Strick:

"Bush offered the record of a visit to the dentist on the base in Alabama in the middle of the time when he supposedly wasn't there . . ."

Quite true. He supposedly wasn't there even by his own records. The dentist appointment is in January, 1973, but his pay records don't show him putting in any hours in January anywhere. And he supposedly had gone back to Houston by this time. So yes, "he supposedly wasn't there."

". . . (and when the base commander who accused Bush of not showing up has admitted he didn't actually turn up on the base much himself)."

True, but no one else there saw him either ... except for that guy who the RNC dredged out who said, yas, he'd seen Dubya numerous times, even shared an office where Dubya would busily read flight safety reports (!). Only fly in teh ointment here is that this person placed Dubya on base from July through October, but Dubya's pay records show no time before late October in Alabama, and Dubya wasn't even approved to go to Alabama until September (IIRC).

Then there's the matter of Dubya's missing 1972 flight physical. It's nowhere to be found. But Dubya claims he didn't need to take it as he wasn't flying. That's simply wrong. And he was given a written order to take the physical after he had failed to comply with standing orders that pilots must take them once a year. But he still disobeyed this order, near as anyone can tell. . . .

Yes, let's trot out the two records side-by-side, and do a comparison. Fine with me. . . .

Cheers,
                           -- Arne