Posted on 09/17/2004 8:58:58 PM PDT by The Bandit
Edited on 09/17/2004 9:05:20 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
'So I gave them the information to do it with. But none of them have called me back."'
Which may get back to Mapes and Rather. Perhaps "none of them" ever called him back, but out of the blue 60 Minutes gets involved. Voila.
Also from that washigntonpost article:
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."
Ain't it beautiful?
Burkett and Rather might both make their greatest contribution to the American way of life on this story.
There should be a monument somewhere with a big shoe with a hole shot through it - lined up so that you can see the American Flag waving when you look through.
Yes, I'm finally catching up to the rest of the thread....
Doesn't sound like Burkett will go down alone .. and Max's comments are very interesting
The tenor of the article seems to be putting distance between sKerry and Burkett, which makes me suspicious that it came from his campaign. However, given that the memo was faxed from near Burkett's house, maybe Jenjis John was smart enough to just broker the transaction between Rather and Burkett. I think that either way, they clearly knew this was coming, though.
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Burkett is always focus of MSM. Seems like this is coming to an end soon. What will future hold?
Burkett-Becomes fall guy and gets sentenced to jail? Judge suspends sentence for mental/physical health reasons and his service to US.
Barnes-DEM connection but out of MSM view. Becomes Hillary 08 slime master.
Mapes-fallgirl catalyst for 60 Minutes re-org. Becomes MSNBC producer for Chrissy Matthews.
Rather-retires early after crying on Letterman. Libs will always love him.
Kerry-Swiftvets off front page for now but they hunt him continually. Loses POTUS and Senate reelection bids. Moves in with Al Gore's family after Teresa throws him out.
DNC-three monkeys until 06 and 08
Moveon.org-local election now their focus. Soros seeks to destroy Dollar with a Euro buy.
Van Os-never wins elections again. Works with Mark Gerragos in small Bakersfield law office working CA real estate and immigration law.
Abilene Kinkos-closes to become Abilene's only theme-bar frequented by conservative tourists called Kinky Kinko Jammies.
Charles Shumer-becomes Senate minority leader after Daschle loses o4 election.
Something's afoot. Earlier tonight Joe Trippi was on MSNBC complimenting Free Republic, and Buckhead and TankerKC by name, for their "legitimate questions". Yes, he offered some whacko theory on how the documents came to be, but I and others noted he had adopted a tone of reasonableness. To say the least, it was jarring and I and others figure he sees an investigation coming and coming quick. I ascribe the same motive to Cleland.
Betcha those cell phone bills hold a lot of info
Beats me. All I know is that if the DNC still wants to work Rove into this sequence then they've got their work cut out for 'em.
The DNC either refused to touch the memos and Burkett approached CBS alone or they steered Burkett in the direction of CBS. Either way, they obviously knew about it.
My interpretation of the article is that Jenjis is acknowledging contact with Burkett, but that they didn't want what he was selling. I think the MSM is trying to insulate sKerry. I'm sure we'll see in the next few days...
Poetic justice ain't it? ;)
CLELAND IN DC?
No, but it sounds like Cleland referred Burkett to someone high up in the Kerry campaign who tipped off CBS about the documents. This could could be big.
James Moore shares Devine's view that Bush's faith -- in God and in his own policies -- is misplaced. In Bush's War for Re-Election: Iraq, the White House, and the People (Wiley, $37.99), Moore, co-author of the bestselling Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, castigates Bush's wartime leadership...Through interviews with soldiers and family members of those who died in battle, Moore conveys the deep resentment toward Bush felt by at least some military families. Moore also conducted revealing interviews with former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, former Sen. Max Cleland and Bill Burkett, a lieutenant colonel in the Texas National Guard and a frequent Bush critic.
Well Bill Burkett if you are reading this and if you truly had a hand in this terrible act, my advice is to get to the FBI and start talking. FIRST ONE TO ROLL OVER GETS LESS TIME. CBS is about to out you, why do you think the Kinko's connection leaked? You are being sh*t on by your compadres.
Cleland is now on record confirming that he spoke with Burkett and referred him to the Kerry campaign.
this is sounding VERY VERY serious..Connect the dots folks.I still say Kerry and co sanctioned these fake memos and kept their fingers crossed . This could be fatal to Kerry
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