Kerry Biographer Disputes Campaign (Even His Own Paid Shill, Brinkley, Calls Him a Liar! LOL!)

World Net Daily ^ | 8/29/04 | Staff

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The answers to all the questions raised by critics of John Kerry could probably be answered by the large archive of documents he keeps in his home.

Douglas Brinkley, the 43-year-old author who wrote "Tour of Duty," the biographical account of Kerry's time in Vietnam, described it this way: "I'm talking a massive archive. I had to sit in his house, with this woman watching me, and go through the collection – 12-page letters, notebooks, journals. I made three different trips, and stayed there for days."

Brinkley is the only one who's been allowed to handle this extensive resource. Indeed, the Kerry campaign has refused to release his personal Vietnam archive, including his journals and letters, to other journalists, saying the candidate is contractually bound to give Brinkley exclusive access.

But Brinkley disputed this to the Washington Post yesterday, saying the papers belong to Kerry and are under his full control.

"I don't mind if John Kerry shows anybody anything," he said. "If he wants to let anybody in, that's his business. Go bug John Kerry, and leave me alone," Brinkley said.

His exclusivity agreement with Kerry, he explained, is limited only to the requirement that anyone quoting the material must also cite Brinkley's book.

The Kerry campaign also claims that it has released all of the candidate's military records, but the Washington Post has reported it was able to obtain only six of "at least a hundred pages" under its Freedom of Information Act Request.

Now, even those records that have been released are being challenged. Former Navy Secretary John Lehman says he has no idea where the citation in support of Kerry's Silver Star, appearing on the Democrat's campaign Web site and under his signature, came from.

"It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me," said Lehman. He suggested his signature had been placed on the document by an autopen.

Ironically, in November 2000, on the eve of the presidential election, it was George Bush's turn to have his character questioned because of his military service during the Vietnam war. Then, as in 2004, Bush was accused of having avoided overseas duty by joining the Texas Air National Guard. And then, as now, the missing records that would have documented his service provided fodder for the political charges against him. "No documents have been found to show he reported for duty as ordered in Alabama in 1972," reported Associated Press.

Leading the charge was Senator John Kerry, "wounded in Vietnam." On the weekend before Election Day, Kerry told a crowd of Gore supporters, "Those of us who were in the military wonder how it is that someone who is supposedly serving on active duty, having taken that oath, can miss a whole year of service without even explaining where it went." Now, Kerry is the one with gaps being pointed to by critics.

Kerry, if he chose, could instruct the Pentagon to open his full military personnel file by signing Form 180. And, as Brinkley has stated, there is no constraint on sharing his personal papers with other journalists.

[G.Mason]

"His first mistake was depending on Kerry to do HIS research!"

Aye!

"And he knows it; he was sweating like a pig on Hardball the other night."

I must be losing patience as this figure 8 [or is that section 8?] race comes to it's final stages. I find that I am unable to watch "Hardball" and many other of these shows that pathetically attempt the continual spread of the disease known as the Democrat Party.

I may be accused of over confidence, but I am now looking past the election and I am afraid I see the radical socialist commies coming completely undone. Marching in the street, creating havoc in the larger cities and generally fermenting hate and discontent that will be reminiscent of the late '60 and '70's.

Suffice it to say the next four years under GWB may well be the turning point for our great Republic.

Regards

[blue jeans]

Or as if he was on his way to creating his own presidential library.

[savedbygrace]

It's his own fault, since he apparently never interviewed any of the SBVT members. Never.

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[marktwain]

"It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by me," said Lehman. He suggested his signature had been placed on the document by an autopen.

Now this is interesting... Let the DNC talking heads explain this!

[OldFriend]

Why would Brinkley have to have a minder while he copied the information for the book?

[savedbygrace]

It will be interesting. Kerry has already had to concede two of the SBVT points, and now Lehman forces them to deal with a third issue. Whatever will Kerry do and say about Lehman's comments?

[MainFrame65]

> "How interesting that Kerry maintains a massive archive. It almost sounds pathological." <

Remember the old saying, "There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't worry about who gets the credit."? Kerry turns that on its head, just as Bill Clinton did. Both of them spend their lives claiming credit, whatever their true level of accomplishment.

[Cboldt]

It will be interesting. Kerry has already had to concede two of the SBVT points, and now Lehman forces them to deal with a third issue.

The concessions haven't really been made, yet. The media still treats the book "Unfit for Command" as if it is untrue. If the parts of it that are examined are true (i.e., if Kerry concedes any point), then the SBVfT will have BETTER credibility than Kerry. How do I figure? Well, on examined points (not on ad hominems), every SBVfT claim is shown to be true, and every one of Kerry's stories is shown to be a fabrication. The only escape for the media is to stop covering the dispute, again.

[savedbygrace]

Well, Kerry spokesmen have said that his 1st PH might have been self-inflicted, and that Kerry wasn't in Cambodia on Christmas or Christmas Eve in '68. Those are as close to concessions as we're going to see, but they're concessions nonetheless.

[burndoubt]

"Why would Brinkley have to have a minder while he copied the information for the book?"

I agree...maybe Brinkley should have just sent Sandy Burglar in to review the documents

[syriacus]

He suggested his signature had been placed on the document by an autopen.

Might a little forensics work answer this question?

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Once again, I can't help thinking that corrupt folks in these two professions...

• Historians (who can't do good research or draw honest conclusions)...
• Journalists (who dismiss, out-of-hand, the testimony of over 200 men)...

are being dismantled by computers, the internet and the World Wide Web.

[Cboldt]

Well, Kerry spokesmen have said that his 1st PH might have been self-inflicted, and that Kerry wasn't in Cambodia on Christmas or Christmas Eve in '68. Those are as close to concessions as we're going to see, but they're concessions nonetheless.

But if Kerry outright admits to lying, how can the media assert that "Unfit for Command" is full of lies?

I agree, BTW, that Kerry has backed off those two points -- but the ramifications of the admissions are being played down by the media.

[BlindGuardian]

It just absolutely keeps getting better and better, doesn't it...? :)

It sure does LOL!

[NordP]

Yes, it IS getting more fun for us to have the truth revealed, but...

Will it make its way down to the "sheeple?"

THAT's the important thing!

(/typing with fingers crossed)

NordP

[Nick Danger]

"I'm talking a massive archive. I had to sit in his house, with this woman watching me, and go through the collection – 12-page letters, notebooks, journals...

Al Sharpton would solve this by having one of his electrical appliances short out, starting a fire.

[DJ Frisat]

"Indeed, the Kerry campaign has refused to release his personal Vietnam archive, including his journals and letters, to other journalists, saying the candidate is contractually bound to give Brinkley exclusive access."

Indeed, another stinkin' Kerry campaign lie.

Thanks for clearing that up, Mr. Brinkley...

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Al Sharpton would solve this by having one of his electrical appliances short out, starting a fire.

Hillary Clinton would solve this by having Vince Foster's rotting corpse exhumed, and then promptly ordering someone to whack him again. :)

[OXENinFLA]

Ping......................

[Grampa Dave]

I, Jeann Le Jacquestrap Kerri, would never lie about my heroic efforts in Nam. Just look at my medals, that I didn't throw over the fence.