Rather-Gate: List of Events UPDATED

www.polidock.com ^ | 09/21/2004 | hobson

[hobson]

Comments and suggestions welcome.

[mabelkitty]

The Hill reported that the DNC Fortunate Son ad, featuring the forgeries, was released to the press by Terry McAuliffe on July 20.
You can find that link on the Was the DNC Involved thread here.

That means earlier colussion by CBS/DNC than they are admitting.

[Bonaparte]

You two continue to do a marvelous job! Thankyou!

It's the beginning of the end for CBS news division. Mapes was go-between, ie. co-conspirator, with kerry campaign operatives and Burkett. Bu'bye CBS.

[JesseJane]

Great work....

Heard today Sean Hannity repeating some of the same language used on Freep threads about this... "peeling back the onion", getting phone records...

Sean... do me a favor, shut up when people are trying to tell you something new.. You can always share stories about YOU later. Your getting "o'reilly-ish".. stop it.

[PretzeLogic]

Research supporting the Documents for Access chart can be found in this thread.

If you want off this ping then FreepMail me.

[hobson]

I can't seem to find what you are talking about. It could have something to do with my lack of sleep.

Do you have a link?

[hobson]

Link Correction: 8/25/2004 Bill Burkett - reference to "reassembled" documents: http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/082504Burkett/082504burkett.html

[dano1]

This is a great compilation. I will look it over more carefully. One comment off the top is that you may wish to reorder the events of 9/3/04. IMHO the conversation between Burkett and Cleland was a precursor to Mapes receiving the documents, so you may wish to place it lower on the same day.

It would also be interesting to know when Hodges was interviewed. I suspect it may have been before the docs were faxed, indicating that someone had teased CBS with the content of the docs before they were handed over.

It would also be great to know when the conversation between Lockhart and Burkett took place, as that too may have been a precursor to the actual handing over of the docs.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

I thought there was a consolidated FR thread with all this stuff.

[GOPJ]

Thanks.

[hobson]

Excellent observations! We will check into it.

[hobson]

I created this list from research I did and posted on FR last week. I added the table layout and additional info.

[bt_dooftlook]

Let's be careful there - that's not quite what I found in "The Hill":

Back on July 20 — before the Swift boat campaign got under way — McAuliffe held a conference call with reporters to announce that, from that day forward, Democrats would devote a great deal of time and energy to exposing Bush’s Guard record.

“It is time Bush came clean with the American people about what he was doing during the Vietnam War,” McAuliffe said.

At the time, it seemed a little odd. The Guard issue had been thoroughly aired during the Democratic primaries, when McAuliffe called the president “AWOL,” and filmmaker Michael Moore — perhaps the most popular Democrat among the party’s base — called him a “deserter.”

The issue flared again briefly in April, when Kerry himself took a few whacks at Bush’s service.

But in July, things seemed quiet on the military-records front. There were few Democratic attacks on Bush’s service, and no Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks on Kerry.

That’s why McAuliffe’s announcement seemed a bit out of place. On the conference call, McAuliffe made it clear that he intended to press the issue every day of the campaign.

He even announced the creation of a new website, democrats.org/wherewasbush. Fast forward to Tuesday. “Bush has stubbornly refused to come clean” about his record, McAuliffe said as he unveiled “Operation: Fortunate Son.”

[dano1]

I checked the date of the CBS call to Hodges, and it was after CBS had the documents. The Denver Post reported that;

"Retired Major Gen. Bobby Hodges, said to be a key source on the "60 Minutes" story, said CBS called only two days before the program to discuss the content of the documents but never showed them to him. "

So I guess that would have been on Monday.

[ClancyJ]

Monday would have been Labor Day - would Rather call on Labor Day?

[sonofatpatcher2]

Super job! All I can add is Dan's search for Lucy...

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[Mo1]

bttt

[dano1]

The Washington Post is reporting in their Wednesday story that:

"Burkett has said he had an "understanding" with CBS that he would provide the documents in exchange for help reaching Lockhart."

(Is this new? I haven't seen this reported elsewhere.)

So maybe Burkett did wait for a green light from the Dems before faxing the documents.

[Lurking in Kansas]

Thanks for the ping...

Great work hobson!

[GOPJ]

bump