Posted on 09/12/2004 12:01:19 AM PDT by woodb01
A new face on the horizon is Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes, who is garnering headlines by saying he helped Mr. Bush avoid service in Vietnam. But Mr. Barnes in 1999 said that no one from the Bush family asked for such assistance; he testified to the same fact under oath. Barnes, a Democrat, was defeated in Texas after he was implicated in a quick-profit stock scheme that was allegedly designed to win the passage of two banking bills. He is also a Kerry campaign vice chair.
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THIS IS ANOTHER MEDIA BOMBSHELL - BARNES IS THE KERRY CAMPAIGN VICE CHAIR!!
Bump and ping.
Your enthusiasm is good, but just slightly behind the news curve.
Hannity's been saying that since Thursday.
Excellent.
Jerry Falwell?? oh, please keep him out of the campaign or we're all sunk. Let him go back to investigating the teletubbies.
Sorry guys, this fact was outed in real time as soon as it became known Barnes was to be on the Blather's show.
Just emerge from a coma? You're several news cycles out of the loop.
Careful. Is Barnes stating that someone from the Bush family pressured him to help Dubya avoid service in Vietnam?
>>Let him go back to investigating the teletubbies.
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Those damned evil teletubbies. I think one of them is gay.
Lord! This is the start of a GREAT day! Ha! Perjury! All of us on this site, FOR YEARS, have been waiting for some Clintonite(aside from his impeachness)to pay the price for lying. Hope they go after this guy. That's why the laws are on the books.
This seems like mostly 'old' news EXCEPT that I was not aware that Barnes' previous statement was made UNDER OATH. Where was he under oath, at some legislative committee investigation? Does anyone know or have copies of the transcript where he made his statement under oath?
Bombshell.
Ever.
Bumps
Lighten up, maybe he had no power, like: living in Florida!
Your post and tagline, both, just busted my spleen! LOL
PLAIN AND SIMPLE, IF WHAT BARNES SAYS NOW IS TRUE, THEN HE COMMITTED PERJURY!!
PERJURY IS NOT JUST A FALSE STATEMENT, IT IS ALSO A MISLEADING STATEMENT, OR ANY STATEMENT UNDER OATH WHICH IS DESIGNED TO DECEIVE. (Wish I had my Black's handy, I'd cite the page #'s)...
It's very pathetic. But Susan Estrich was the person who said right after the Convention that the democrats would be going after Bush's military files and record. She said the dems were put in a position of having to bring out all the artillery. She hasn't been heard from over the past few days, as far as I know. I am wondering what she must be thinking.
Carville was on the tube earlier this evening in an interview with I can't remember who. He said that if Kerry loses this election the dems are in major trouble because it will fracture them. Imagine that. And then he was asked if he thought Kerry would win. I am sure he said he didn't think so, but then he changed it to say he thought he would. I listened more intently and still heard him talk out of both sides of his mouth. He certainly conveyed a lot of reluctance to think Kerry would win. No enthusiasm about this campaign that I could see. He was asked if he would go to work for Hillary in the future bid for the WH and he said no. He said he is too old to put the time into it that it would require. After hearing him tonight I have to think we are right in thinking this campaign is being torpedoed for Hillary next time around.
Democrats - Perjury? What's the news angle here?
God. Don't be so droll. It came out Thursday. It's only Sunday. A chief fundraiser for Kerry, and a "major" source of the CBS spin, has committed perjury! I didn't know he made those prior comments UNDER OATH, and I bet you 99% of the rest of the country, including media, doesn't either! Remember a certain X42 who was impeached and disbarred for perjury? It didn't happen in three days! FR is good, but not that good. This should be shouted from the rooftops.
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