[Mo1]

The thing I don't get is HOW could the Kerry people believe they would not get caught if this was a fake 'silver star' or whatever?

My guess is they didn't know or didn't bother to check it all out before releasing the documents

[Robert_Paulson2]

wow...
just the kind of morons we can trust with the ship of state...

too stupid for public office.
kerry may end up losing his senate seat over this stuff.

surely he knows that he is now vulnerable, or is he too stupid to figure that out too?

[JulieRNR21]

Mo1...recall that Kerry's own campaign people got him confused with Bob Kerrey on the Intelegence Committee.

And maybe they have been sloppy knowing that the media was there to protect him.

They didn't factor in Free Republic researchers, Blogs, FoxNews and investigative reporters like Thomas Lipscomb.

[hoosiermama]

TIn hat on: Or they knew they were fake....were going to leak it to the press in October, and then make "W" look bad as the leaker....ALA WIlson fiasco.

[LADY J]

"The thing I don't get is HOW could the Kerry people believe they would not get caught if this was a fake 'silver star' or whatever?"

The same way they gave sKerry credit for being on committees that Senator Kerrey actually was on. They don't know or check what they are doing.

Among all of them - they know little or nothing about the military because they have always had a low opinion of our country and our military.

[Dolphy]

My guess is they didn't know or didn't bother to check it all out before releasing the documents

Either that or they were drunk on the idea that Kerry's service would keep the opposition in check. They believed that Bush's lack of service would shut his campaign up and leave them free to exploit and exaggerate Kerry's.