[EllaMinnow]

In an Aug. 21 posting, Burkett referred to a conversation with former senator Max Cleland (D-Ga.) about the need to counteract Republican tactics: "I asked if they wanted to counterattack or ride this to ground and outlast it, not spending any money. He said counterattack. So I gave them the information to do it with. But none of them have called me back."

Cleland confirmed that he had a two- or three-minute conversation by cell phone with a Texan named Burkett in mid-August while he was on a car ride. He remembers Burkett saying that he had "valuable" information about Bush, and asking what he should with it. "I told him to contact the [Kerry] campaign," Cleland said. "You get this information tens of times a day, and you don't know if it is legit or not."

Did the WaPo get Burkett's cell phone records, and link him to Cleland? Is Mr Dobbs fishing for a Pulitzer? Who will crack first? Tune in tomorrow for the next episode of "As the Dan Rather Twists."

[jimbo123]

Is this the same Max Cleland who blew himself up with a grenade?

[nonkultur]

I'll bet Michael Dobbs is going to get the Pulitzer this year.

Time to check Mary Beth Cahill's fax machine.

[Jim Robinson]

Snippets from the article:

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"In e-mail messages to a Yahoo discussion group for Texas Democrats over the past few months, Burkett laid out a rationale for using what he termed "down and dirty" tactics against Bush. He said he had passed his ideas to the Democratic National Committee but that the DNC seemed "afraid to do what I suggest."

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"Cleland confirmed that he had a two- or three-minute conversation by cell phone with a Texan named Burkett in mid-August while he was on a car ride. He remembers Burkett saying that he had "valuable" information about Bush, and asking what he should with it. "I told him to contact the [Kerry] campaign," Cleland said. "You get this information tens of times a day, and you don't know if it is legit or not."

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Woo hoo!! The DNC had advanced knowledge of the risky forgery scheme. And Kerry's campaign also had advanced knowledge of the Democrat Watergate class dirty tricks. And as all this is going down, they say nothing other than encouraging Rather to blather on with his fraudulent activities. Looks like a criminal conspiracy to bring down a sitting president. Can you say coup attempt?

The DNC and Senator Kerry are in it up to their eyeballs. The only question left is, what did Senator Kerry know and when did he know it?

Who's gonna pardon Kerry?

[YaYa123]

"Cleland confirmed that he had a two- or three-minute conversation by cell phone with a Texan named Burkett in mid-August while he was on a car ride."

Not just any Texan named Burkett knows Cleland's cell phone number.

[cyncooper]

Did the WaPo get Burkett's cell phone records, and link him to Cleland?

It sounds like Cleland just confirmed when he was asked. Whether he realized the implication is not clear.

Better if Dobbs had gone to Burkett then and asked if he followed Max's advice and contacted the Kerry Kamp. Wait--Burkett isn't talking. Well, Dobbs could ask the Kerry people directly like he did Cleland.

Tune in tomorrow indeed, because that is the next logical place to make inquiries (and I think we all know the answer).

Another thought---when was Cleland in Texas trying to deliver that letter to President Bush? Was that the cellphone/car ride discussion? I'll go look up when it was...this article says they spoke "mid August".

[cyncooper]

Cleland confirmed that he had a two- or three-minute conversation by cell phone with a Texan named Burkett in mid-August while he was on a car ride.

Before, during or after this little stunt:

Cleland Asks Bush to Yank Ads

August 26, 2004

excerpt:

CRAWFORD, Texas — Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland said he tried to get a letter to President Bush asking him to specifically denounce independent campaign ads against John Kerry but no one at the president's ranch would accept the letter.

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