Posted on 08/23/2004 12:30:07 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is trading on his Vietnam war record to campaign against President George W Bush, tried to defer his military service for a year, according to a newly rediscovered article in a Harvard University newspaper.
He wrote to his local recruitment board seeking permission to spend a further 12 months studying in Paris, after completing his degree course at Yale University in the mid-1960s.
The revelation appears to undercut Sen Kerry's carefully-cultivated image as a man who willingly served his country in a dangerous war - in supposed contrast to President Bush, who served in the Texas National Guard and thus avoided being sent to Vietnam.
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A senior Republican strategist, who asked not to be named, said: "I've not heard this before. This undercuts Kerry's complaints about Bush and it continues to pose questions as to his credibility among ordinary Vietnam veterans."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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Hmmm...he's not as bright as Clinton then.
That's worrying.
This has been around and won't make a difference. Plenty of folks didn't want to get drafted and chose to serve in another way. Bob Dole asked to be a public relations officer, based on his writing ability. He was instead put where needed, as a combat infantry officer replacement. A wounded soldier was so exposed that getting him back was so risky the other guys didn't want to try. Dole saw his duty as a leader to try. He got shot up - and was left for dead until the troops could get to him (I think) under cover of darkness.
Ha!
I'm starting to wonder if this election really IS going to be as close as I've been worrying.
With stuff like this coming out every day, I reallly can't see how it could be! LOL
To verify this one needs to get a copy of Kerry's draft notice and the letter he wrote. Wonder if they are in those records he won't release?
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