out just why Mr. Ben Barnes left Texas politics. At one time he was a BIG shinning Star in Austin. All of a sudden his “Star Stock Value” dropped to the bottom. His file is not perfect. At one time he was on track to run for Governor of the Great State of Texas. Granny Annie should have a good memory of Mr. Ben Barnes. br> — Patty Clark br> resident of Texas /Henderson/Longview area.