Posted on 09/22/2004 7:21:04 AM PDT by soccermom
OK, we shouldn't be surprised by now that Burkett is exposed as a fraud, but I found this contradiction so glaring I can't believe the press hasn't picked up on it:
Burkett is claiming that he was given the documents by someone named Lucy Ramirez (or her shadowy courier). From USA Today:
"Burkett said he arranged to get the documents during a trip to Houston for a livestock show in March. But instead of being met at the show by Ramirez, he was approached by a man who asked for Burkett, handed him an envelope and quickly left, Burkett recounted."
But as recently as August 13 he posted on DemocRATS.com, claiming that he had no such documentation:
"I have found no documentation from LTC Killian's hand or staff that indicate that this unit was involved in any complicit way to either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush, or to provide him pay or certification for training not completed. On the contrary, LTC Killians' remarks are rare, indeed, especially considering that 1LT Bush was known clearly as a congressman's son and had utilized his position as such, to gain a favor of his failure to train while in Alabama. I have to believe that earning that favor was completed by false pretenses also due to LTC Killian's officer evaluation comment."
Clearly Burkett is lying. So on the 13th he claims to have had NOTHING, but a week later he is calling the Kerry campaign with information. Hmmmmmmm......IMO, he never had any documentation and became frustrated with the Swiftboat success so he forged the documents himself. Now that the forgery has been exposed, he is inventing this Lucy Ramirez.
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I never said he didn't lie..... I expect that lies would be a part of his game. The question is which are the lies and which are the truth. My point is none of this has been proven in a court of law but rather it is assertions. Do you know for a fact that the supposedly post to the Texas yahoo group is really Burkett or is it someone using his name? Has that been proven.
If the FBI or such is investigating, they could get possession of a target's computers and see if the documents exist on them in other than an image format before their posting on the web, i.e. to indicate they were created on those particular computers. Another indication would be the existence of a contemporaneous image file of Killian's signature.
It would do Burkett - or any such "person of interest" - no good to delete the files or reformat the disk, the FBI can still read much of what was once there.
Also, I suspect they are able to do this remotely via software and may have already done so if they acted quickly enough to obtain search warrants on "persons of interest".
He also (as he says) burned the originals. Why? It only makes sense if he is the forger. Also, in one of his rants in August he says that "we" reassembled the files. Who is we - but it is clear to me that reassembled = forged.
21 -- Treating its viewers as swine and feeding them swill.
HF
I think Burkett did it himself too. That these documents use Army jargon and Burkett was a member of the Army National Guard is a little obvious. I haven't seen anyone in the news media point that out, but someone in the Army had to have had a hand in their creation.
I agree. I think, clearly, Burkett forged the documents out of frustration over the Swiftees. On the 13th he was claiming he had no such documentation and week later he is calling the Kerry campaign with "information" to counter the Swiftees! Also, he first said the source was some National Guardsman named Cook or something. (That was what he told See BS and USA today before the documents were exposed as forgeries.) Now, that they have been exposed as forgeries, he comes up with this crazy story about Lucy and how he BURNED the originals! The man is a NUT! "CYA" is not only the title of his forged memo -- it is the mode he is in now!
Thanks -- I like the new handle, too!
My source is NOT the yahoo group. There is a full length article posted at democRATS.com entitled "Lukasiak Study Proves Bush Was Legally AWOL" by Bill Burkett, Lt. Col. I can't post the link because freerepublic won't let me post links to democRATS.com. But you can certainly find it on the web. We're not talking about some guy with a handle. We're talking about an article authored by Burkett. It isn't a post -- it is a featured article on August 13.
Thanks. I doubt the FBI will investigate. It'll look like a White House abuse of power. It is funny to see the nut scrambling in CYA mode, though.
Yep -- how conveeeeeeenient! He burned the originals and we can't find LUUUUUUUUSEEEEEEE!
Sorry -- I looked back at my originial post and see I didn't make it clear. I said he "posted" at democRATS.com. It wasn't a post -- it was an article written by Burkett that democRATS.com posted.
I saw Lockhart giving his little speech 2 or 3 days ago. He reminded me of a little boy lying. His body language gave him away. If you can, go back and look at that clip, he is moving around (while setting in a chair).
Indeed, I imagine the FBI will not investigate. It would however greatly benefit the Democrat party's credibility to insist on just such an investigation, i.e. that their hands are clean and they have nothing to hide.
I find the use of the name "Ramirez" fascinating. I noticed that a group called Football Fans for Truth has a list of Kerry "athletic offences".
Kerry once praised Manny Ortez of the Red Sox. The problem is the Red Sox has no player by that name. But they DO have Manny RAMIREZ. Very interesting.
Burkett's the fall guy. He's a stupid loose cannon. No way he's the brains behind this crime. More coming soon...
He's the fall guy for a powerful team. The kind smart enough to hire a PR firm to put shills on FreeRepublic.
How soon before some of them come forward and talk? They have families, right. And they know and some will talk. This is going to get better and better. BOO!!!
BTTT
My reaction exactly. His body language said I'm lying through my teeth.
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