Where was George?

[Tuor of Gondolin]

The Republicans seem to be stumbling around in the U.S. trying to avoid answering questions about where President Bush was for over a year when he was supposed to be serving in the Texas National Guard. Indications are he was campaigning for a Republican for the senate in Alabama. Republican spinsters continually dodge answering "Where was George?". All they keep saying is "He was honorably discharged." In the National Guard of the 1960s and 1970s that was about as hard to do as walking and chewing gum at the same time.

There seem to be only two possibilities, either he was effectively A.W.O.L. (speculatively, via some sort of political pull allowed to not have to do the drill, etc. other National Guradsmen did at the time) or he was serving in the National Guard. If the latter, simply provide proof.
Remember, his c.o. at the time never recalls seeing him even once.

And for anyone not familiar with the times, the National Guard at the time was a way, especially for people with connections, to avoid going to Viet Nam, unlike those who went there, such as John Kerry, Wesley Clark, John McCain, and Max Cleland.