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WND - There is overwhelming evidence that the Navy gave John Kerry either a dishonorable discharge or an undesirable discharge -- which is the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge without the felony conviction -- and that, as a result of such discharge, he was stripped of all of his famous but questionable Navy awards and medals. And the kicker? The evidence is on his website!

Kerry's oh-so-clever handlers evidently depended on the ignorance of the public and the press about military records when they posted his 1978 "Honorable Discharge from the Reserves" on his site as part of a carefully selected partial release of his Navy records (the Navy says it is still withholding about 100 records). However, one diligent researcher, Thomas Lipscomb, saw through the scam and exposed it in a New York Sun story on October 13. Predictably, the major media has shunned the story.

What Mr. Lipscomb noticed (and I overlooked when I first read the document) was the date of the posted discharge, Feb. 16, 1978. This was six years after Kerry's six-year (1966-1972) commitment to the Navy ended. The anti-war detractor of our military did not re-up for another six-year term in 1972, so why the delay of his discharge? The only logical conclusion is that the 1978 honorable discharge was a second discharge given to replace an earlier undesirable discharge under less-than-honorable conditions, as unfit for military service.

1. The source for this story is WorldNet Daily. Not exactly the world's least partisan news service. Take it with a grain of salt.



2. Its awfully late in the election season to be breaking this story and expect it to have much of an impact. Are mainstream news organizations going to be willing to pick up this story when they have almost no time to verify it for themselves this close to the election? I don't think so.



3. Are people going care about it when they hear it? They've already been subjected to a lot of things about Kerry's military history, from the Stolen Honor film to the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. If they've made it through all that and still support Kerry I don't see where this story is likely to change their minds.



4. If this story is true and Kerry did lie about his military service to voters it probably won't stop him from getting elected but probably will hang like a pall over the first year of his presidency.