Posted on 09/22/2004 7:17:33 AM PDT by JstABrdPstr
ZOLLER: And the president is the one ... that's released all the documents he has, all the military documents. He signed the form to release every document. The average person does not have their own military records in their basement. So, he has released the records, John Kerry won't release all his records. But I will say one thing, because of this, John Kerry's being taken off the front page...
KING: Al Franken, why were you shaking your head?
FRANKEN: Because Kerry has released all his records.
ZOLLER: No, he hasn't.
FRANKEN: Yes, he has. And it is very clear...
ZOLLER: He has not signed the release form for all the records.
FRANKEN: I'm sorry, I let.
KING: One at a time.
FRANKEN: Yes, he has. I don't know what records you're talking about. I do know there have been accusations that the Bush people started purging records in the '90s, when they started running against Ann Richards.
ZOLLER: See, that's -- this is what we're talking about today, Al, you're saying accusations of this. Dan Rather is in a lot of hot water because he didn't check out sources. And you know, Larry, indicated there's a lot of latitude as far as talk show hosts. But I don't go on the air unless I can independently qualify something.
FRANKEN: Yes, you did.
ZOLLER: It has independently been shown through the Department of Defense that he has not signed the form.
FRANKEN: Tell me what document he's has not been released. ZOLLER: There are medical documents that hasn't been released.
FRANKEN: That's not true.
ZOLLER: It is true. There are six documents on his Web site, the rest of them have not released.
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Open mouth insert feet..............
He is a CRAZY FREAK!
Franken is a talentless little man filled with rage.
Kerry is the one who is stonewalling. Bush has the Pentagon searching every possible related file looking for anything relating to Bush's service and immediately releasing them. Kerry has hand picked a few documents and has only allowed a selected few to look at them for less than one hour. There is no comparison on who has released documents and who is hiding something.
Navy Contradicts Kerry on Release of Military Records
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
September 16, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Navy released documents Wednesday contradicting claims by Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry that all of his available military records have been released.
The Navy, responding to a Freedom of Information Act request from the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch, also referred interested parties to Kerry's campaign web site for government military documents.
Navy Personnel Command FOIA Officer Dave German wrote in an e-mail to Judicial Watch that the Navy "withheld thirty-one pages of documents from the responsive military personnel service records as we were not provided a release authorization."
A "release authorization" would have to come from Kerry filling out and signing a Standard Form 180, something he has yet to do. A Standard Form 180 would authorize the complete release of all his military records. Judicial Watch filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests in August to obtain Kerry's military records.
The official U.S. Navy response was received by Judicial Watch on Wednesday, the same day that Kerry told syndicated radio and MSNBC TV host Don Imus that "We've posted my military records that they sent to me, or were posted on my website. You can go to my website, and all my -- you know, the documents are there."
When Imus pressed Kerry as to whether all of his documents were in fact included on the campaign website, Kerry responded, "To the best of my knowledge. I think some of the medical stuff may still be out there. We're trying to get it.
"We released everything that they (the Navy) initially sent me," he added.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the Navy's correspondence confirms that Kerry has not been forthright in releasing his military files.
"It's written confirmation from the U.S. Navy that there are additional documents from Kerry's service record that have yet to be made publicly available," Fitton told CNSNews.com.
Fitton called the Kerry campaign's contention that all of the candidate's military files have been released, "wrong."
"They (the Kerry campaign) are either ignorant or misleading us. The simple solution is to authorize the release of all records related to his service," Fitton said.
German in a letter dated September 15, also referred Judicial Watch to Kerry's campaign website for more information on Kerry's military records.
"Numerous responsive U.S. Navy service record documents, as well as service record documents not subject to disclosure requirements under the FOIA, may be accessed at" the Kerry campaign's website applying to his military records, wrote German.
"Right now we are in the 'Alice in Wonderland' situation, where the U.S. Navy is telling us to go to a campaign Internet site to get government FOIA documents," Fitton said.
"I am not aware of any other instance where [a government agency] told us to go to a political website for documents," he added. "It's not a reliable repository of government documents."
In additional correspondence with Judicial Watch dated Sept. 15, the Navy stated that it did not have a copy of Kerry's Discharge Certificate (DD Form 256N), adding that the Navy did not keep files of the certificate in its records.
German wrote in a letter dated Sept. 15, "A copy of an honorable discharge certificate (DD256N) is not placed in the U.S. Navy Service record when issued."
Jerome Corsi, co-author of the best-selling book "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," told CNSNews.com the he was "surprised" the Navy did not have a copy of Kerry's discharge file.
"That means [Kerry's] got it," Corsi said. "It goes against his contention that he has released everything that is in his possession, because certainly that form is in his possession."
Corsi believes that the Navy's official response proves that "it's Kerry who is blocking the release of the [military] documents and nobody else."
"What's Senator Kerry got to hide?" Corsi asked. "By not releasing these files, he is creating the impression that there is something there he doesn't want anybody to see. What is it?"
Judicial Watch is also awaiting the U.S. Navy's response to its inquiry regarding Kerry's "Silver Star with combat V." The citation appears in Kerry's DD214 military form on his website, but according to military officials, no such medal exists.
"Kerry's record is incorrect. The Navy has never issued a 'combat V' to anyone for a Silver Star," said a Naval official to reporter Thomas Lipscomb in an article for the August 27th Chicago Sun Times.
According to the Sun Times article, "Naval regulations do not allow for the use of a 'combat V' for the Silver Star, the third-highest decoration the Navy awards. None of the other services has ever granted a Silver Star 'combat V,' either."
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=\SpecialReports\archive\200409\SPE20040916a.html
Franken will not take calls on this subject. I have tried.
He only has 3 listeners, You would think he would yake calls. He is a huge A$$hole.
I want his medical records released. He looks ill to me.
Doesn't the public have the right to see a doctor's statement as to the general health of a candidate? For example, is his cancer in remission? I think it is worthy of a statement from his doctor.
Why the silence on this matter?
Just don't be so specific about what you want to talk about with the screener - confront him with what the Navy said in the above
he looks like the joker to me. he sounds like a fool.
Darn I have to be at work. :-( Sure too be "Must see" TV.
All his callers are probably Phil Hendry..
Franken may be a comic genius, I certainly laughed at alot of his stuff on SNL, but when it comes to politics and foreign policy, he is, ummmm, I want to be kind, he is ignorant and shows no sign of wanting to relieve himself of that ignorance. This exchange is an example. The other example I recall well was his misquoting of Golda Meir about "forgiving them for making us kill their sons".. Totally misquoted and thus misinterpreted it on the "Tough Crowd" show, it was embarassing.
That inoperable brain tumor he has is looking like it is growing some more, too!
(I have documents from an unimpeachable source regarding the inoperable brian tumor...and even if they are shown to be false, the underlying story remains true.....What about the facts in the accusation? Kerry needs to respond to the serious allegations contained in these documents.)
I would get"TIVO" just to replay the very instant that Al's head explode after he realizes his candidate implodes. LOL
Could it be Marfans syndrome? The tall cadaverous look, sunken chest, narrow shoulders, wide hips. . . .
And who made those accusations? Bill Burkett!
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