[Tacis]

Kerry was court martialed during the early 70s for something like "dereliction of duty in the face of the enemy" (a reduced charge from "treason") and dishonorably discharged from the Navy. Several years later, when there was a dem president (check some of the lefties Carter pardoned) his "dishonorable" discharge was revoked and he was honorably discharged. His 1978 DD 214 it hidden and his last "public" DD 214 is dated 3/1/70, before his treason.

Unfortunately, Kaerry simply can not afford to let this record be seen. He must hide these documents because the remove any doubt at all about his fitness to serve. An objective observer WILL NEVER be allowed to see these records and report on them.

But, consider. It must be a terrible secret to decide that it is better to be called a cowardly traitor, thrown out of the Navy for dereliction of duty or some serious military violation than to reveal the truth.

[AndyJackson]

Kerry was court martialed during the early 70s for something like "dereliction of duty in the face of the enemy"

Where do you get this information from?

[Polybius]

Kerry was court martialed during the early 70s for something like "dereliction of duty in the face of the enemy" (a reduced charge from "treason") and dishonorably discharged from the Navy. Several years later, when there was a dem president (check some of the lefties Carter pardoned) his "dishonorable" discharge was revoked and he was honorably discharged. His 1978 DD 214 it hidden and his last "public" DD 214 is dated 3/1/70, before his treason.

I wouldn't know about that since the S.O.B. has not signed his Form 180.

Is this the skeleton in his closet that he wants to hide from the American voter?

[sdkhaki]

Kerry was court martialed during the early 70s for something like "dereliction of duty in the face of the enemy" (a reduced charge from "treason") and dishonorably discharged from the Navy. Several years later, when there was a dem president (check some of the lefties Carter pardoned) his "dishonorable" discharge was revoked and he was honorably discharged. His 1978 DD 214 it hidden and his last "public" DD 214 is dated 3/1/70, before his treason.

Huh? Where'd you get this??

[RaceBannon]

you are the only other person than I who thinks this is a possibility!

To have made his courts martial public would have made Kerry a MARTYR, and for Kerry to make it public, would have disqualified him from entering public politics in the 70's.

[Yaelle]

Kerry was court martialed during the early 70s for something like "dereliction of duty in the face of the enemy" (a reduced charge from "treason") and dishonorably discharged from the Navy.

Seriously, folks. If the above is true, it should be mandatory that facts like this are publicly available on nominees for President.

If the above is true, basically no one is aware of it. This should not happen to any country whose citizens can read and write.

I don't care what party someone belongs to; a dishonorable discharge, even if later pardoned, should be part of a candidate's resume.

I hope this is backed up by some document somewhere.

[Eastbound]

Plodded through Google for a while and came up with the following links. Is Kerry one of Carter's 'bad paper' discharge pardon or was something else happening most of us apparently don't know anything about?

Pardons Granted to Evaders of Vietnam War (1977): Carter grants full pardons to the Americans who fled to Canada to avoid being drafted for the Vietnam War."
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~cgehrm1/pres_site/presidents/jc.html

and

"Mr. Carter invoked his powers as commander in chief and ordered that the "bad paper" military discharges of hundreds of thousands of deserters, malcontents and nonperformers be mandatorily upgraded, so long as they met one of six easily attained criteria."
http://www.jameswebb.com/Articles/wallstreetjrnl/carterinsult.htm

[hershey]

Holy Moley! That coming out would be the MOAB of all MOAB's. Wouldn't you think the RATs would do anything to avoid it? Like giving Kerry the hook real quick?