News Formal Complaint Filed Over Senator’s Vietnam Awards, Post-Service Activities

[kat]

Are you saying none of the swift boat vet's had personal contact with Kerry? lol



JD- the 180 is a release of ALL military records as opposed to the select records that Kerry has chosen to release.

 

[Dissident Dan]

Are you saying none of the swift boat vet's had personal contact with Kerry? lol

I'm saying that the people in the ads have no more than the most cursory experience with Kerry, and most, if not all, probably never even saw him. The people who were actually on his boat attest to his great performance.

Why is it that you take such a hard stance towards Kerry and demand all his military records be released and assume the worst of him, even though bush never even served overseas in the first place and didn't even show up for his national guard duty for months? No matter what, Kerry's service exceeds bush's, so why even make an issue of it?

 

[kat]

1. I'm not making an issue of it, Kerry is.
2. You need to learn a little bit more about the swift boat vets and how the swift boats operated or you would realize that swift boats do not operate singley and that these men bunked together on either a larger boat or on very small base.
3. Steve Gardner did serve on board Kerry's boat.
4. His records should be released because he's running on his records and there are a lot of questions along with proven inconsistency in Kerry's own book, Kerry authorized books, Kerry's media interviews as well as the senate hearing. I also think that Vet's who were maligned by Kerry's senate hearings, false statements in Kerry's authorized biography have a right to be heard and to be vindicated by having the record set straight. Releasing ALL his records would go a long way toward doing that.
5. The media called for Bush to sign his 180 repeatedly until he did, the media should be unbiased and treat each candidate with an even hand else start calling themselves 527's.
6. Bush didn't have to show up for national guard duty for months. The regulations for national guard duty were different at that time then they are now. Maybe you should inform yourself a little better.
7. Quite frankly, I might vote for nader or even write in Rice and until I make up my mind, or even IF I make up my mind I have a right to know everything there is to know about the character of the man that may be running my country. Kerry needs to sign the 180 and stop hiding behind Multi-Billionaire Foriegner Soro's attack dog 527's and our slanted biased media. AND you need to get off the DU forums and start getting information from a little more accurate sources.
blah blah blah!

 

[JohnDubYa]

I also think that Vet's who were maligned by Kerry's senate hearings, false statements in Kerry's authorized biography have a right to be heard and to be vindicated by having the record set straight. Releasing ALL his records would go a long way toward doing that.

Excellent point. Kerry opened himself up for attacks by Vietnam vets by this Senate testimony. It is hypocrisy to cry about such scrutiny.

 

[Dissident Dan]

OK, I was wrong to say that none of the SBVFT served with Kerry. One did. However, the score is still 9-1 in Kerry's favor.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12651105&BRD=9030&PAG=740&dept_id=226967&rfi=6

 

[kat]

OK, I was wrong to say that none of the SBVFT served with Kerry. One did. However, the score is still 9-1 in Kerry's favor.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12651105&BRD=9030&PAG=740&dept_id=226967&rfi=6

You're still neglecting to understand what "served with" means and the score is not 9-1 in Kerry's favor for that reason AND because over the years Kerry has made conflicting statements as well as damning statements. Rood's statements even conflict with Kerry's statements.