Never happen. Massachusetts voters are still proud that they didn't vote for Nixon, they'd vote for Kerry just to spite Bush, who is hated, hated, hated here.
I've been thinking about this story for almost an hour now, and I think the media will try to keep it quite because you're right, it would be DEVASTATING. Because it's not about just another issue that's been chewed over ala Bush's Guard service.
The 2000 DUI story was something that hurt, BUT it did'nt hurt as much as it might have because it was not part of a pattern--Bush did something he was ashamed of and he tried to keep it quiet, as many people would.
But this is like the last link in a chain the Swift Vets have been building for a long time.
I don't think the story has legs. But it will get around on the net. Without it being a major national story, though, I don't see much happening with it.
But it has the potential. And the reason is Kerry's own pushing of his record in Vietnam.
They will try, but if it hits Drudge it will be impossible to keep under control. As long as it was just speculation I never thought it would go anywhere since it is so serious. This reporter has gone beyond hypotheticals. He's asking questions that have been generated by the documents that are currently available. It also makes sense now as to why Kerry will not release all his records. It would be the end of his candidacy. As to Mass, I suppose your right, but let's not forget Mondale in 84. I believe he lost even Mass, didn't he?
The Bush DUI story broke about a week prior to the last presidential election ... it spread like an out of control wildfire fanned into a raging inferno by the liberal MSM. This Kerry receiving an initial Navy discharge under less than honorable conditions, later upgraded to honorable, story may smolder awhile but will be snuffed out by the MSM.