Press Release: Bush Absence From Alabama National Guard Is Focus of New TV Ad

Alabama Air National Guard Veteran Says President Wasn’t There;
Campaign Seeks to Reopen Scrutiny of President’s Service Record

Texans for Truth to Launch Campaign Wednesday

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texans for Truth is launching a campaign this week to seek answers to outstanding questions about President George W. Bush’s absence from his National Guard service while in Alabama.

The ad features Bob Mintz, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Alabama Air National Guard, who served at the Montgomery, Alabama air base during the time Bush claims to have served there in 1972. In the ads, Mintz will say that he never saw George W. Bush at the base, even though he was actively looking for him.

Just days ahead of a “60 Minutes” exposé featuring Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes admitting he helped President Bush evade service in Vietnam by getting into the Texas Air National Guard, the ad campaign and Mintz’s public appearances promise to spur renewed scrutiny of Bush’s Vietnam era service record.

Texans for Truth is the 527 arm of DriveDemocracy, a 20,000-member Texas-based grassroots organization that seeks to increase political participation by helping ordinary people make their voices heard in politics.