"Kerry's Other War Record"

John Fund writes at OpinionJournal today about the continuing revelation that John Kerry hasn't come clean about his association with VVAW in the latter part of 1971:

.... There's another reason the issue shouldn't just die. Last month Democratic chairman Terry McAuliffe gave the party's imprimatur to the claim that George W. Bush's had gone AWOL during his Vietnam-era service in the Air National Guard. Earlier, a supporter of then-candidate Wesley Clark had accused Mr. Bush of desertion, a felony.

Reporters spent days hounding White House spokesmen for records on the subject. In the end, it became clear that Mr. Bush chose to serve stateside during the war, was lax in attending guard duty during his last year, and had to feverishly make it up before he was honorably discharged. It's clear President Bush doesn't want to talk about his service, but reporters pressed for answers anyway.

It's time they do the same for Mr. Kerry, who has laid down his actions in the Vietnam era as a marker for his character and, according to the Boston Globe, has refused to release his military records. Instead, Jack Kelly, a respected military columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, believes many journalists are "more interested in defeating President Bush than in providing readers with potentially important information which reflects poorly on Sen. John Kerry." ....

See also my Was Kerry Testifying Surreptitiously About Himself in 1971?

.... So, Faithful Reader, do you think mainstream media will ever demand every daily d-e-t-a-i-l of Lt. John Kerry's stint in the Navy the way it has demanded every daily d-e-t-a-i-l of Lt. George W. Bush's stint in the Air National Guard?

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 03/29/04 06:21:07 PM
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