Kerry releases his records - or does he?

[Rebar]

Senator John F. Kerry, ending at least two years of refusal, has waived privacy restrictions and authorized the release of his full military and medical records.

On May 20, Kerry signed a document called Standard Form 180, authorizing the Navy to send an ''undeleted" copy of his ''complete military service record and medical record" to the Globe.

But it seems that Kerry once again underestimated the New Media:

"It doesn't make sense that he is going through the Navy," says Jones. "Applying through the Navy gives this scenario the appearance of a personnel shuffle. Kerry said he applied to the Navy and the Boston Globe said they received his record from the Navy and that makes no sense when the relevant records are at the National Personnel Record Center, a part of the National Archives. By going through the Navy Kerry makes it appear that he is using the Navy to screen his file; he added a layer of bureaucracy when all he needed to do was sign an authorization allowing a third party to look at his record at the NPRC."

http://spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8274

In Summary it is impossible to guess what is in Senator Kerry’s Navy personnel file. The ONLY way to obtain a true and complete version of the file is to have Senator Kerry sign a release and an SF180 allowing the bearer of the SF180 to obtain any and all of his Military Service Records from the National Personnel Records Center, a branch of the National Archives. The NPRC is the only Government organization that has and can release a copy of his complete personnel file.

http://www.lyonresearch.com/html/john_kerry_mil__records.html

Looks like Kerry stepped in it again. He's trying to whitewash his record for another run as Senator and/or President, but has only drawn attention to what he's trying to hide. Aided and abedded by the Boston Globe, by making a big deal about his college grades:

During last year's presidential campaign, John F. Kerry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W. Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences.

But newly released records show that Bush and Kerry had a virtually identical grade average at Yale University four decades ago.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w...grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student/

to try and explain why he was reluctant to release the records. But it's a shell game, there are dark secrets in his record, which Kerry and the Globe are trying to keep under the carpet.

Time to air that carpet out. Mr. Kerry - release ALL your records to the PUBLIC.

 

[El Tejon]

Gee, wonder what Lurch is hiding???

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

I don't want to get political, but the pass this loser got from the Socialist Mainstream Media makes me

I'd like to see the dates on some of these documents. It was rumored that he had his file "prettied up" during the Carter administration. You remember Jimmah, don't you?

At least Nancy Reagan had the pride and decency to keep Ronnie from the public eye when he got Alzheimers. Jimmah should be put in a home. Far far away from the public eye.

 

[Old Dog]

Eh, there's probably not much worth reading even should the records be released. Navy officer records at the time (at least the personnel records) typically didn't contain anything juicy (unless one really, really screwed up and managed to get something like a punitive letter of reprimand, went to Admiral's Mast or got court-martialed); fitness reports of non-career junior officers are mostly an exercise in creative writing and wordsmithing ... Now, maybe something in the medical records bears hiding?

 

[ravinraven]

Didn't Jimmah go inside a nuclear reactor once?

It seems that Carter spent some time inside a nuclear reactor while he was in the navy. If so, that may be why he says such odd things now.

rr

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

You are right Raven... Maybe thats why he was "glowing" when he got the Nobel Peace Prize with the terrorist Arafat.

 

[Rebar]

Eh, there's probably not much worth reading even should the records be released.

Actually, there very well may be:

In a front-page article in today's New York Sun entitled "Mystery Surrounds Kerry's Navy Discharge," reporter Thomas Lipscomb asserts that in all probability, Sen. John F. Kerry originally received a less-than-honorable discharge from the United States Naval Reserve — a discharge that was only upgraded to honorable after President Carter's 1977 executive order proclaiming a presidential amnesty for Vietnam War resisters.

http://beldar.blogs.com/beldarblog/2004/10/was_kerrys_orig.html

The records that have not been released, could very well point to the fact that Kerry recieved a less-than-honorable discharge, which strikes at the very heart of his "war hero" claims. That he then weaseled-out a retroactive honorable discharge later on, shows his true character. This would put his Senate reelection in serious jeopardy.

Getting this hard-core left wing anti-RKBA joker out, would help us all.

 

[atk]

Rebar,

I agree that it would be wonderful if Kerry were no longer in public office. Unfortunately, I don't expect Massachusetts to vote him out.

 

[Rebar]

I can see Kerry losing his seat, if it turns out he was drummed out of the service, and a high-quality opponent is put up against him. He's really not that popular here, just that no one good has run against him.

 

[atk]

Rebar,


I dunno. I get the idea he's about as protected as Kennedy. I can't imagine someone standing a real chance against him, without a massive campaign, and without being unbelievably high quality.

For all the smart people I see in this state, I can't understand how they consistently claim that Kerry is a good man, and good for our state.


(I'm in the Commonwealth, too )

 

[Old Dog]

Rebar, FWIW, the claims on Beldar's Blog regarding Kerry's discharge have already been debunked; I'm not gonna debate that (and I do know a little bit about these matters, having actually gotten involved in officer separations during my last twenty-five years in the Navy). Had Kerry originally received an OTH, does anyone really believe the military could possibly have kept this a secret, lo these past thirty years or so? If you believe that, you've never been in the military; the only way two or more military folks can keep anything secret is if all but one of 'em are dead.

I'm by no means a Kerry supporter, but it's time to move on. Vote him out based on his record in the Senate.

 

[Rebar]

I'm by no means a Kerry supporter, but it's time to move on. Vote him out based on his record in the Senate.

Hard to move on, when it was on the front page of the Globe yesterday. And his record in the Senate is obviously not enough to vote him out, since he keeps getting reelected.

The republican party in MA is a joke, but the more vulnerable Kerry looks, the more likely someone decent will decide to throw their hat into the ring. If he indeed has a provable flawed military record, after promoting himself as a great war hero, that might be the straw that breaks the camel's back. There must be something in his records that will hurt him, if he's going to such lengths to hide them.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Another tainted, tarnished, eminently forgettable representative of the Democratic (sic) party.