Kerry's got some 'splanin to do.
> Why are there three -- THREE! -- separate and differently
> worded citations for Kerry's Silver Star award.
The last disowned by it's purported signer.
> Why are there two separate, differently worded citations
> for Kerry's Bronze Star?
> Why did Kerry seek a revision in 2001 to the number of
> campaign stars on his Vietnam service medal?
And is he even entitled to have a VSM?
> All these are issues are unrelated to the ongoing Swift
> Boat Veterans for Truth controversy ...
Uh oh.
Where is John Edwards? Have I just missed seeing him or has he dropped out already????
I would have thought that an enterprising reporter could make a FOIA request for any correspondence between John Kerry's office and Secretary Lehman's office from 1981-88. I doubt a letter requesting help reissuing a citation would be protected by privacy issues.
But perhaps I'm wrong. Or maybe enterprising reporters no longer exist.
Brinkley seems to be having second thoughts.
The interesting part of this article, to me, was that the changes were made in 1986.
Back then, nobody had any idea that the Internet was going to be such a powerful factor in the future -- so they had no way to predict the amazing speed and utter transparacy a fishy story could be debunked.
Kerry probably thought he was being wonderfully clever back then. Polishing off all the rough spots on his service jacket and preparing for his inevitable moment in the sun.
It's his own fault that things are a lot hotter than he expected them to be.
Apparently Douglas Brinkley has decided he may want to have a job after Kerry has gone back to the Senate.
Note - there are two separate stories at the linked
Spectator page. The other is a doozy too.
"But Hillary's appearances were not at the behest of
the Kerry campaign. "She wasn't part of the truth
squad we wanted up there," says a senior Kerry adviser.
"McAuliffe is the one who put her out there, along with
President Clinton."
According to a DNC staffer, Sen. John Kerry's man in the
DNC, John Sasso, attempted to remove Hillary from the
DNC's "push back" crew in New York, but was overruled by
Terry McAuliffe, who continues to have hands-on,
operational control of the Democratic Party."
Echos of March'04, when Kerry tried to fire McA.
Let's hope all radio talk shows get this on the air!!!
this gives me an idea...
I can't believe that no one in the MSM seems to be asking for Kerry to release these medical records. Even Friday, the AP asked for some type of additional records for President Bush!!!
I believe the injustice of the media in the way they are treating Kerry, vs. their hounding of Bush, will be studied in journalism schools someday. It is truly incredible.
When is this going to be in the NYT and WaPO?
ping
I think Kerry is right on this one. On this site there is a list of the 17 campaigns. I believe Kerry qualified for 6 and 7 while on the U.S.S. Gridley, and 9 and 10 while in-country. See Kerry's service timeline to verify the dates. (Note: #8 should have read, Vietnamese Counteroffensive (1 July-l November 1968) Phase V)