That bugs the heck out of me to this day. It's simply amazing that one of the great mysteries from the last campaign can be so off the radar of ALL the MSM.
There was some serious look the other way crap going on last election. Hopefully that was the last election where thats a factor. That one magazine editor said the press would deliver 15 points for Kerry, and I think they came pretty close. If there weren't so many Pro-Kerry and Con-Bush articles out there, the election would have been a landslide of McGovern (losing) proportions for Kerry.
It was without a doubt a fix, top to bottom for Kerry DD 180 story and others to be hands off. The lame stream media couldn't admit it now because they are so behind the 8 ball already it would crush them. They would never ever be beleived about anything.
The great thing was that in spite of it, and probably alot of votes came just because of it, that enough conservatives saw and recognized the Kerry whitewash and voted to let the lame stream media know weren't buying it.
The less than honorable discharge, especially considering his actions (treason), probably resulted in the revocation of the awards too.
When his discharge was upgraded, he probably pursued getting the awards reinstated so he could hang them on the wall of his office.
It's all a scam, dude... ain't no 'mystery' anymore.