Posted on 09/16/2004 8:01:17 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
I encourage you to check out the Commissar's post.
He found a comment left by Bill Burkett on a blog back in February that includes the following sentence:
'Of the files that I saw within the 15 gallon waste can were numerous documents which detailed why 1LT George Bush was grounded from flying including a two page counseling statement signed by LTC Jerry Killian.'
Compare the abbreviation of Bush's rank used by Burkett with the one used by the forger in the August 1, 1972 memo. (1st Lt.)
According to several readers, '1LT' is the correct form.
If Burkett is the forger, if he knows the proper abbreviations, and he wants the documents to be believed, why on earth would he screw it up?
(Excerpt) Read more at allahpundit.com ...
I thought the same thing, but apparantly it's not. 1Lt is correct.
The granny Dan Rather had on said the memos used Army designations. Burkett was Army.
Not a lot of proofreaders at the Abeline Kinko's I guess..
Burkett has already admitted to lying about his involvement with Bush's records. Why is anybody listening to him now?
Veddy interesting!
Why on earth would he screw up on the 1stLT? Because he is blinded by HATE. His HATE for President Bush exceeds any concern he has for TRUTH or our Nation.
Walking the cat backwards here to get the source of the forgeries..
That was my first thought as well..
This guy has been in the nut house twice. I'm sure he's seen a lot of things that aren't real.
Did this happen before or after he was abducted and anal-probed by space aliens?
Don't let Allah In Your House.
Sounds like a great franchise idea.
Here's a post I made to another thread on Monday:
So, my theory is that someone read his discredited story about people cleansing Bush's National Guard records in 1997, specifically about seeing memos that were negative with respect to George Bush thrown in the trash can. Now, this story was widely reported in 2000 and widely discredited by everyone that Burkett mentioned as beeing involved in his conspiracy theory.
So someone decided to "create" the memos that Burkett had mentioned and pass them on to him, knowing that if he delivered the memos, the lame stream press would consider them real because of his stories from 2000. Especially someone as partisan and ignorant as Dan Rather.
Notice the title of the June 24,1973 and August 1, 1973 memos is "SUBJECT: Bush, George W. 1st Lt". Then check out this story from CNN from February 13,2004:
Guardsman says he saw Bush's Guard records in trash.
Specifically, see this quote from the article:
"I glanced down at the top of those documents. In ink was the word 'Bush, George W., 1 Lt.' This was a performance report. I was right at the trash can. I filtered through the top five or six pages in that, and they were all copies and originals of old performance documents and pay records for 'Bush, George W., 1 Lt.".
So now, CBS comes up with 6 memos supposedly critical of Bush. I say supposedly, because they are not really critical in my opinion, but could be spun that way by the Democratic 527 known as the Main Stream Media.
Some not too clever partisan took this one of these media stories about Burkett and decided to help Burkett produce some documents. Given the credibility hits that Burkett has taken over his discredited story, he was only too happy to believe they were real. Given John Kerry's floundering campaign, serial liar Terry McAuliffe and phony Vietnam Vet Tom Harkin were only too happy to believe these forgeries would hurt Bush. Given Dan Rather's total lack of credibility, he was only too happy to help pass them on to the public.
Unfortunately, Buckhead was rightly skeptical from the start, and the MSM couldn't shut down the discussion on the internet.
So, I expect to see some admission in the coming week that Burkett is the source of these memos. Hopefully, someone in the MSM will ask why he was able to produce these memos now, but not when he made these charges 4 years ago or anytime since.
Also, check out this quote from calpundit:
Jim Moore, a longtime Texas reporter (and, granted, hardly a fan of Bush), has talked with Burkett extensively for a soon to be published book titled Bush's War For Reelection: Iraq, the White House, and the People. Moore emailed me that he finds Burkett "immensely credible."
So, who does Dan Rather have on CBS News to prop him up on the fact that the documents are not forgeries? Jim Moore. Coincidence?
ping
Seems to me those kinds of docs wouldn't just be thrown in a trash bin. And how fortuitous that someone who hates Bush just happened to be standing there and notice them.
Colt 45 malt liquor?
I e-mailed him asking him questions about his inconsistencies.....stating I would report what the findings suggest if he did not respond.
The bastard forwarded it on to his legal team and says to "expect a response from them soon."
Yay. /sarcasm
Nevertheless, this guy is running from the truth. However, I also won't let my paper get sued, so if they threaten me, I will back down.
check out my 19.
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