Kerry applied for a deferment.

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Tom Brosz — 8/27/2004 6:59:53 PM (archived)

If he had gotten it, then what? The "War Hero" meme, that the Democrats have constructed solely for this election after decades of spitting on the idea that being a veteran might be a factor in the Presidency, would never have come up.

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More Navy records support Kerry - Donald - 8/27/2004 1:41:19 PM
- Talking points not yet published? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/27/2004 4:52:40 PM
  - Tom got em in the nick of time. (n/t) - Tony - 8/27/2004 9:20:19 PM
    - Hey, I WRITE the frigging talking points! ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2004 6:11:20 AM
- Meanwhile: Republican paper goes for Kerry - Donald - 8/27/2004 2:34:50 PM
  - The true hypocrits - Donald - 8/27/2004 2:41:56 PM
    - Kerry applied for a deferment. - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2004 6:59:53 PM
      - re: A year deferment postpones your enlistment. It doesn't stop it. It was the late 1960s the war wasn't going to end soon... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/27/2004 9:19:32 PM
        
        So you have hard evidence he would have gone in a year later? - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2004 9:25:51 PM
        
        re: Yes, he asked for a year deferment. It's in the records... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/27/2004 11:38:18 PM
        
        A year is the maximum. Then you renew it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2004 12:17:37 AM
        
        You mean Kerry might have being planing to go down the road Cheney took all five times??? I'm shock! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/28/2004 3:11:15 AM
        
        I guess we'll never know. He was turned down for his first attempt. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/28/2004 5:26:42 AM
        
        re: Or the alternative was he wanted to go to Paris before joining up...naw that might be true...and that does fit with the Republican Swift Boaters for Lies stories.... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/28/2004 7:24:55 AM

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