When Kerry was running for President back in 2004 I took a quick look at the paperwork his committee supplied the media. The first thing that got my attention was the date on the DD214 - six years after his commitment to the USN had expired. WTFO? The I remembered the “Peanut's” first action after being sworn in in January 1977 - near blanket re-papering of all the “bad paper” discharges from Vietnam.
Then there was that phrase “upon a review of a board of officers”. I took a look at my enlisted DD214 from July 1970. It was honorable and did not include that phrase.
IMHO.. Unfortunately the dimocratic party attributed their defeat in 2004 to the fact that their candidate had too big a history instead of being a flawed candidate. So, based on that opinion the dimocrats ran a candidate with no history in 2008 and won.
The rest, unfortunately is and will be history - all of it bad!
I know it is not “news.” I brought this back as a reminder before his confirmation hearings.