[Nathan Zachary]

"f a newspaper claimed to have documents showing that, say, John Kerry had fabricated details of his service in Vietnam, and Kerry made no comment whatsoever, would you not consider that fairly telling?"

Nothing of the sort has happened. We have people who were there telling what really happened, and John Fraud Kerry refusing to grant unfettered access to his records. If they were false, he would have nothing to hide, and release them. obviously he has something to hide, so the allegations are not fairy tales.

[Canard]

"Nothing of the sort has happened. We have people who were there telling what really happened, and John Fraud Kerry refusing to grant unfettered access to his records. If they were false, he would have nothing to hide, and release them. obviously he has something to hide, so the allegations are not fairy tales."

I wasn't saying it had happened, it was a hypothetical question!

[grey_whiskers]

If they were false, he would have nothing to hide, and release them. obviously he has something to hide, so the allegations are not fairy tales.

Not necessarily true, there. It might turn out that those specific allegations are false, but he has other skeletons in his closet which he needs to hide.

Full Disclosure: I agree with your conclusion--I read "Unfit for Command"--but your logic still is not watertight.