[AirForceMom]

I didn't watch this. I heard he said he would sign his 180?? Were there stipulations to his singing it?

[AirForceMom]

singing=signing

[Hadean]

Of course. He wanted everyone making accusations against him to sign it to.

[DJ Taylor]

Yes, he said he would sign his SF 180 if all his accusers would do the same.

[ontos-on]

I saw it and the only way Form 180 could ever get signed by Kerry is if Russert pulled it out right then an dtehre and said, "Here, Senator, sign it"

I kept thinking that Russert might do just that. Now that would have been something. Sure enough, within a minute, Kerry was dancing about demanding that some unnamed folks sign a Form 180 too. All his education has got him is the ability to double-talk.

[YaYa123]

I bet if we replayed the Form 180 exchange, Kerry will have tap danced his way around actually promising that he would sign one. In any event, he won't sign it, and Russert (or any other MSM) will never mention it again. Case closed.

[wildbill]

Russert was waving a form 180 around. I thought for a minute he'd ask the prevaricator to sign it.

He said he'd sign if his opponents would sign one. I guess that will give him an out since I don't know how you get in touch with tens of thousands of Vietnam vets who opposed his election.

[KeyLargo]

For Immediate Release
Feb 2, 2005 Contact: Press Office
202-646-5172


SENATOR KERRY ASKED TO SIGN RECORDS RELEASE FORM

Watchdog Asks Kerry to Keep His Word Concerning Signing Standard Form 180

Kerry’s Opportunity to Release Full Naval Service Record to the American People

(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today asked Senator John F. Kerry to keep his word to the American public and sign a Standard Form 180 (SF 180), “Request Pertaining to Military Records.” On Sunday, January 30, 2005, during an appearance on the NBC News show “Meet the Press,” moderator Tim Russert asked Senator Kerry (three times) if he would sign an SF 180 and release all of his military records. On the third attempt Senator Kerry answered Mr. Russert plainly:

MR. RUSSERT: Would you sign Form 180?


SEN. KERRY: Yes, I will.


In a letter hand delivered to Senator Kerry’s office, Judicial Watch asked him to execute the SF 180 immediately and thereby put to rest the controversies surrounding his service as a U.S. Navy officer.

Judicial Watch requested release of Senator Kerry’s military service records under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). Navy Personnel Command withheld thirty-one (31) pages of documents because Senator Kerry refused to sign an SF 180 and release them to the public. The records pertained to: “Personnel service jackets and service records, correspondence and records in both automated and non-automated form concerning classification, assignment, distribution, promotion, advancement, performance, recruiting, retention, reenlistment, separation, training, education, morale, personal affairs, benefits, entitlements, discipline and administration of naval personnel.”

“Senator Kerry has yet to come clean with the American people,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “We hope he will finally keep his promise to release his military records.”

Much of the information concerning Sen. Kerry’s questionable awards for valor, and allegations concerning his actions both on Active Duty and as an Inactive Naval Reserve officer was detailed in the best-selling book “Unfit for Command,” by John E. O’Neill and Jerome R. Corsi, PhD.

To read the Meet the Press transcript, click here.

To view the letter from Judicial Watch, click here (for html version, click here).


http://www.judicialwatch.org/4275.shtml
Judicial Watch, Inc.