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Former secretary says she didn't type memos
Dallas Morning News ^ | 9/14/04

Posted on 09/14/2004 2:18:24 PM PDT by ambrose

Former secretary says she didn't type memos 04:10 PM CDT on Tuesday, September 14, 2004

By PETE SLOVER / The Dallas Morning News

HOUSTON – The former secretary for the Texas Air National Guard colonel who supposedly authored memos critical of President Bush’s Guard service said Tuesday that the documents are fake, but that they reflect real documents that once existed.

Marian Carr Knox, who worked from 1956 to 1979 at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, said she prided herself on meticulous typing, and the memos first disclosed by CBS News last week were not her work.

“These are not real,” she told The Dallas Morning News after examining copies of the disputed memos for the first time. “They’re not what I typed, and I would have typed them for him.”

Mrs. Knox, 86, who spoke with precise recollection about dates, people and events, said she is not a supporter of Mr. Bush, who she deemed “unfit for office” and “selected, not elected.”

“I remember very vividly when Bush was there and all the yak-yak that was going on about it,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: killian; mariancarrknox; napalminthemorning; rathergate; tang
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1 posted on 09/14/2004 2:18:25 PM PDT by ambrose
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To: ambrose

Yeah, but does this Right-wing nut Karl Rove operative trump Rathers Typewriter repair dude.


2 posted on 09/14/2004 2:20:29 PM PDT by mlbford2 ("I knocked on the door of this man's soul, and found somebody home"--Zell Miller)
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To: ambrose

...and the second shoe drops.

Dan, you're screwed!


3 posted on 09/14/2004 2:20:30 PM PDT by BP2
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To: ambrose

Quote:

The former secretary for the Texas Air National Guard colonel who supposedly authored memos critical of President Bush’s Guard service said Tuesday that the documents are fake, but that they reflect real documents that once existed.




Well, let's see some of these "real" documents then... lol


4 posted on 09/14/2004 2:20:42 PM PDT by oolatec
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To: Howlin

More incoming...


5 posted on 09/14/2004 2:20:49 PM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: ambrose

Is that precious ... she says they are forgeries ... but that the forgeries reflect actual documents that are no longer in existence ...

LOL !!! ...


6 posted on 09/14/2004 2:20:51 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: ambrose

Subscription only.
Don't tease us.


7 posted on 09/14/2004 2:21:10 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: ambrose

Game, Set, Match


8 posted on 09/14/2004 2:21:34 PM PDT by tort_feasor ( anti-Semitism is not a lifestyle choice)
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To: ambrose
The former secretary for the Texas Air National Guard colonel who supposedly authored memos critical of President Bush’s Guard service said Tuesday that the documents are fake, but that they reflect real documents that once existed.

Well, this ought to give some fodder to the Dems.

Mrs. Knox, 86, who spoke with precise recollection about dates, people and events, said she is not a supporter of Mr. Bush, who she deemed “unfit for office” and “selected, not elected.”

And of course this partisan display won't be covered elsewhere.

9 posted on 09/14/2004 2:21:44 PM PDT by dirtboy (Kerry could have left 'Nam within a week if Purple Hearts were awarded for shots to the foot.)
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Mrs. Knox, 86, who spoke with precise recollection about dates, people and events, said she is not a supporter of Mr. Bush, who she deemed “unfit for office” and “selected, not elected.”

This is good - she's spewing DNC talking points, but denying the authenticity of the documents.

Is she a Republican mole too?

10 posted on 09/14/2004 2:21:47 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: dartuser

I wonder what model of typewriter she used? Parley


11 posted on 09/14/2004 2:21:55 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Howlin

Fascinating... this Bush hating secretary says she did all of Killian's typing, but never typed these memos, or anything relating to their subject matter - but maintains that such memos did exist at one time.

I expect this will be the new Rat spin. Too late.


12 posted on 09/14/2004 2:22:06 PM PDT by ambrose (http://www.swiftvets.com)
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If you can't produce (any REAL documents)

You can't deduce (anything wrong with Bush's service)

13 posted on 09/14/2004 2:22:33 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Proud to be a Reagan Alumna!)
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To: MizSterious

Darn it.....what does the rest of the article say???


14 posted on 09/14/2004 2:22:59 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: ambrose

Another one of the DNC's own people turns on them!


15 posted on 09/14/2004 2:23:01 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: wideawake
Is she a Republican mole too?

Better make sure it's not that evil genius Rove in drag.

16 posted on 09/14/2004 2:23:21 PM PDT by RogueIsland
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To: ambrose
LOL! I love the last bit about her Bush hatred. Icing on the cake.

Good catch!

But, no pit bulls??

17 posted on 09/14/2004 2:23:28 PM PDT by EggsAckley (.......John Kerry suffers from delusions of adequacy........)
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To: ambrose
Mrs. Knox, 86, who spoke with precise recollection about dates, people and events, said she is not a supporter of Mr. Bush, who she deemed “unfit for office” and “selected, not elected.”

Her agenda is pretty obvious.

18 posted on 09/14/2004 2:23:43 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: ambrose
Is this a parody? Someone speculated that the final defense would be "well, these are forgeries, but they reflect documents that used to exist, honest".

This is risable.

19 posted on 09/14/2004 2:23:46 PM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: ambrose

I would like to see the transcript and see if they are twisting her words at all to make the claim that such documents "did exist". The fact they did not quote her making that statement makes me question what she really said that they characterized the way they did.


20 posted on 09/14/2004 2:24:16 PM PDT by OHelix
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