Posted on 09/16/2004 8:19:10 PM PDT by Cableguy
BAIRD, Tex., Sept. 16 -- For half a dozen years, Bill Burkett has lived a pretty uneventful life in this tiny West Texas town. He and his wife are regulars at the Whistle Stop Cafe, ordering bacon cheeseburgers with jalapenos and fries or the pork chop special on Mondays. He "visits," as people like to say in these parts, with other ranchers over coffee at the Callahan County Farmer's Co-Op. And like other polite locals, he drops in on the local elected officials to introduce himself.
He is, by most accounts, a nice man who, in an overwhelmingly Republican-voting area, might be seen as somewhat eccentric for his Democratic bias
"I've made comments to him like, 'I think there's only two Democrats left in Callahan County, and I'm both of them,' " said Pete Mendez, 65, a retired federal firefighter who has lived in the county all his life. " 'It's three of us, if that's the way you look at it' is kind of what he's said."
Despite several requests, Burkett has said nothing publicly since Wednesday, after he was named in news reports as a possible source of the disputed documents CBS News's "60 Minutes" used in a Sept. 8 broadcast that said President Bush received preferential treatment while he was in the Texas Air National Guard.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
He was a quiet boy ...
We need to put some habaneros in his cheeseburgers.
The Post goes back to the Dark Side. This is a puff piece. The Boston Globe reporter on Hannity tonight said that he was not credible enough to source a story on.
Maybe in Travis County.
I'd rather (oops, sorry) be a conservative and a "hayseed."
Ping
And a loner...
Objective, balanced reporting for ya! No mention of the previously reported nervous breakdowns, no mention of the reports of him being disgruntled, and vengeful, just another typical fan profile, like most similar newspaper articles nowadays, political or otherwise.
Thats because the wash post has seen the backlash and is part of the media collusion. Always has been, always will be.
This proves that the left can do what ever it wants to, when ever it wants to - to circumvent laws and our democracy.
I dont know how we are going to pull this off, but this has to stop. This is a blantant case of forgery to hijack the election.
Hey, wasnt the unibomber alone and quiet?
yeah but can he type?
I Newsweek reporter said he has been insisting all weekend this guy was NOT the CBS source because he did not believe they would back such an unreliable source
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?.......
"I've made comments to him like, 'I think there's only two Democrats left in Callahan County, and I'm both of them,' " said Pete Mendez, 65, a retired federal firefighter who has lived in the county all his life.
?! Definitely a Democrat if he counts himself as more than one person- it means he gets to vote twice.
Now he is a criminal , who will hopefully be charged soon with forgery.
What the heII is going on in the old media?
Are these people insane?
LOL...this is all such a joke. I can't believe the fake docs are still on the CBS web site with the word "official" on them! Yeah, "official fraud".
Reminds me of an old George Carlin skit. :>)
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