You know, really, I'm mostly just shaking my head at this all. My conclusions now are precisely what they have been a long time ago:
Sen.Kerry, PLEASE SIGN FORM 180 so we can stop all this senseless speculation!
Really, unless and until he does, this is going to fester and fester, and more and more VietNam vets and others are going to continue to ask these questions. It seems really weird he has not done so, and makes it really seem that there is something being hidden. I don't think that is a wise strategy, even if release of records shows there was some manipulation behind the scenes - then people will just do the "ho-hum- everyone does it" thing. These speculations, some of which are probably erroneous, make it all the worse for him. The longer this is in the news, the worse for him, even if he takes a short term hit in the initial records analysis. It's not going to get out of the news until that analysis is done, though. In fact, I've got an inkling of another angle that can easily be pursued that will further enlighten the American people as to just what some of the records on his website mean, to sKerry's detriment, and I'm just an ordinary joe officer... There's so much more that can be played on this story that I really don't think there's any way it is going out of the news soon, unless he signs that 180, and gets it out of the way.
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He operates in the not-unreasonable belief that the media will cover for him somehow. Perhaps by making teh issue confusing enough that people lose patience with the story. Who knows, the media has lots of tricks to avoid honest reporting.
Kerry is a con-man. One of the biggest cons perpetrated on the public. I don't care if he releases his records or not. I want him to resign from public office. If the resignation is in disgrace, with documents made public to prove it, all the better -- but not necessary for me to get on with it.
Besides Kerry, there is the matter of restoring honor to US action in Vietnam, and making amends with Vietnam veterans.
Something is being covered up.
Their spokesmen even lie in trying
to claim all his records are out.