Thursday, September 09, 2004
Apples and Oranges
Briefly, let me just reiterate that when comparing Bush's military history with Kerry's, we're comparing apples and oranges.
Bush has released all of his paperwork, and when more is found, the Bush campaign is forthright in releasing that too.
Meanwhile, Kerry has only released what he wants us to see.
Although Kerry campaign officials insist that they have published Kerry's full military records on their Web site (with the exception of medical records shown briefly to reporters earlier this year), they have not permitted independent access to his original Navy records. A Freedom of Information Act request by The Post for Kerry's records produced six pages of information. A spokesman for the Navy Personnel Command, Mike McClellan, said he was not authorized to release the full file, which consists of at least a hundred pages.If there is nothing to hide, why doesn't Kerry release the files? So what is Kerry hiding? Why doesn't Dan Rather care?