SEE, I HAD MY FINGERS CROSSED...

On sunday's Meet the Press, Bush said He'd release all his military records when Tim Russert questioned him about holes in his military service.

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.
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So then comes Monday's pay stub release, which is conflicting at best. the Press starts to wonder when the rest is going to come along. His spokesman, Scott McClellan says soon.

So, today do we get the full release...oh no. Scottie says he remembers the above exchange differently:
"No, I think the question was payroll records, payroll records that would show you served. It was relating to the issue of whether or not you served."

something stinks.