We know that President Bush clearly fulfilled his National Guard obligations 35 years ago. But we learn today that Kerry campaign advisors contacted people tied to the CBS “memogate” debacle, which tried unsuccessfully to cast doubt on Bush’s service record. Kerry campaign advisor Joe Lockhart stuck his foot in his mouth on FOXNews this morning. Mr. Lockhart was about to boil over in anger as the FOX anchor asked him tough questions. Lockhart actually admitted talking to CBS before the network aired forged documents claiming to question President Bush’s National Guard service record. He also confessed to talking to the person who was the source of the documents, Bill Burkett. Yet another Kerry friend, former senator from Georgia Max Cleland, also acknowledged talking to Burkett.

Unbelievable. Top-level Kerry campaign officials were involved. According to FOXNews:

… Ben Ginsberg recently left his position as counsel to the Bush-Cheney campaign at the mere suggestion that there was a connection between the White House and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which he was informally advising. Ginsberg wasn't considered as high-level a strategist as is Lockhart is.

Byron York of The Hill magazine has provided compelling evidence that President Bush fulfilled all his requirements as a National Guardsman. York points out that when Bush served, guardsmen were required to earn 50 points per year of service; Bush earned 253 points for 1968-1969, 340 points for 1969-1970, 137 points for 1970-1971, 112 points for 1971-1972, 56 points for 1972-1973, and 56 points for 1973-1974. From The Hill:

Bush received an honorable discharge after serving five years, four months and five days of his original six-year commitment. By that time, however, he had accumulated enough points in each year to cover six years of service.

During his service, Bush received high marks as a pilot. …

And it should be noted in passing that Kerry has personally questioned Bush’s service, while Bush has not personally questioned Kerry’s.