[Roscoe Karns]

Milhous

"And, believe it or not, we got a message from Union Station saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was?

"It was a memo sent all the way from Texas. Black and white spotted. One of our staff members 6-year old daughter named it Checkers. And you know, the kid loved that memo and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're gonna stick with our story."

[Arkinsaw]

I wonder how Burkett feels tonight, sitting there watching HIS story suck all the oxygen out of the Kerry campaign. Watching HIS handiwork make the public fed up with his pal Rather. Watching HIS vendetta help the undecideds start to turn toward Bush.

Talk about being hoist by one's own petard.

[ottothedog]

So now it starts. It looks like they are starting to cover up the trail of the memos through the sKerry campaign.

[DAC22]

Col. Walter B. Staudt - " He also told ABC News that he planned to vote for Mr. Bush.


Funny how the Liberal media seems to forget to ask this question when they are asking questions to people whom they want to put the screws to Pres. Bush

Pathetic SOB's

[Texas Eagle]

"I couldn't swear to it whether he used the term documents or information," Mr. Cleland said. "It was some kind of stuff, some kind of information he wanted to get to the campaign, or something, regarding Bush's National Guard service. I referred him up to somebody in the campaign."

Mmm-hmmm. Riiiiiight. I don't suppose that "somebody" has a name? Like....DAN RATHER maybe???

[OkiMusashi]

The NY Times and the Washinton Post smell blood. This COULD get good.

[jhouston]

The Washington Post found this same information, but the NYT seems to have dug a little deeper. I sense a competition developing. Let the games begin....

[craighagan]

"I helped them before I didn't."

[Shermy]

"I spent some time on the phone with the Kerry campaign seniors yesterday," Mr. Burkett wrote on Aug. 21 in an e-mail letter circulated to a list of about 600 Texas Democrats.

"So I gave them the information to do it with," Mr. Burkett wrote. "But none of them have called me back."

So was the call back August 22? 23? 24...?

[cyncooper]

He may have been unsuccessful at first, but I think Burkett's motto is "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again". And he did.

Cleland is now on record confirming that he spoke with Burkett and referred him to the Kerry campaign.

[blogblogginaway]

" I referred him up to somebody in the campaign."


oh reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally...

[dalebert]

They are trying to concoct some story to account for fake memo's. I think this stuff has been around since the gore campaigne.

[Shermy]

The date on the article should be "september 18", not 16.

[mass55th]

Could it be that Burkett hooked up with Cleland and Rassman when they made their special trip to Crawford, Tx. to delivery his letter to President Bush on August 25th?

[Mo1]

Campaign officials said Mr. Cleland had referred Mr. Burkett to someone at the campaign who passed his message on to the research department, where the message was set aside amid the deluge of other calls.

He Max .. Who did you pass this information on to???

[sdkhaki]

He also told ABC News that he planned to vote for Mr. Bush.

How typical. I wonder if the NY Slimes has ever identified Ben Barnes as a Kerry campaign co-chairman and top fundraiser.

[Cicero]

This is a curious article. On the one hand, they appear to have actually picked up the phone and called Burkett, which is a lot more investigating than the new New York Times usually bothers to do these days.

On the other hand, they refer to the whole affair as a "mystery." The correct term is "forgery."

[baseballmom]

I have a question. Burkett was in the Texas Army Nat'l Guard. President Bush was in the Texas AIR Nat'l Guard.

Army and Air Force, for all intents and purposes. Do the Texas Army and Air Guard share office space? How would Burkett, being Army Guard, be aware and privy to, what was going on in the Air Guard?

I was under the impression that the services protected their turf zealously.

Anyone???

[BlessedByLiberty]

So Burkett is now connected to: Moore, Cleland, and through Cleland the Kerry Kampaign. Who works in Kerry's research department? Perhaps the NY Times or WaPo lurkers here could dig up that info? :)

By pointing the finger to the Kerry Kampaign, Cleland is trying to avoid that nasty little possibility of conspiracy, of forgery charges. Think he was afraid that Burkett may have already bragged to someone that he passed the info to Cleland.

Another thought - Cleland had quite a bit of press coverage when he performed his stunt in Crawford. Wonder if there is a photo or video of him meeting with Burkett?

[Mo1]

FYI