Re. the USS Cole.When the first bodies were flown back to the States, the Commander-in-Chief was at a fund raiser instead of being present at the airport.
Raising $200,000 for the Gore campaign was more important than showing support to the grieving families of 14 dead sailors. The papers didn't report THAT either.
As far as I can tell. Bush did not try to get out of the tickrt at the time, and he did not try to deny it when confronted with it. His answer when asked if there was anything else in his past was properly evasive. If there was, and it is later disclosed, he didn't say "no". If there wasn't, no harm done. In the meantime, Gore supporters and reporters will waste time looking.
Smart campaign move if you ask me.Candid where he has to be and evasive where a problem may or may not exist.

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