BURKETT MET WITH LOCKHART - UPDATED

National Review ^ | Sept. 20, 2004 | jim geraghty

[Chaguito]

Palast - a Canadian Fisk or Scheer

[Popman]

Dollars to donuts this "coordination" of "Operation Fortunate Son," from the DNC and the SeeBS "memos" was the linchpin or theme for the rest of the election cycle.

That would in their mind move the negative media spotlight off Kerry and on to Bush.

Painting Bush as an elitist would be a good move since they don't have any other issues for their candidate to run on.

The dims must be having baby cows that their plans have all gone haywire.

Now everything hinges on the debates for the dims. It must be a living hell.

TOO BAD

[1rudeboy]

We need to Buck these guys.

[deport]

it's the title of an anti-x43 book by J.H. Hatfield,

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And remember that Hatfield took the deep six in some motel in Springdale, Arkansas July 20, 2001 ..... Supposedly suicide

[Brizick]

There is a thread on Little Green Footballs that discusses the creation date of the pdf file containing the 4 documents.

The pdf file downloaded from Fox News shows a creation date of 02/06/2004.

This story just gets 'curiouser and curiouser'.

[Fedora]

I remember the book. Didn't remember Palast's name until you mentioned it, but from a quick search it looks like his anti-Bush coverage has been continuous since the 2000 campaign. I'm seeing he did some stories accusing Bush of stealing the election, etc.

[Dont Mention the War]

I remember that this "Fortunate Son" is more than an old song. I checked, it's the title of an anti-x43 book by J.H. Hatfield, with a preface by "Greg Palast" who's name came up recently, I forget how.

Right here, just in the last day or so, in a laughable attempt to spin Dan Rather as the victim:

THE LYNCHING OF DAN RATHER, BY GREG PALAST

[randog]

The CBS story based on the memos the evening of Sept. 8. Are we to believe that the Democratic National Committee put together "Operation Fortunate Son," in which these memos are front and center, entirely in the hours after the CBS report, and yet had their campaign ready so that these memos are referred to in the first words of the AP story Sept. 9?

This is the 800 pound gorilla in the living room that everyone seems to be overlooking. The entire MSM and DNC begin a campaign that makes the Normandy Invasion look like a family vacation and we're to believe that this is simply a "regrettable oversight" by one man, Dan Blather? Puhhhhhhhleeez. We saw several newspapers and television programs go live the morning after the first shot (the now infamous 60 minutes episode) with their prepared talking points about "potentially damaging evidence", not to mention Terry McAwful and Tom Harkin standing up and loudly denouncing Bush's TANG "record".

This whole thing stinks to high heaven and there's a big giant plum waiting at the end for whichever reporter/ news outlet that has the balls to go get it.

[Howlin]

Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival Lyrics
Song: Fortunate Son Lyrics

Some folks are born to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,

[yellowhammer]

I recommend everyone review post 14:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1222027/posts?page=14#14

[Jack Bull]

As you probably know, it happens one brick at a time.

[deport]

Greg Palast.....

Anti Bush writer etc...... Recently release a book entitle "Best Democracy Money Can Buy"

His web site: http://www.gregpalast.com/

[xkaydet65]

This is most remarkable. The connections are not only in existence they are admitted to by te parties involved. The arrogance of these people must know no bounds.

All this makes CBS' "we were duped" apology meaningless.Everyone involved knew the documents were fakes and they went through with the charade because they shared the same goal, the removal of the President. For arrogance, audacity, and criminality Watergate pales before this criminal conspiracy, but no one cares.

[woofie]

What did Creedence Clearwater Revival know and when did they know it?

[ArmyBratproud]

From Newsmax.com

Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 10:52 p.m. EDT
CBS Steered Forged Doc Source to Kerry Campaign

In what may be the most damaging revelation yet in the Rathergate document scandal, CBS News is admitting that it steered the source of forged military records damaging to President Bush to the Kerry campaign.

In exchange for the meeting with Kerry communications director Joe Lockhart, that source - former National Guard Commander Bill Burkett - agreed to give CBS copies of the Bush records.

Story Continues Below


USA Today is set to report in Tuesday editions:
"Lockhart, the former press secretary to President Clinton, said a female producer talked to him about the "60 Minutes" program a few days before it aired on Sept. 8. She gave Lockhart a telephone number and asked him to call Bill Burkett."

"At Burkett's request, we gave his (telephone) number to the campaign," Betsy West, senior CBS News vice president, confessed to USA Today.

Late Monday, CBS said it was investigating the role of "60 Minutes" star producer Mary Mapes in setting up the contact between Burkett and Lockhart.

"The network's effort to place Burkett in contact with a top Democratic official raises ethical questions about CBS' handling of material potentially damaging to the Republican president in the midst of an election," the paper said.

Aly Colón, a news ethicist at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, said the collusion between CBS and the Kerry campaign to damage President Bush "poses a real danger to the potential credibility of a news organization."

The White House reacted sharply to the Lockhart development, with Communications Director Dan Bartlett complaining, "The fact that CBS News would coordinate with the most senior levels of Sen. Kerry's campaign to attack the President is a stunning and deeply troubling revelation."

[Ole Okie]

Dollars to donuts this "coordination" of "Operation Fortunate Son," from the DNC and the SeeBS "memos" was the linchpin or theme for the rest of the election cycle.

I think that's the reason RATher still can't give it up. The success of the Kitty Kelley hit book and "Fortunate Son" depended on the base that RATher would lay down. So he's got to maintain that the story is true, even if the evidence is forged.

Danno, you stink. And you failed. Failed, do you hear?

[RightOnline]

Bumping your post. Excellent. Dead on right.

[woofie]

from your link:

Barnes appears to have made lucrative use of his knowledge of our President’s slithering out of the draft as a lever to protect a multi-billion dollar contract for a client. That's the information in a confidential letter buried deep in the files of the US Justice Department that fell into my hands at BBC television.

[Socratic]

Thanks, I saved the link to read tomorrow. Boy is the news breaking fast and furious (love that cliche) tonight!

[randog]

I remember that this "Fortunate Son" is more than an old song.

Ironically, it's said to have been written about Al Gore.