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Dan Rather on Bush report: ‘We reported a true story—that’s why I’m no longer with CBS News’
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| 5/2/2012
| Dylan Stableford
Posted on 05/02/2012 5:16:13 PM PDT by Signalman
Dan Rather, former "CBS Evening News" host and current star of Mark Cuban's HDNet, has been out promoting his new book, "Rather Outspoken."
In an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Rather recalled the last conversation he had with George W. Bush after his controversial 2004 CBS News report on the former president's Air National Guard service record.
"I was at the White House for a briefing for reporters, and I asked him a couple of questions and he answered the questions," Rather said. "And then afterward he said to me, 'I hope you'll be happy retired in Austin.' That's my home. I had no intention of retiring in Austin. I have a passion for my work and I plunged myself back into doing work. But that's the only conversation I've had with him since."
Rather also defended the report that led to the end of his network news career.
"We reported a true story," he said. "That's why I'm no longer with CBS News."
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To: laweeks
“Ah, but the Bush story! That’s where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and with geometric logic, that’s where I . . . . “
Except Rather never had balls-—steel or any other.
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posted on
05/02/2012 5:57:44 PM PDT
by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: Signalman
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05/02/2012 5:59:50 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Pikachu_Dad
roflol... De Nile, its not just a river in Egypt.
Haha! Agreed! The old fool was proven...PROVEN...wrong and he still can't admit failure. What a self-centered jerk. He may have done some decent work as a young man...but he aged poorly.
To: Signalman
DAN RATHER needs to change his last name to DAN
BROWN....
Since he is so perpetually full of sh*t....
Pardon blunt assessment...
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05/02/2012 6:07:33 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: dfwgator
Ahh but the strawberries.... ".....courage.......courage......."
To: Signalman
feh... you're no longer at cBS cause you're crazier than a sh!thouse RAT!!!
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posted on
05/02/2012 6:17:00 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Signalman
Dan should spend the rest of his life helping OJ find the “real killer.”
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posted on
05/02/2012 6:20:23 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(REPEAL IT!)
To: Signalman
It was absolutely unquestionably true .... but false.
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posted on
05/02/2012 6:50:28 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
To: Signalman
"We reported a true story," he said. "That's why I'm no longer with CBS News."Still delusional, after all these years.
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posted on
05/02/2012 7:14:04 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Signalman
I've just got one word for ya,Dan....
COURAGE!
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posted on
05/02/2012 7:19:49 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
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posted on
05/02/2012 7:20:14 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
To: Signalman
First his credibility, then his sanity. Dan gave it all to advance the left’s agenda.
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posted on
05/02/2012 7:42:15 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: TChad
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05/02/2012 11:56:20 PM PDT
by
Autonomous User
( I guess a liberal and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like, daddy.)
To: Autonomous User
Baghdad Bob was more entertaining than ol’ Dan.
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05/03/2012 4:20:18 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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