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Tony Coelho Admits on Hardball that the DNC Had Forged Memos Before CBS News Saw Them
Allah Pundit/MSNBC ^ | 09/20/04

Posted on 09/20/2004 7:31:34 PM PDT by gopwinsin04

Tony Coelho admitted on Hardball tonight that the DNC had the memos before CBS but that they didn't use them because they realized that the documents were probably fake.

'He did not come to us, we went to him and asked for the documents.'

Who told CBS/DNC that Burkett had the documents?

I TiVo'ed and watched it again, Surreal.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coelho; killian; napalminthemorning; rathergate; seebsnews; stainedbluememo
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To: gopwinsin04

Paging John Dingell, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

cnn.com August 26,2004 ( Be careful what you wish for )

"Also Wednesday, Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, called for a Justice Department investigation into the possible connection
between ads run by the swift boat group and the president's re-election campaign."


81 posted on 09/20/2004 8:10:34 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue ( When the going gets tough-John Kerry gets going-far away)
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To: JaguarXKE
I think we have only seen the very tip of the iceberg on this whole topic.

Possibly.

But more importantly, the whole CBS fiasco has effectively given the Kerry campaign bus eight flat tires while the Bush motorcade moves further and further away from them in the polls.

Thank you, Dan Rather! You rock, you shakey liberal freak!

82 posted on 09/20/2004 8:10:43 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: gopwinsin04

There's no surprise here. Anyone who fails to see the DNC's fingerprints all OVER this is an idiot.

McAuliffe's fingerprints.....or those of his operatives in the DNC......are all over this nasty, CBS News-destroying episode. It's no shock to this Forum that CBS and other MSM outlets are little more than shills for the DNC. Before this is over, this little hidden fact will be revealed to the country once and for all, I predict.


83 posted on 09/20/2004 8:10:53 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: Kowdawg

"But, CBS got sloppy and posted the .pdf files. If they had simply run with the story, they would have never been found out."

CBS had to post them because the alleged memos had become of over-riding public interest since they were the very basis for the news report. There were no reasonable grounds on which copies could have been withheld. Other news mediums would have demanded copies. Finally, there was more than a little hubris by CBS. The result was that the forged memos were posted by CBS.


84 posted on 09/20/2004 8:11:01 PM PDT by mtntop3 ("He who must know before he believes will never come to full knowledge.")
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To: Paul Atreides

And why did Harkin come out immediately spewing words from the memo? And why were there so many lefty hit pieces using the same info? Maybe we'll get to find out. Yipeeeee!


85 posted on 09/20/2004 8:11:16 PM PDT by tiki (Win one against the Flipper)
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To: omstrat

Local Milwaukee 10:00 PM newscast mentioned the USA Today story and the fact that Kerry Campaign contacted Burkett(sp).

This has legs.


86 posted on 09/20/2004 8:11:58 PM PDT by UB355
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To: gopwinsin04

"Who told CBS/DNC that Burkett had the documents?"

The latest story from Cleland is that he gave Burkett's number to the Kerry campaign. Who knows as yet, since they are all scrambling like cockroaches in a harsh light.


87 posted on 09/20/2004 8:12:15 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (I, the jury)
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To: ValerieUSA
I thought Coelho was in jail.

He is.

Right next to Sandy Berger.

/bitter sarcasm

88 posted on 09/20/2004 8:12:40 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Constitution Day
LOL!
89 posted on 09/20/2004 8:12:56 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberalism is a Hate Crime-Liberate America from the occupation media!)
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To: UB355

Many legs it seems...
As the elevator guy said to me last night
GOING DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN


90 posted on 09/20/2004 8:13:18 PM PDT by omstrat (zip code)
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To: Kowdawg

I agree I think the posting was a mistake, the docs were never supposed to be circulated.

As a clue -- Today you had CBS TV more or less being reported on by the CBS web site.

Technology ate Dan's lunch ;^}


91 posted on 09/20/2004 8:13:49 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: gopwinsin04

Bookmarked. BTTT!


92 posted on 09/20/2004 8:14:43 PM PDT by kAcknor (That's my version of it anyway....)
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To: gopwinsin04

If they realized they were fake, why didn't they warn Dan Rather? I understand his producer contacted Lockhart before they went with the story.


93 posted on 09/20/2004 8:16:10 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: tiki

I also recall some Dims, from Susan Ostrich, to Kerry, Edwards, and Big Mouth Teresa using words such as "draft-dodger," "deserter," and "AWOL."


94 posted on 09/20/2004 8:16:46 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Howlin

Post #8 in that thread looks prescient, to me. I expect that's what'll cause the unravelling, that will cause the truth to finally come out.


95 posted on 09/20/2004 8:18:12 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (hoplophobia is a mental aberration rather than a mere attitude)
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To: sweetliberty

dead men walking


96 posted on 09/20/2004 8:18:34 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Darkwolf377
Elections Summed Up In A Few Words:

1960 Camelot

1964 Daisies

1968: Vietnam and Chicago

1972 Silent Majority

1976 Watergate backlash

1980: Reagan Revolution

1984 Morning in America

1988 Gipper afterglow

1992 "Read my lips..."

2000: Florida

2004: Vietnam and Bloggers

97 posted on 09/20/2004 8:19:10 PM PDT by Denver Ditdat (Ronald Reagan belongs to the ages now, but we preferred it when he belonged to us.)
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To: GailA

This story won't help their senate and house races either.


98 posted on 09/20/2004 8:19:32 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: gopwinsin04

IF the DNC had the documents and knew they were fakes, then how come Terry McAuliffe came out right after the 60 Minutes show and said they were genuine?


99 posted on 09/20/2004 8:19:59 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: mtntop3
CBS had to post them because the alleged memos had become of over-riding public interest since they were the very basis for the news report. There were no reasonable grounds on which copies could have been withheld. Other news mediums would have demanded copies. Finally, there was more than a little hubris by CBS. The result was that the forged memos were posted by CBS.

I agree with you that CBS would eventually have to release the documents, if other other news organizations pressured them into doing so. But, I don't think that would have happened. The Bush/Guard/AWOL story is old news. It would not have drawn much attention if the bloggers hadn't pushed the story.

100 posted on 09/20/2004 8:20:49 PM PDT by Kowdawg
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