Posted on 09/15/2004 2:04:05 AM PDT by ShugahPop
Guard Flap My good friend Bob Krumm brought this interesting tidbit to my attention on Friday. I remember listening to the show, but hadn't thought about it since the questionable Bush related Guard documents surfaced. Cutting and pasting from Bob's email:
Nashville radio talk show may give us a clue about who had prior knowledge of the forged documents
The next question regarding the 60 Minutes fraud is: who gave the CBS show the bogus documents? Veteran Nashville broadcaster, Teddy Bart on his daily radio show, “Teddy Bart’s Roundtable” may have given us a clue about who knew about the documents nearly a month ago. It appears that Bob Tuke, who was a guest on the show on August 11th knew that something was about to happen with regard to President Bush’s alleged failure to show up for a physical examination. Teddy referenced the episode yesterday (September 9th) when 42:13 seconds into the show he said, “Listeners to the Roundtable will note that something was going to come because Bob Tuke, who is a Nashville attorney and significant in the Kerry campaign in Tennessee, told us about three weeks ago that um there was going to be some document, or implied that there will be a document about Bush’s missing time in the Alabama National Guard, in the National Guard, and that somebody was going to come forward with a document. So it did happen, and uh 60 Minutes had it.”
I went back to the show in question from August 11th, where the guests were Sue Rankin, a former special counsel to Senator Bill Frist, Frank Ritter, a columnist with the (Nashville) Tennessean, and Bob Tuke a former Marine Corps officer, Vietnam Veteran, and the Tennessee state chairman of Veterans for Kerry. An interesting conversation began at 56:18 into the show.
Bob Tuke said that by the time of the debates, “We may also know why Bush failed to show up for his medical exam that caused him to lose his flight status.” When pressed on his comment he said that, “The physical exam was scheduled for a couple of weeks after the Air Force changed its policy and decided to put drug testing into physical exams so now the speculation is out there about why would a person who has been serving for--supposedly serving for--three to four years in the Air National Guard as a pilot fail to show up for a physical so that he could maintain his flight certification status? Why?”
Teddy pressed him on the issue and Tuke wouldn’t get more specific, but the astute journalist Teddy concluded the first hour of the show by saying that “My sense of it is just, just, just flitting around the edges of Mr. Tuke’s comment, somebeody’s going to come forward soon and say something about that physical examination.”
What was obvious to Teddy Bart even a month ago was that Bob Tuke was aware of a pending document that would shed a damaging light on President Bush’s time in the National Guard. But how would Bob Tuke know? Sure, he’s well-known in Tennessee Democrat circles, but he’s not that high up in the Kerry organization. If I were a budding journalist wanting to make a name for myself, I’d sure like to ask Bob Tuke, what did you know and when did you know it?
BTW, this coming Wednesday (September 15th) Bob Tuke is again scheduled to be on Teddy Bart’s show. Can’t wait to see if he shows up, and to hear what he might say.
Bob Tuke is as connected with Democratic party, and the Kerry campaign, as anyone in the State of Tennessee. This comment certainly raises some interesting questions. If there is any sort of connection between an arm of the Kerry campaign and these documents, which have been declared fake by 10 out of 10 people (who are not Democratic operatives or Dan Rather) who analyze them, a significant impact could be felt.
You are going to want to read this.
And we should forward it to Rep. Chris Cox. He can use it in his investigation.
Others have said drug testing didn't start until 1980 or '81. It should be easy enough to get a definitive answer.
Even if drug testing did begin almost 10 years earlier, it doesn't prove a dang thing. It doesn't change the fact that Bush was going to Alabama in a non flight position.
This is quite significant IMO. this shows that the DEMS had prior knowledge and that they are involved up to the eyeballs in this whole forged memos scandal. Whether they knew it was forged or not is a different matter, but of course, guilt by association is what they probably fear most... someone should forward this info to other media contacts..
preZactly!!....to me, it looks like the CBS report was PART of a combined effort by the DNC .. to come out all at once, within the week, one to support the other... how ELSE can they explain the timing??
Drug tests were not tied to physicals. And when started were random.
Makes no sense to do them at the time of a physical, since you could prepare well in advance for it. DOD is not that dumb.
More than suspicious, it's obvious the 60 Minutes 2 piece was timed to just precede the RATs' "Fortunate Son" offensive we have witnessed this week. I think it was also timed with Kitty Kelly's book. The result was supposed to show W as an AWOL cokehead. But they did not expect the Pajamahadeen!
BTW, don't expect much from Teddy Bart's show. He's well known in Nashville as a lib. Not that many people listen to his show. I may have to tune in today, however. Big talk radio stations in Nashville are WLAC and WTN.
Good idea Peach - should we both send it?
http://www.thepublicforum.org/tbrt/listen.html#
I maded sure the 2 Nashville radio talk host got it..he, he.
Original exchange between Teddy Bart, co-host Karlen Evins, Sue Rankin (former legal counsel to Senator Frist), and Bob Tuke was on August 11th at 56:18 into the show.
http://www.thepublicforum.org/audio/show-Aug-11-2004.asf
remember this bush hate thing goes all back to the dixie chick incident, which is owned by viacom/sony, and wasn't it RATHER who was sent to buddy up with Toby Keith.!!
thanks for the correction. this link should be sent to Rush, Sean, Boortz, etc., etc. AND Chris Cox.
I thinks so.
O.K. - just sent this info to: Boortz, Rush, Sean, Chris Cox and RNC.
I heard a pilot who served with the President say on FoxNews that drug testing DID NOT take place when he and the President were flying; that it didn't start until the mid to late 70's.
Sweet.
FABULOUS find. It's wonderful to connect the dots like this. :)
If CBS does a modified limited hang-out, THIS is why. It's to protect the source and who the source is working for.
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