"Staudt has obviously pressured Hodges more about Bush. I'm having trouble running interference and doing my job."
Staudt is General Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, who happened to have retired in 1972. So how was he putting pressure on Jerry Killian if he wasn't even still in the service?
This information is found in the February 15, 2004 issue of The L.A. Times. Article entitled: "What did Bush Do in the Guard?" by Richard A. Serrano, Staff Writer.
"Bush's application, as well as his commission, were handled by then-Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, who said, "Nobody did anything for him…. There was no … influence on his behalf. Neither his daddy nor anybody else got him into the Guard." Staudt, who retired in 1972 as a brigadier general, said Bush was enrolled quickly because there was a demand for pilot candidates."
This was discovered by a person named Amar Sarwal and was originally posted on the Powerline website: http://www.powerlineblog.com/
They got the documents from the Kerry campaign. They simply can't reveal that.
i don't think a commander would keep a document entitled CYA in the command's files...each command undergoes annual inspections and you can imagine what an inspector would say about a file entilted CYA...lol
I can't say it enough, How GOOD it feels to have a free press! At last! God, Almighty! A free press again at last!
In the pre-Internet, "Fairness Doctrine" dark days CBS employees signed off "news" broadcast with, "That's the way it is."
Millions knew it was NOT the way it is. But all we could do was discuss it among our friends (in total isolation) and wait for limited circulation periodicals for the rest of the story. It we were lucky to live in a city with a conservative newspaper that helped.
IMO, what describes the return of a free press best is the countless exclamations heard on every talk radio station in the the early days (late 1980s early 1990s), "I didn't know other people knew that! I thought I was the only one!"
Now we are performing our duties as responsible, informed citizens of the United States of America. That's the way it must be.
Never let leftist ideologues, et al. get away with it again. These rights have been defended with blood for over two hundred years. We must do the same, our rights, their blood.
It just keeps getting better.
Question:
Is DAN RATHER the "BAGHDAD BOB" of CBS?
Former military officers and others with knowledge of military correspondence contacted CNSNews.com Thursday to present their own critique. Among the problems they cited:
* The documents are not on a standard letterhead. Instead, they feature a typewritten and centered address with a post office box rather than an actual street address of the squadron. The address is P.O. Box 34567, which coincidentally includes five consecutive numbers.
There is something more wrong with these memos according to my sister who was a secretary for one of the top guys at Fort Hood in the mid 1970's. She said that everything they typed was required to have the initials of the typist on the document. She was sure the national guard in Texas would do this the same way.
I noticed that Killian's wife was quoted as saying he did not type. Are there any typist initials on the memos? I didn't see any. The typist could be tracked down using the initials, if he or she exists! She also confirmed that all they had in the way of typewriters back then was the old IBM selectric that did not have proportional font. She doubted that the national guard would have better equipment.
Moveon.org's Texans for Truth denying any involvement.
We'll see, punks.
Dan Rather should resign or be fired !!
CBS news should fire Dan Rather for not being absolutely positively certain of the authenticity of these forged documents. We are in the absolute final leg of a Presidential election and Dan Rather rushed to press to get these dociuments on the air because he thought it would potentially help Kerry and hurt Bush. He is blinded by his partisanship and is not fit to be a journalist.
Dan Rather never even looked into where these papers came from. It was his job to be CERTAIN of their authenticity. It's fitting that Rather's career comes to an end under this cloud of his extremist partisanship. He will always be remembered for this. His legacy will be fitting....a reporter who would lie to America if it supported his Left Wing Ideology.
Can Bush sue CBS for Slander and Personal Damages?
Say a couple of $Billion?
And name as co-defendants, Rather, et.al?
Attach NBC and ABC and others as willful perpetrators?
Curious...
MEMORANDUM FOR 1st Lt. George W. Bush, 5000 Longmont #8, Houston, Texas 77027
SUBJECT: Annual Physical Examination (Flight)
1. You are hereby ordered to report to commander, 111 F.I.S., Ellington AFB, not later that (NLT) 14 May, 1972 to conduct annual physical examination (flight) IAW AFM 35-13.
2. Report to 111th F.I.S. administration officer for schedule of appointmnet and additional instructions. Examination will be conducted in duty status.
J. Killian
JERRY B. KILLIAN
Lt. Colonel
Commander
This is what the original Faked memo as done by an IDIOT RAT probably looked like in #2 pencil
Hey CBS and all of you Old Media nutcases:
YOU're all FRAUDcasters.
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