[Just mythoughts]

Very interesting. So there is something hidden in those records.

OK how do "WE" not the Bush/Cheney campaign, put the pressure on these who will not follow the STANDARD they set?

[ThreePuttinDude]

bump

[Always Right]

Can't the records be claimed under the freedom of information act.

[Fenris6]

If Broder is the "Dean" he shoud be ashamed. Objective and truth-seeking? Yeah right.

Ask him this:

1) Re Kerry's testimony before congress about war crimes in Vietnam. Q: If Kerry saw these things, he had a responsibility as an officer to report each instance to his superiors. Why didn't he? Doesn't this make him complicit in the cover up of such crimes? And isn't this yet another example of Monday-morining quarterbacking by Kerry?

2) As for unethical conduct in Vietnam, Kerry by his own admision chased down a wounded enemy and finsihed him off as he was dying. Isn't this against Geneva? Aren't we supposed to treat captured enemy with a bit of mercy? Kerry got a silver star for this - who wrote him up for the medal? Usually its superior officer's who do this, But Kerry was most senior on the scene...and you're NOT allowed to write yourself up for medals.

[gunnedah]

How do you have anything when he wont release the records.
The speculation that McCaulffe,Kerry and the Democrats raised about Bush and his National Guard service was not accompanied by anything from them and the press ran like hell with it.
May God forgive me but if there is another attack by Al-Queida in this country I hope its on the so called "Mainstream Media" they are truly evil liars and manipulators driving their evil agenda home.

[Smokin' Joe]

"MACV launched its Drug Abuse Counteroffensive in the summer of 1971. On June 17, President Nixon announced that the military effort in the drug program, as part of the national effort, would include the identification of heroin users in Vietnam...On July 7, the Army began testing units rotating back to the United States, and August 1 expanded the testing to cover amphetamines and barbiturates."

From The Rise and Fall of an American Army US Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973, by Shelby L Stanton Presidio Press 1985

I do not know the Navy's policy in this regard, but with his ties to the Kennedys, I am sure Kerry would have been made aware of impending policy in this regard, well in advance, if there was any 'need to know'.

The crowd he was running with just after the war was suspect enough. Not like the vets I knew who came home and went to work.

[The Other Harry]

Kristinn, please stay in there. I would like to have seen you debate directly.

[alnick]

You imply something dishonorable about Sen. Kerry's war record. I know of nothing that supports that suspicion. Do you have any such evidence?

I would like to see this turned around to read:

"You imply something dishonorable about President Bush's service record. I know of nothing that supports that suspicion. Do you have any such evidence?"

Why is it that they demand evidence to support ugly claims against Kerry but no such evidence is needed before they trot out the most egregious implications about our president?

The hypocrites.

[evad]

Do you have any such evidence?

"I may, but that's not the question" would have been my reply.

I would appreciate it if you would answer my question before we go off to another topic.

[Enterprise]

"You imply something dishonorable about Sen. Kerry's war record. I know of nothing that supports that suspicion."

What a punk. There is a LOT about F'n Kerry that suggests he's dishonorable in general. But the question regarding his war record is "When will you release them Mr. F'n Kerry?"

[OldFriend]

I am amazed that this question was actually accepted........not 'accidently' deleted!

THANK YOU!

[Ron in Acreage]

Maybe Kerrys minor flesh wounds were so minor he would be embarrassed by them being used to get out of Nam. Or better yet, maybe they were self inflicted. It was not uncommon for some to self inflict for a trip home.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Kristinn, ask Jeffin'Kerry why is it that Klinton acted unilaterally in bombing Kosovo and no outcry but Pres. Bush gets harshly criticized because he didn't waint for the un?
Reports of genocide were grossly exxagerated. Kosovo remains a big cluster *#ck!

[jmaroneps37]

Be patient gang. Because of the presure lurch will get on this issue,he will have to release his records. My guess is that there will be nothing conclusive in them but; making him give them up will be a small victory. All of the movement to force the issue will come from people like us on the Net Talk Radio and FOXtv.

[uncbob]

Kerry is as big a phoney as JFK was

He touts his Vietnam record and refuses to release details

JFK ands his handlers played up his All American family type image by sending out John John and Caroline before the press when ever possible and constantly having articles etc showing him and Jackie and the kids at play at home etc etc
While at the same time expecting the press to cover up his whore mongering and running around

[jmstein7]

9/11 Family? Fighter fighter? Policeman? Outraged about the phony media outrage? Click here!

[joesnuffy]

Kerry doesnt want anyone to see those cititations or who witnessed or signed off on them
is my guess....

They could be compared to unit after action reports....

They might prove Kerry is a complete phony and a liar....dont blame him for wanting to cover up the truth...

Evil shuns the light

[Mike Darancette]

The question is Kerry is running for the Presidency of the United States. What documents should Candidates for the Presidency (Bush and Kerry) be allowed to keep from the Press?

[Aegedius]

The press has asked for the records, but your question is correct. They are not pressing the issue. Here is a blurb about the Boston Globe's request...

John Kerry | CANDIDATE IN THE MAKING PART 2
Heroism, and growing concern about war
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, 6/16/2003
Kerry had been wounded three times and received three Purple Hearts. Asked about the severity of the wounds, Kerry said that one of them cost him about two days of service, and that the other two did not interrupt his duty. "Walking wounded," as Kerry put it. A shrapnel wound in his left arm gave Kerry pain for years. Kerry declined a request from the Globe to sign a waiver authorizing the release of military documents that are covered under the Privacy Act and that might shed more light on the extent of the treatment Kerry needed as a result of the wounds.

[cyncooper]

David Broder: You imply something dishonorable about Sen. Kerry's war record. I know of nothing that supports that suspicion. Do you have any such evidence?

Hmmm. I know of nothing dishonorable about George W. Bush's National Guard service, yet we were subjected to weeks of baseless calls of "AWOL" and "deserter" tossed around, debated and outright asserted as if they were proven fact, and it was demanded of President Bush that he produce all of the records to disprove these charges.