.. so he sugar-coated it and served it back with some oatmeal:
Kurtz Online
"San Francisco, Calif.: With all of the reputable news organizations with in-depth research that show serious inconsistencies with GWB's service record (Boston Globe, AP, WP, US News), should the unproven allegation of forgery for the CBS memos be allowed to end the questions on Bush's service record?
Howard Kurtz: Serious questions remain about Bush's Guard service whether CBS was had or not. But these questions also surfaced in the 2000 campaign. I think most Americans have concluded that Bush did not particularly want to go to Vietnam, was at the very least lucky to get into the Guard, and that there came a point where he tried to do the minimim to fulfill his obligations. Whether that should be a major issue 30 years later, along with Kerry's service record, is another question. "
No luck getting Michael Dobbs to feed on the bait I dangled in front of him.