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Boston Globe: The caveat emperor (Kerry Signs Form 180)
Boston Globe ^
| 5/24/05
| Joan Vennochi
Posted on 05/24/2005 4:21:44 AM PDT by Air Conditioned Gypsy
The caveat emperor
By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist
May 24, 2005
During an interview yesterday with Globe editorial writers and columnists, the former Democratic presidential nominee was asked if had signed Form SF 180, authorizing the Department of Defense to grant access to all his military records.
''I have signed it," Kerry said. Then, he added that his staff was ''still going through it" and ''very, very shortly, you will have a chance to see it." ........
After the interview, Kerry's communications director, David Wade, was asked to clarify when Kerry signed SF 180 and when public access would be granted. Kerry drifted over to join the conversation, immediately raising the confusion level. He did not answer the question of when he signed the form or when the entire record will be made public.
Several e-mails later, Wade conveyed the following information: On Friday, May 20, Kerry obtained a copy of Form 180 and signed it. ''The next step is to send it to the Navy, which will happen in the next few days. The Navy will then send out the records," e-mailed Wade......
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cary; form180; kerry; lurch; militaryrecord
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To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
Why do I doubt this?
Let me count the ways . . . . . . .
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:45:22 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
What a total jerk.
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:46:08 AM PDT
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: Stashiu
Of course, they will have to 'sanitize' the released records. I doubt that the original DD214 will ever see the light of day.Paging Jeran Francois: The cover-up can be worse than the crime...
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:46:49 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: Petronski
lol ~ yeap!
24
posted on
05/24/2005 4:47:01 AM PDT
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
John Kerry"
Don't trust and most definitely verify. If he says the sky is blue, look out the window to double check.
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:48:32 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(He writes everything's been returned which was owed...)
To: Petronski
Egads, Petronski! WHERE did you find that Dali-ish graphic?
Got one for 'his staff is going through it'?
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:52:01 AM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: jws3sticks
That's the funniest Kerry picture I've seen.
Funnier than some of his 'dork' pictures.
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
That one is Intense Dork.
28
posted on
05/24/2005 4:58:13 AM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
... Kerry obtained a copy of Form 180 and signed it. ''The next step is to send it to the Navy ... " LOL. Now tell the truth, this was predictable. Now Kerry can say he signed it. Sheesh, lay off already. =:-O
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:59:12 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Zacs Mom
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:59:51 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
(@Yuck.com)
To: nmh
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TURN IT IN, SENATOR KERRY! That's right, cuz it's been signed, but is now in a firmly sealed mayonnaise jar, inside a secret safe in one one or Mama-T's palatial mansions, awaiting release sometime before 2008. But rest assured, it's been signed.
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posted on
05/24/2005 4:59:56 AM PDT
by
beckaz
(The facts of life are conservative. (Maggie Thatcher))
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
"I don't understand. It must have gotten lost in the mail."
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
He signed it, but he didn't send it.
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posted on
05/24/2005 5:03:47 AM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
I hope for Kerry's sake that there is actually something embarassing in his records. If not the Dems will be furious that the GOP was able to beat Kerry up over this issue when there was nothing to hide.
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posted on
05/24/2005 5:04:48 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
Isn't the point of the 180 that the military will release the records directly to the public? Why would anyone accept what the Kerry campaign puts out as the complete, unabridged record?
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posted on
05/24/2005 5:07:58 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(NEWSWEEK LIED, PEOPLE DIED)
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
He just signed it, he didn't send it in yet.
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posted on
05/24/2005 5:09:08 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
I wonder if his records were retyped on a IBM Selectric Composer typewriter courtesy of Dan Rather.
Headline: Rather ghost writes Kerry's records, FOX exclusive! lol
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posted on
05/24/2005 5:16:44 AM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(My tagline is currently being blocked by Congressional filibuster for being to harsh.)
To: Air Conditioned Gypsy
He said he would sign it.
He didn't say he would turn it in after he had signed it.
Lawyers.
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posted on
05/24/2005 5:18:21 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by central planning.)
To: TheForceOfOne
I wonder if his records were retyped on a IBM Selectric Composer typewriter lol
Possibly done on Alger Hiss' Woodstock.
To: Carry_Okie
He said he would sign it. He didn't say he would turn it in after he had signed it. How Clintonesque.
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