I was only half paying attention yesterday to the Cleland antics. Was influenced by cable-new narration suggesting that Bush officials refused to accept his letter. Not so. That’s what the pro-Bush vet Jerry Patterson was there for. But he, of course, was not good enough for Cleland, who only accepts certain kinds of Vietnam Vets.

From AP:

A Texas state official and Vietnam veteran, Jerry Patterson, said someone from the Bush campaign contacted him Wednesday morning and asked him if he would travel to the ranch, welcome Cleland to Texas and accept the former senator’s letter to Bush.
“I tried to accept that letter and he would not give it to me,” said Patterson. “He would not face me. He kept rolling away from me. He’s quite mobile.”
Patterson, who spoke with the president on the phone, said the campaign asked him to give Cleland a letter for Kerry written by the Bush campaign and signed by Patterson and seven other veterans.