Why does this thing smell? Could this be a set-up where Kerry releases his records and they find nothing? Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
I think is says that Brinkley cares about his own reputation for honesty. His name is on Kerry's book. He doesn't want to go down with Kerry if that should happen. I don't know how partisan the guy is. He might care a lot more about his writing career than he does about Kerry's political career.
IIRC there was something recently about Kerry having signed a Form 180 years ago, which means Kerry already has all his documents. Could it be possible that all these documents will be altered and then released to try to prove Kerry's statements. And .. then what will the military do in response .. when the originals they hold show different information. Hmmmm? This could get very interesting.
The Navy is already investigating Kerry's claim to a "V" on his Silver Star .. which the Navy says was never awarded on a Silver Star.
No, I don't think you are. That's a valid point that very well should be considered.
I think you are. Brinkley is a Yale Professor and he must be taking a lot of "hits" from his colleagues for shoddy research. Professors' have egos beyond anything remotely human and they like to think of themselves as above reproach. I think the obvious duplicity on the part of Kerry is beginning to take its toll. He has probably been the butt of numerous jokes on campus from his colleagues. The whispers in the faculty lounge could be eating his insides out.
I'm starting to really think that Kerry won't make it to Election Day. The Dems/libs want Bush out too bad to let their current nominee keep going in a mortally wounded state. I hear the trampling of the Hildebeast underbrush...
"Why does this thing smell?"
'Coz Brinkley needs to cover his a$$ if he wants to maintain any respect as a journalist/biographer. Clearly he wasn't given the whole truth (the "secret diary" & service records) by Kerry, and knowing that, Brinkley published regardless.
AS a former Air Force Officer I can not understand how Kerry got a good discharge. His efficiency reports most likely indicate how he really was in Viet Nam.
Surely some Officer over him saw the problem while he was on active duty. Reports likely are indictive of what are really in the reports. Hopefully someone has them now and maybe they will be posted on the net prior to the election.
Free Republic would be a good forum to study these reports.
I don't trust it either - Kerry has plenty of democrat moles in the government that can rewrite his record again. It won't undo the lies that we already caught ("seared, SEARED in my mind...."), but it can be made to show him in the best possible light.
We already know that two of his Purple Hearts were wrongly awarded. The first PH was awarded when there was no enemy contact on the day he claimed to have been WIA. And on the "rice cache" WIA again, no enemy contact.
Once the Navy goes over those reports and records, Kerry will have to return those medals plus there is no "V" (for valor) on a Silver Star...so that's a bogus award too.
The clown has more baggage than Delta Airlines...
If he makes it 'til November 2, it'll be a miracle!!!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Kerry would have released them a month ago if there wasn't anything to hide.
I have had that same thought for over a month now.
To me it smells like TOAST!
Why does this thing smell? Could this be a set-up where Kerry releases his records and they find nothing? Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Yup, I agree. Ambush. I said that weeks and weeks ago.
Kerry has been in DC a long time and has connections.
If there was nothing to be found in Kerry's records surely they would have been released before now.
Think about it. With the Swift Boat controversy out for month now calling Kerry's record into question, why wouldn't he release his records if there was no problem?
How many points down in the polls would Kerry have to be and how high on the NYT Best Sellers list would "Unfit for Command" have to be for Kerry to decide to vindicate himself with his record?
Perhaps they want the focus on his service not on the traitorous acts he committed after he served