You are correct. I have been raising it for months. I have sent my comments to the media, my Congressional reps, and the SBVFT. It looks like this issue is gaining some traction. I think there is a big story here. If Kerry asked for replacement medals, then he was lying just a few months ago on GMA. If he just asked for replacement citations, then it says something about Kerry's character and mental stablility.
The fact that the Silver Star citation signed by Lehman is not identical and that the Navy just didn't make him duplicate copies of the ones in his files raises some important questions. Obviously the originals exist in his files since we have copies of them. Kerry could have just requested citations signed by the Secretrary of the Navy, which confirms the SBVFT allegations against Kerry that he manufactured his awards.
I am beginning to have some serious questions about the latter.
Earlier this morning, I spent some time reading the transcript of David Limbaugh's interview with O'Neill. I was struck by O'Neill's tale about Kerry's theatrics in front of the camera, which several of his crewmates found odd.
About a month ago, another poster on FR who was discussing Kerry's rumored dalliances with Hollywood starlets, posted something similar. Apparently the gossip is that Kerry had an odd penchant for watching himself in the mirror while otherwise occupied in bed.
You were one of the first if not the first on FR to question his current medals.
"You are correct. I have been raising it for months. I have sent my comments to the media, my Congressional reps, and the SBVFT. It looks like this issue is gaining some traction. I think there is a big story here. If Kerry asked for replacement medals, then he was lying just a few months ago on GMA. If he just asked for replacement citations, then it says something about Kerry's character and mental stablility.
"The fact that the Silver Star citation signed by Lehman is not identical and that the Navy just didn't make him duplicate copies of the ones in his files raises some important questions. Obviously the originals exist in his files since we have copies of them. Kerry could have just requested citations signed by the Secretrary of the Navy, which confirms the SBVFT allegations against Kerry that he manufactured his awards.
181 posted on 08/28/2004 8:15:21 AM PDT by kabar
Something is rotten with these medals and in the Pentagon.
I keep going back to Kerry's long time buddy, Wade R. Sanders who was the Asst. Secretary of Navy under the Clintoon. Who knows what he and a crew of lib "plumbers" did to Kerry's records and other records.