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I honestly don't see why this is such a problem. Bush has already released all the records, right? Right?

Got proof that President Bush fulfilled his National Guard duties? It could be worth $50,000.

Texans for Truth, a Democratic "527" organization that has attacked the president's service record, is offering a reward to anyone who can prove that Bush performed his duties in the Air National Guard between May 1972 and May 1973.

"If the president won't come clean that he dodged his military responsibilities in Alabama during the height of the Vietnam War, we'll continue our search for the whole story," said Glenn Smith, head of the group.

Bush received an honorable discharge from the guard in 1974 but has been dogged by questions surrounding unexplained gaps in his service. Texans for Truth's offer, which was announced on the same day that Bush addressed the National Guard Association of the United States, is only the latest -- and most lavish -- in a series of similar stunts designed to fill in those gaps or, barring that, embarrass Bush's campaign.

Earlier this year, Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau offered to donate $10,000 to the USO in the name of anyone who could provide similar evidence of Bush's service. During the 2000 presidential election, a small group of veterans offered $1,000 for such proof, a reward that a group called Democrats.com later offered to double.

But if you want Texans for Truth's money, which Smith said will come out of the group's approximately $400,000 kitty, you'll have to act fast -- the offer expires Sept. 30.
(via WaPo)

Hey, wouldn't this be ironic? Bush proves it himself, and collects! But how likely could that be....

UPDATE Alert reader Beth comments:

BTW, via CBS, "Forty members of the House signed a letter ... asking CBS if the documents are authentic, why won't the network say how it got them." Not one of these Republicans ever signed a letter asking why Novak wouldn't identify the traitor who outed an undercover CIA agent. Apparently, at least 40 House Republicans think keeping Bush's misdeeds a secret takes presedence over protecting our national security.