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Kerry Will Go Down “Swinging” in Round Two
Townhall.com ^ | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | Michael McBride

Posted on 12/03/2007 3:31:58 PM PST by Spokane

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To: Agent Smith

You are too kind..


21 posted on 12/03/2007 4:13:05 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Spokane

Lots of interesting comments at the full link. Someone named skylark is definitely interested in defending his hero sKerry...


22 posted on 12/03/2007 4:13:13 PM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: rockrr

Kerry is a liar and a punk.


23 posted on 12/03/2007 4:17:51 PM PST by baiamonte
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To: Spokane

Phony hero, non-accomplished senator no major or minor bills passed. The only thing he does well is marry into money he’s never earned an honest dollar in his whole uneventful life. And he he still thought he should be president. He reminds me a lot of what the Dems are running for president now.


24 posted on 12/03/2007 4:33:02 PM PST by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: Spokane
If any of my ex-squadron mates dumped on me like the Swift boat vets are dumping on Kerry, my records would have been available the next day- that is a counterpunch, not a duck

QUACK!

25 posted on 12/03/2007 4:54:49 PM PST by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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To: rockrr
Lots of interesting comments at the full link. Someone named skylark is definitely interested in defending his hero sKerry..."

The exchange between skylark and clyde9 is interesting. If Kerry would just release everything, it would resolve all this controversy.

26 posted on 12/03/2007 4:58:23 PM PST by Spokane
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To: Spokane

What is “round two” ?

And I notice Kerry will still go down though.


27 posted on 12/03/2007 4:59:43 PM PST by festus (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: hsalaw

> There must be something really dreadful in his
> military records or he would have, as this author
> suggests, instantly have released them ...

Two top suspicions:

1. A Dishonorable Discharge resulting from his
consorting with the enemy in Paris while still a
Naval Reserve officer. Discharge converted to
Honorable very late, as part of Carter amnesty.

2. All three Purple Hearts resulted from unintentional
self-inflicted wounds from horseplay or inept combat use
of grenades or grenade launchers.

3. More doubt cast on how the Silver Star was
obtained.


28 posted on 12/03/2007 5:00:10 PM PST by Boundless (Legacy Media is hazardous to your mental health)
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To: Boundless
I thought at one time it might be a dishonorable discharge (which would have been entirely appropriate since he clearly was engaged in traitorous behavior during time of war).

On reflection I believe he could have explained a DD away as a result of being on Nixon's Enemies List, which would probably just have enhanced his cred with the hardcore leftists and not caused an adverse reaction from the mushy moderates. I think it whatever he is hiding must be something worse.

29 posted on 12/03/2007 5:18:10 PM PST by Menehune56 (Oderint Dum Metuant (Let them hate, so long as they fear - Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)))
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To: Menehune56
I thought at one time it might be a dishonorable discharge (which would have been entirely appropriate since he clearly was engaged in traitorous behavior during time of war).

On reflection I believe he could have explained a DD away as a result of being on Nixon's Enemies List, which would probably just have enhanced his cred with the hardcore leftists and not caused an adverse reaction from the mushy moderates. I think it whatever he is hiding must be something worse.

Dismissal is the equivalent of a DD for officers (picture Chuck Connors having his buttons pulled off and his sword broken.) Dismissal can only be by sentence of a General Court Martial, the highest level of a military court. A GCM is would be an open and public proceeding in most cases. There is no secret dismissal. Could Kerry have received an administrative separation and discharge other than the usual honorable? That's possible.

30 posted on 12/03/2007 5:56:21 PM PST by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find.)
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To: baiamonte
"Kerry is a liar and a punk.

...and a sniveling weasel.

31 posted on 12/03/2007 6:01:45 PM PST by Czar ( StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: Lazarus Longer

STOP INSULTING LITTLE GIRLS!!!!!!!!!! ;^)


32 posted on 12/03/2007 6:02:43 PM PST by rejoicing (that God is in charge, guys.)
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