Posted on 09/17/2004 12:56:21 PM PDT by Cableguy
The man cited in media reports as having allegedly pressured others in the Texas Air National Guard to help George W. Bush is speaking out, telling ABC News in an exclusive interview that he never sought special treatment for Bush.
Retired Col. Walter Staudt, who was brigadier general of Bush's unit in Texas, interviewed Bush for the Guard position and retired in March 1972. He was mentioned in one of the memos allegedly written by Lt. Col. Jerry Killian as having pressured Killian to assist Bush, though Bush supposedly was not meeting Guard standards.
"I never pressured anybody about George Bush because I had no reason to," Staudt told ABC News in his first interview since the documents were made public.
The memo stated that "Staudt is pushing to sugar coat" a review of Bush's performance.
Staudt said he decided to come forward because he saw erroneous reports on television. CBS News first reported on the memos, which have come under scrutiny by document experts who question whether they are authentic. Killian, the purported author of the documents, died in 1984.
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You're kidding, right?
Did See BS even try to interview this guy?
Yes. I've been around here long enough that I thought most knew it. But yes, I was being quite sarcastic.
BTW, in this weeks 60 minutes, I understand they interviewed the "old woman" but didn't feel the need to interview or even quote the Wife and son of Killian.
Gawd they are transparent.
I'm no expert on ranks, but I did serve in the Army National Guard. I never heard of Brigader Genral being a temporary rank, but I beleive that a National Guardsman rank was lowered when he trafered into a regular Army unit. For enlisted it was two steps, so that an Platoon Seargent in the guard would be a buck seargent in the regular Army.
This is excellent...and from abc news, of all places.
bttt
Ping... another nail in the coffin.
ABC is no longer part of the media?
CBS News = Liars.
They have no clothes.
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"(Retired Brig Gen. Staudt) said he decided to come forward because he saw erroneous reports on television. CBS News first reported on the memos, which have come under scrutiny by document experts who question whether they are authentic. Killian, the purported author of the documents, died in 1984.
Big Media is history. Even Mrs. Cheney just said on Hannity that she reads web blogs.
HELLO MRS CHENEY! WE LOVE YOU!
CASE CLOSED!
Well, which was it? If he was a Colonel when he retired, how can he be a Brigadier General in Bush's National Guard unit?
I can't STAND the way 99.99999% of "journalists" are completely ignorant of all things military.
Hey, you military persons, tell me, does a Colonel trump a pool secretary?
ROFLM....wait--CBS really does think that way!
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Actually, ABC News has been the most aggressive on this story. They were the first to interview 2 CBS document experts who said CBS ignored their concerns.
They are really sticking it to CBS and probably picking up the pissed-off viewers.
DAN: WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOUR "UNIMPEACHABLE" SOURCE!
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