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Titled "CYA," Killian's memo concluded, "I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job." Exerpt from Burkett interview with Calpundit in Feb :At the same time, Chief Harvey Gough, who had helped Colonel Goodwin get his job as Chief of Staff, and had helped Bartlett and all of these other people, was trying to run interference....... http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=bill+burkett++run+interference&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D94db3788432020dd%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dbill%2Bburkett%2B%2Brun%2Binterference%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.calpundit.com%252Farchives%252F003249.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPResults%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calpundit.com%2Farchives%2F003249.html

Let us hope that since John Kerry chose to run his platform over what took place more than thirty years ago that it will become a valuable learning tool in what not to do. Future candidates need to learn there isn't anything more futile than running for office one dimensionally. Alas though, Kerry has insisted he must bloviate at any given moment that he served (four months) in Vietnam, Kerry has now been stumping longer on his service than he actually even served. Wouldn't one think if you asked a former president (Bill Clinton who won two terms) for advice...

CBS has a problem on their hands. They have this square peg they been trying to beat into a round hole and it just won't fit no matter how many times they beat it with a hammer. Instead of using a round peg they appear to have decided to replace their square peg with yet another square peg in hopes they can somehow force it to fit. CBS has a name for their new square peg: Marion Carr Knox. It is obviously clear that Ms. Knox is a perfect fit for the square thinking of CBS -- she considers Bush...