Posted on 09/09/2004 7:01:19 PM PDT by pookie18
On a day when new allegations surfaced about George W. Bush's National Guard service in 1972, Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry officially received his honorable discharge from the U.S. Senate.
The discharge, coming just four years before the end of his fourth Senate term, was granted to allow Mr. Kerry to "pursue other interests at a time when the nation has a surplus of senators," according to the official discharge letter.
Mr. Kerry immediately defended himself against charges that he had sought special treatment due to his status as a presidential candidate.
"Despite allegations that I rarely attended Senate sessions, committee hearings and votes, and that I have introduced no significant legislation in the past 20 years, this honorable discharge proves that I have fulfilled my duty to the nation," Mr. Kerry said.
The Vietnam veteran added that, "unlike Mr. Bush, I have not made my record of political leadership a campaign issue. Instead, I have stayed focused on my military service 35 years ago. After all, that's what's most important to ordinary Americans."
Cool. Governor Romney (R) can replace Lurch with a Republican.
Communists for Kerry/Opie!
By the way, has Kerry ever released his discharge from the Naval Reserves? Do we know if it was honorable or not?
Thanks for the laugh, tonite, SF. Had a good from you this morning, too.
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From being AWOL at the Senate for MONTHS to honorably discharged. Sounds about right in the World According to Kerry.
On a serious note, of course Kerry could not do the honorable thing and just STEP DOWN, as Bob Dole did. I guess he knows he needs to keep his options open.
This will run as a legit story in France.
Oh-and apparently he took pride in shooting small, penned up animals, as well.
We know that he isn't...isn't that enough? ;-)
If they gave medals for every liberal vote in Congress, Kerry would be a pinata!
I meant to say, if they gave ribbons, he's be a pinata, sorry, lost opportunity there.
I sure would like to see the media get some answers out of the Slippery One. I want to hear more about his Communist connection, his cousins getting no-bid contracts to be the exclusive real estate reps for Vietnam (and the Dems scream about Halliburton?) and his attempts at stifling free speech. Any idea of when he might again grace the peons with a press conference, or a question and answer session?
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Yeah, I seriously want to know if John F. means Flunk Kerry was honorably discharged from military service?
We should go ask our pals at CBS if they have any "documents" coming off the printer about Kerry's,,uh,,history.
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