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It seems the "media whores" are still digging into Bush's military records, they will work very hard to protect their boy.
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I agree with everything you've written.
As a retired Army officer, I welcomed the new rating system that prevents a senior rater from having more than 50% of his ratings in his top category. That rater is forced to make a choice. That choice is obvious to his officers and to boards. In Kerry's case on this new system, with the commander who had 15 officers to rate, he would have been able to top block only 7 of them each year.
The former systems became far too esoteric for even experts to decipher. But, there was one rule that covered it all. If it wasn't the VERY BEST POSSIBLE, then a message was being sent.
"In his FITREP for his combat tour as Officer in Charge of a SWIFT Boat -– arguably the most important FITREP among those released by the Kerry campaign –- Kerry is not dinged but slammed in command, seamanship and ship handling and in all major leadership traits (28 JAN 69 ELLIOTT). To Kerry and perhaps to other junior officers, it is an okay FITREP. To detailers and selection boards, it is a negative fitness report that borders on the adverse. LCDR Elliott ranks him well below the norm in traits essential for command: force, industry, analytical ability, judgment and more."
Just those traits any logical thinking person would consider minimum for a Commander in Chief.
Like the article states ... "The FITREPs convey significant performance problems and suggest problems in conduct, so much so that it is surprising that the campaign chose to release them. This may suggest that the FITREPs held from public view are even more adverse."
My husband, a retired Navy Captain, has had the time now to thoroughly review the FITREPS (also posted earlier today) and thoroughly agrees in all respects with the above-stated analysis.
Wow. Damning article. Unfortunately, about 30% of the populace like Kerry because he was a war protestor, not because of his service. I'm downloading the reports now. Might be able to convince a few WWII Roosevelt Democrats with them.
About Time the Media Ran the REAL truth about Hanoi Kerry PING!
"So far as we are able to determine, Kerry was the only Swift sailor
ever to leave Vietnam without completing the standard one-year tour of duty,
other than those who were seriously wounded or killed."
http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php?topic=KerryinVietnam
I VOW to the 58,229 + names on The Wall who never came home
"I will do everything I LEGALLY can
to keep this traitor from being elected."
Hanoi Kerry MUST NOT win on Nov 2 2004
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
ping...in case you've not seen this yet...
If only this could be universally understood.
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We need to seen Kerry's complete military record, including the nomination forms for his awards, his medical records, and his request for curtailment based on three PHs. As a former naval officer and Vietnam veteran, I agree with the above analysis of Kerry's fitness reports.
kerry, testimony before Congress, 22 April, 1971, kerry says, "I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks, that is to say the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government,...."*(not on any authorised mission by the U.S. Government or by the U.S. military, kerry and his VVAW group meets and negotiates with the then enemy).
*excerpted from the Official U.S. Congressional Record dated 22 April, 1971.
"revamp the U.S. military", read as kerry's plan to PURGE the U.S. Military of Pro U.S. Military Veterans and Republicans, make it totally dependant on U.N. forces support for any significant achievement capable military(similar to france,germany, etc.), Turn home based U.S. Armed Forces, Intelligence agencies and Law Enforcement agencies into the democratic party's{including CPUSA and DSA} Praetorian Guard!!!!
kerry stabbed U.S. in the back continually since his return from Viet Nam. How much more backstabbing from this 22 April, 1971 testimony(self confessed traitor) before Congress that he(kerry) met with the then enemy in Paris, are we supposed to stand????
Some More Interesting historical news about kerry:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091943/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1160580/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165078/posts
Some of kerry's friends listed below:
http://www.cpusa.org/
http://www.dsausa.org/
DSA's "Progressive Caucus" Links below:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
They are the Enemy Within!!!!
I have at least one or two interesting posts about said such subject matter, below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1165983/posts
And see:
http://tonkin.spymac.net/hanoikerry1.html
More: Communist Party Backs the RATS!!!! below:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171176/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172055/posts
In these types of fitness reports, you basically ignore the headings, and read the document from left to right as "best to worst", with the far left column, "not observed" meaning either they really didn't observe it or just don't want to comment. This clearly puts Kerry "out of the loop" for significant advancement, as he's rated average or below average in most categories. As someone who has filled out (and been subject to) numerous similar evaluations, these things have more grade inflation than an all-district running back's report card.
The text underneath reeks of an officer trying not to say something bad about a subordinate. Anytime you compliment someone's appearance, he presents a very neat appearance and meets people well, you're reaching for ANYTHING good to say. A report that is all "top marks" means the guy isn't a problem, and you wouldn't cry if he was assigned to you. Anything else means "stay away."
Thanks.
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