Memogate

Political Boar ^ | 9-11-04 | Sharpink

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Memogate

I’m not a big conspiracy guy. But the CBS/60 Minutes Memogate is a giant political scandal. CBS/60 Minutes must reveal their sources for the questionable memo. The reason is simple. The coordination of the Kerry Campaign, Texans for Truth and other 527s and CBS is in question. CBS and Kerry must show that they are not working together to run a political campaign designed to illegally subvert Campaign Finance Reform.

The source of this memo could be political operatives who tie Kerry to the 527s all with the blessing of CBS. This is not a far-fetched notion. This week and last democrats and Texans for Truth have run a campaign to make Bush’s guard service a issue again. This campaign culminated with the 60 Minutes II hit piece. All of this happened after a week where Kerry dropped in the polls. The new thrust of these allegations was predicated on these memos. Memos that now appear to be forged and may have come from these murky depths.

One of the provisions of campaign finance reform is that Candidates cannot coordinate with 527. The actions of CBS, Texans for Truth and the Kerry campaign looks, smells and tastes like a coordinated attack to me and all of it hinge on these memos. Kerry and CBS need to answer the question, what did they know and when did they know it?

[manofaiki]

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Good points.

When two Bush-Cheney unpaid people were demonstrated to have ties to the SwiftVets, BOTH immediately stepped down and away from the President's campaign.

President Bush has condemned all 527's and even filed a lawsuit with the FEC last March asking that they all be banned.

On the other hand, the movement between the Kerry Campaign and anti-Bush 527's is nothing short of astonishing. Now a key Kerry campaign shaker and mover is revealing on 60 Minutes II that he 'helped' get Bush into the TANG after he specifically swore under oath a few years back that he didn't do that.

Will this man Barnes be asked to leave the Kerry campaign anytime soon?

The media has been repeating Kerry's charge for weeks that the SwiftVets are a Bush front group. Where is the MSM investigation into the links between Kerry's campaign and the anti-Bush 527's?

Now that forged documents have entered into the mix, this is more crucial than ever.

manofaiki

[ProfoundMan]

A small point, but MemoGate concerned the leaked Intelligence Committe memos. It might be better to refer to this as RatherGate so as not to confuse the two while also pointing the finger of suspicion where it belongs. Especially since we're now being viewed by a larger audience, it will pay to be clear.