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Hmmm. Let's see who runs with this......
1 posted on 04/21/2004 8:57:50 AM PDT by MindBender26
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Hmmm. Let's see who runs with this......

Can you say . . . NOBODY?

2 posted on 04/21/2004 8:59:32 AM PDT by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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To: MindBender26
Mainstream media has a stamp, FREE PASS. Believe it is inked and ready.
3 posted on 04/21/2004 9:01:34 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see.)
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Kerry officials, with no knowledge of military operations, think the report is laudatory.

Thanks for the explanation. The question is whether the mainstream press is going to be concerned with the relatively low ranking. My fear is that they won't be.

4 posted on 04/21/2004 9:02:31 AM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: MindBender26
Now this is interesting!
5 posted on 04/21/2004 9:02:38 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: MindBender26
The metrosexual has not succeeded at anything except marrying wealthy women and getting re-elected as a liberal in liberaland.
7 posted on 04/21/2004 9:02:47 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Howlin; Miss Marple; Southack; PhiKapMom
Get your Kerry spin decoder ring right here...
8 posted on 04/21/2004 9:03:12 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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I suspected he was correct in saying the Navy suggested he be relieved of active duty.
10 posted on 04/21/2004 9:03:36 AM PDT by OldFriend (Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
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I glanced at Kerry's records and thought the same thing. However, my experience is much more recent (90's) and in the Army as opposed to Navy. Any Vietnam era Navy vets care to shed light on evaluation inflation during the period?
11 posted on 04/21/2004 9:03:50 AM PDT by blanknoone (Imagine if we had FR, talk radio and Fox during the Tet offensive...how different history would be..)
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O'Neill?
13 posted on 04/21/2004 9:04:55 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: MindBender26
Who wote this? Not the report, the commentary.
14 posted on 04/21/2004 9:05:19 AM PDT by Protagoras (When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)
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HA!HA!HA!...LOL!...What we have here is folks..."Some village has losted its' Idiot"...Alert. :))
20 posted on 04/21/2004 9:07:54 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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I guess the question is: How do Kerry's performance reports compare with Bush's performance reports under this criteria?
21 posted on 04/21/2004 9:08:20 AM PDT by John Thornton
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This analysis of Officer Efficiency Reports is exactly on the money.

In fact, it finally got so bad that the Army and Air Force have come up with entirely new rating systems that absolutely prevent "rating inflation."

Each commander can now have no more than 50% of his ratees receive his highest rating.

In the past, commanders said such laudatory things about EVERYONE that if they ever said less about anyone that that person was dead in the water. If Kerry managed only 6 of 16 "highest" ratings, then he would NEVER have made Lieutenant or Lieutenant Commander....and we want him to be commander in chief....NOT!!
22 posted on 04/21/2004 9:08:25 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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ping to muhself to read later
23 posted on 04/21/2004 9:08:33 AM PDT by Puddleglum (Are you a Republican? ARE YOU? Lord Kerry demands an answer!)
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Wow! Thanks for the analysis. Probably won't see it anywhere else but in conservative media and message boards.
25 posted on 04/21/2004 9:09:00 AM PDT by Ciexyz
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Thanks for the article. It explains a lot. I just have to wonder if this news is good or bad. It seems that an awful lot of Democrats are abandonning the presumptive nominee and Hillary is making herself more and more visible.
26 posted on 04/21/2004 9:09:46 AM PDT by Eva
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Fitreps are always inflated, not just during the Vietnam Era. That being said, one mark or two below perfect isn't a major deal for a LTjg, especially since he is noted as being new to the command. It is fairly common to downgrade a new check in for ranking reasons and then move him up. You have to leave room to do this. 9 below might be a different story but I don't know that this is that big of a deal.
27 posted on 04/21/2004 9:09:51 AM PDT by HRoarke (F. John Kerry)
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He also didn't release his medical, right?
28 posted on 04/21/2004 9:10:14 AM PDT by Punditstar
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This clown will be a disaster for the military, and the country, if he ever gets into office.
29 posted on 04/21/2004 9:10:31 AM PDT by Ciexyz
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Great explanation of an "officer's ratings" but, difficult to get that all in one sound bite.

That's what it takes to get this issue across to the american voters.

The media know this and will not pursue this.

Keeping the public ignorant, works every time for liberals.
35 posted on 04/21/2004 9:12:26 AM PDT by BluSky (“Don’t make me come down there.”)
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