He would not of got a Dishonorable discharge, as then, I think, he is
prevented from running for office. He most likely got a General Discharge.
discharge of convenience for the military.
"Go Fig" wrote in message
news:300720051620501485%gofig@mac.com...
> In article <42EBF32D.899FF280@sympatico.ca>, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>> The Watcher wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > >It's ironic that you seem to have swallowed the SBVT bullshit when
>> > >they
>> > >smeared an man
>> > >who served his country in Vietnam and who was wounded and decorated
>> > >during
>> > >his tour of
>> > >duty,
>> >
>> > So you're suggesting that because he served his country in Vietnam and
>> > was
>> > wounded and decorated during his tour of duty there we should believe
>> > EVERY
>> > WORD
>> > he says? Sounds like what you're suggesting. That's kind of funny,
>> > since
>> > those
>> > same SBVT also served over there, and many of them were also decorated,
>> > and
>> > many
>> > of them served longer than 5 .ing months. :/
>>
>> That is not at all what I suggested. I suggested that it was ironic that
>> he
>> would buy into the
>> BS of the SBVFT smear campaign but that he missed the revelation that the
>> organization was
>> financed by major figures in the Republican party. In case you need it
>> spelled out
>> further..... SBVFT was an organization paid for by Republicans to smear
>> Kerry's reputation and
>> to put into question his war record. The man went over to Vietnam, was in
>> combat, was wounded
>> and was decorated for his actions.
>
> Why did it take 6 years for Kerry to get his "Horrible discharge",
> cause he was originally given something considerably less... most
> likely a "dishonorable discharge"
>
> To this day, he refuses to make public the Officer's Inquiry Board
> consistent with the Title 10, U.S. Code, Sections 1162 and 1163, under
> which he received his amended discharge.
>
> He could make this all go away by releasing this info, but he would be
> further exposed as the liar he is.
>
> jay
> Sat Jul 30, 2005
> mailto:gofig@mac.com
>
>
>
>
>>
>> I also find it ironic that die hard Republican would buy into that smear
>> campaign when Bush
>> the Lesser used his connections to get into the National Guard. Not only
>> did
>> that allow him to
>> avoid being sent to Vietnam, but he did not even complete his obligation
>> to
>> the Guard. That
>> speaks volumes for their relative credibility.
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > >The largest contributors were
>> > >Bob Perry who has contributed a total of $200,000 - another $100,000
>> > >added
>> > >since the June
>> > >30 statement;
>> > >T. Boone Pickens of Dallas -a Texas oilman, corporate take-over
>> > >specialist
>> > >and Republican
>> > >contributor donated $500,000;
>> > >Aubry McClendon of Oklahoma City, also in the oil industry,
>> > >contributed
>> > >$250,000;
>> > >Albert D. Huddleston, a Dallas real estate developer, gave $100,000;
>> > >and
>> > >Sam Wyly and Charles J. Wyly Jr. of Dallas, who funded Republicans for
>> > >Clean Air to
>> > >attack John McCain in the 2000 campaign, contributed $10,000 each.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >As for the cite... I have a special contempt for people who pass on
>> > >information and who
>> > >support liars and slackers, and who then demand cites when reality
>> > >interferes with their
>> > >version of reality. Find it yourself. Google is your friend. key
>> > >words
>> > >sift boat
>> > >veterans for truth funding
>> >
>> > Nice expose, but I notice you spent a LOT more time going after the
>> > sources
>> > of
>> > the information than the information itself.
>>
>> Yes, I thought it was a good expose :-) It supported by suggestion that
>> SBVFT was nothing
>> more than a smear campaign financed by Republicans. It was not a group of
>> veterans who served
>> with Kerry and had first hand knowledge of his experience there.
>>
>>
>> > That indicates to me a weakness in
>> > your argument. Usually a person attacks where their strongest arguments
>> > support, and I guess
>> > your information doesn't support much in the way of defending Kerry's
>> > actual record over
>> > there, so you go after the funding of the Swift Boat Veterans.
>>
>> Why would it be include details of Kerry's war record. I thought that it
>> was
>> common knowledge
>> that he served on the Swift Boats, that he was decorated, and that he was
>> wounded several
>> times. I have read his book. I know (his version) of the incidents and I
>> understand why he
>> was motivated to work in the anti war movement.
>>
>>
>> > Knock yourself out. It works sometimes. You can fool some of the people
>> > some of the time.If
>> > you notice the results of the last election, though, you might see that
>> > you
>> > can't fool all
>> > of the people all of the time. ;)
>>
>> No. You are right. It seems that you can only fool a little more than
>> half of
>> them all the
>> time.
>>
>> I still find it ironic that supposedly educated people would buy into the
>> lies of the SBVFT
>> that were paid for by the Republicans, but at the same time they would
>> overlook that sad truth
>> about their own candidate's refusal to even serve.
>>
>>
>>
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