He's a dummy, he's a dunce, he's just a mediocre C student. No, I'm not talking about George W. Bush, although the Kerry camp frequently portrayed him as such. No, I'm referring to Senator John F. Kerry, who once said of George Bush, "I can't believe I'm losing to this idiot". Well, Kerry FINALLY released his military records, and come to find out he got worse grades than Bush. Kerry graduated from Yale with a 76 average, 1 point lower than Bush's 77 average.

He received four D's in his freshman year out of 10 courses, but improved his average in later years.

The grade transcript, which Kerry has always declined to release, was included in his Navy record. During the campaign the Globe sought Kerry's naval records, but he refused to waive privacy restrictions for the full file. Late last month, Kerry gave the Navy permission to send the documents to the Globe. . .

The transcript shows that Kerry's freshman-year average was 71. He scored a 61 in geology, a 63 and 68 in two history classes, and a 69 in political science. His top score was a 79, in another political science course. Another of his strongest efforts, a 77, came in French class.

If this had been released during the campaign, Kerry would have been finished. Half of their strategy was to portray Bush as an illiterate moron, and Kerry as the intellectual statesman.