Kerry Campaign Claims It Will Release Records

Noted Now ^ | April 20, 2004 | ABC News Staff

[Bonaventure]

KERRY CHAIR SHAHEEN TO MEHLMAN ON FNC AT approx. 2:50 pm ET: "THE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB SITE" ... BUT NO SIGN OF THEM AT THAT TIME ... But, spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter tells ABC News' Dan Harris the campaign will post Kerry's "records and citations. No medical other than those accompanying medals ... We don't have medical ready" ... Records will be in the Veterans section of Kerry campaign Web site; timing of release TBD, Harris reports...

[Bonaventure]

It is not clear whether Kerry is planning to release reviews of his performance by superior officers.

[lilylangtree]

Right (sarc). Will believe it when I see it. Wonder if Twerpy Teresa will release her IRS records too. That's the next public cry, or it should be.

[SF Republican]

what does she mean they don't have medical ready? there is nothing to get ready, just put the record out there, they have been ready for 35 years.

[Pukin Dog]

He's forced into releasing something soon. Rumors are floating that his Cancer has returned, and that those 'breaks' he's been taking in the campaign were for Chemotherapy.

[goldstategop]

What does he know and when did he know it? Step up to the plate Senator or get the hell out of Dodge.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

We don't have medical ready

Iraq is a "quagmire" but medical records that have been in Kerry's possession for over thirty years aren't "ready" yet.

[Howlin]

He just had a few free days in Florida.

[Bonaventure]

I suspect that his performance reviews may be mixed. The man is about as obnoxious as it's possible to be; it's not hard to imagine that he might have rubbed some of his superiors the wrong way.

[TBall]

"Rumors are floating that his Cancer has returned, and that those 'breaks' he's been taking in the campaign were for Chemotherapy" Damn, I hope not.

[kellynla]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Williams]

Maybe there's nothing to it, but I'd think a guy who is a much decorated heroic veteran could just put his whole service record out there without splitting hairs. Do we have Kerry's requests to get out of combat early based on the three Purple Hearts? Perhaps some of his reports contradict his later claims to have been aware of atrocities. i get the feeling he is planning to release only records associated with his medals.

[Azzurri]

According to Kerry on MTP Sunday, his medical records were available at campaign HQ. Now, all of a sudden, they aren't ready for prime time.

[Southack]

Just don't put all of your eggs into the anti-Kerry basket. He's weak. He could easily pull out of this race before or during the Democratic Party convention in Boston this Summer.

We need to be positioned to deal with a Democratic Party "plan B".

[DeaconRed]

I'm holding my breath.
I am turning Blue
I ain't gona die for this sucka
Lungs working again, records no where to be found.

[goldstategop]

Does he have a medical condition that would impair his suitability to serve as President if elected? This can't be good.

[mabelkitty]

They aren't done creating the medical record.
The first one doesn't exist.
Kerry very well may have falsified official government documents to "steal" his purple heart.
No medical document exists, and if they fake it and they get caught, boy is he done.
Bet Hillary knows this.
Looking forward to Mitt Romney filling Kerry's seat.

[CFC__VRWC]

Records will be in the Veterans section of Kerry campaign Web site; timing of release TBD, Harris reports...

Look for a Clinton-style, late Friday afternoon document dump, with the records gone from the web site by Monday and of course very minimal coverage of the contents. These get lost in the weekend shuffle, and the media gets to say "He released his records - end of story."

[Howlin]

B for Bitch?

[Izzy Dunne]

what does she mean they don't have medical ready?

Well, it's possible she means [redacted], or [redacted], but some of these [redacted] could have implications of [redacted], so they want to make sure that there's no [redacted], or who knows what the reaction would be?