AWOL

This is going to become only more problematic.

Josh Marshall:

On Meet the Press, President Bush promised Tim Russert he'd authorize the release of all his service records, right?

Not so, says Scott McClellan: "No, I think the question was payroll records, payroll records that would show you served.

Hmmm....that's not the way I read it.

The transcript:

Russert: When allegations were made about John McCain or Wesley Clark on their military records, they opened up their entire files. Would you agree to do that?

President Bush: Yeah. Listen, these files — I mean, people have been looking for these files for a long period of time, trust me, and starting in the 1994 campaign for governor. And I can assure you in the year 2000 people were looking for those files as well. Probably you were. And — absolutely. I mean, I —

Russert: But you would allow pay stubs, tax records, anything to show that you were serving during that period?

President Bush: Yeah. If we still have them, but I — you know, the records are kept in Colorado, as I understand, and they scoured the records.

And I'm just telling you, I did my duty, and it's politics, you know, to kind of ascribe all kinds of motives to me. But I have been through it before. I'm used to it. What I don't like is when people say serving in the Guard is — is — may not be a true service.

Russert: But you authorize the release of everything to settle this?

President Bush: Yes, absolutely.

These asshats are so predictable. They just change the story to whatever suits them best. Because, who's to stop them?

No scruples. No shame.

Only shameful.

Back to Josh:

Can't come clean. Won't release the records he said he would. Sorta seems like there's a problem lurking in there, don't it?

Sorta do.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.