The Black Republican

I have searched for a transcript of John Kerry's remarks during the Bolton hearings without success. But, I did find one site which quotes the line that interested me.

As Sen. John Kerry charged, ending debate on the nomination with so many outstanding allegations would be akin to "voting in the blind."

"Voting in the blind".

I almost fell off my chair when I heard him say that. For, that is exactly what he asked of the American voters during the 2004 Presidential election concerning his military service record. He failed to release his records for our review during the election cycle, though he said he had already done so, and thus we were left to piece it together from many conflicting sources. A process which left all sides claiming the other told it wrong, and the voter blind to the truth.

The simple answer to that dilemma, have the Senator sign the Standard Form 180 so that all Americans could evalute his record. And thus we would not be, "voting in the blind".

100 days ago the junior Senator from Massachusetts (aka John F'n Kerry, who served in Vietnam) made a promise, on national television to sign the 180. We still await his action on that promise.

Blogs For Bush is promoting the idea of spurring on the Senator to perform this promised act and provides the following FAX numbers.

Washington D.C. - (202) 224-8525
Boston, MA - (617) 248-3870
Springfield, MA - (413) 736-1049
Fall River, MA - (508) 677-0275

BFB suggests we all send a polite request, asking the Senator to finally do what he promised to do. Oh, and be sure to mention that the promise was made ____ days ago (see the counter at lower left for actual number of days since he promised).

I was able to get my FAX through on the first two lines without any delay. The third line rang busy. I'll retry later.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to once again take up the Bolton nomination this week. And, look for the Bolton nomination to pass out of Committee, before Kerry signs the SF180. I suspect that Kerry may not wish to let us see his records, though I can't imagine why.

Sign the SF180 Senator!