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CBS Source's Attorney: "Bill Burkett Just Got Burnt by Dan Rather"
TexasInsider.org ^ | 9-22-04

Posted on 09/22/2004 5:07:18 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

David Van Os said that it was CBS’ intention from the outset to cast Bill Burkett in an unfavorable light. “Dan Rather and CBS were intending all along to use the interview to dump on (Burkett),” Van Os said. “What we got was a bunch of mealy-mouthed bull****.”

Van Os said that Burkett had to think long and hard about what to do with the documents in his possession. “Bill was very reluctant to give CBS the documents; because he did not want to become caught up in what he knew would be created if he did,” Van Os said.

“Bill did not go to CBS, CBS came to him. CBS spent all summer trying to pressure and coax Bill into letting them have copies of the documents that they believed he had


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: billburkett; cbs; danrather; davidvanos; rathergate
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This will have the people at cBS and Viacom standing up like they got stuck with hat pins, Dan.
1 posted on 09/22/2004 5:07:19 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

How did cBS know that he HAD the documents???

Hmmmmmm......


2 posted on 09/22/2004 5:09:54 PM PDT by JstABrdPstr
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To: SwinneySwitch

No honor among thieves.


3 posted on 09/22/2004 5:10:51 PM PDT by proust (Freepers do it in their pajamas!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

This is turning into a circular firing squad. Cool!


4 posted on 09/22/2004 5:11:17 PM PDT by 68skylark
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To: JstABrdPstr

MABYE A WEE LITTLE VOICE THAT USE TO BE KLINTOONS MOUTH PIECE?


5 posted on 09/22/2004 5:12:04 PM PDT by jedi150
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To: 68skylark

OK, how did Karl Rove do THIS?


6 posted on 09/22/2004 5:12:13 PM PDT by Poohbah (If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
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To: SwinneySwitch
“What we got was a bunch of mealy-mouthed bull****.”

I think van Os is an expert on the substance.

7 posted on 09/22/2004 5:13:12 PM PDT by atomicpossum (If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
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To: SwinneySwitch

So the orcs and the urk-hai have begun
to fight amongst themselves.

Time to get out the comfy chair, get
some popcorn, and open a fine brew.


8 posted on 09/22/2004 5:13:25 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: Poohbah

Man, that Karl Rove is one smart dude. I'm glad he's on our side!


9 posted on 09/22/2004 5:13:49 PM PDT by 68skylark
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To: Poohbah
OK, how did Karl Rove do THIS?

Simple. He's infiltrated CBS with moles. < /DUmmie rant>

10 posted on 09/22/2004 5:14:05 PM PDT by Azzurri
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To: Howlin; piasa
CBS spent all summer trying to pressure and coax Bill into letting them have copies of the documents that they believed he had
11 posted on 09/22/2004 5:14:32 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: SwinneySwitch
I have a little tiny bit of simpathy for Burkett only because I have epilepsy too, BUT I believe he is a moron and does not represent those of us with the condition very well...

Famous people with Epilepsy

Napoleon Bonaparte
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Socrates
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Michelangelo
Lord Byron
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Truman Capote

12 posted on 09/22/2004 5:14:33 PM PDT by FesterUSMC
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To: JstABrdPstr
How did cBS know that he HAD the documents??? Why, Lucy told them, of course.
13 posted on 09/22/2004 5:15:13 PM PDT by Screaming Eagle Red Leg
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To: FesterUSMC
grrr sympathy
14 posted on 09/22/2004 5:15:13 PM PDT by FesterUSMC
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To: SwinneySwitch

>>>...CBS’ intention from the outset to cast Bill Burkett in an unfavorable light.

Burkett does a good job casting himself in an unfavorable light pretty well all by himself - he don't need no stinkin' tv network to do it...


15 posted on 09/22/2004 5:15:20 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (At CBS - "We don't just report news - we make it - up.")
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To: Poohbah
OK, how did Karl Rove do THIS?

Burkett believes that it happened because the White House is beaming paranoid thoughts into his brain.

16 posted on 09/22/2004 5:16:06 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Despise not the jester. Often he is the only one speaking the truth")
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To: Poohbah

Burkett's a double agent, who was turned by Karl Rove, just waiting for the 2004 September Surprise!


17 posted on 09/22/2004 5:17:47 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (A 4 month swift boat commander or a 4 year Commander in Chief? - You Decide.)
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To: JstABrdPstr
How did cBS know that he HAD the documents???

Success has a hundred fathers; failure is an orphan.

18 posted on 09/22/2004 5:17:50 PM PDT by js1138 (Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

"Bill did not go to CBS, CBS came to him. CBS spent all summer trying to pressure and coax Bill into letting them have copies of the documents that they believed he had"

Okay. Let me get this straight.

So, Billybobboy didn't have the documents.

But CBS thought he did.

And kept pressuring him to cough them up.

But he didn't have them.

But then he, all of the sudden, did have them!

How handy!

How convenient!

And then, he gave them to CBS. Who identified him as their unidentified "unimpeachable" source (man, you can't make this stuff up).

So that they could then "burn" Billbobboy and make him out to be a corrupt, psycho, evil, nut.

Which in turn casts a rather dubious light on CBS' news judgment, character judgment, not to say, basic intelligence.

They intended all along to "burn" their "unimpeachable" source.

These guys must have something really, really big to hide, something really, really criminal, to be so incoherent.

Mr. Van Os, if you're gonna lie to us, at least tell lies that are internally consistent.

LOL.


sitetest


19 posted on 09/22/2004 5:18:31 PM PDT by sitetest (Spitball Kerry for Collaborator-in-Chief!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Maybe C-BS is reach critical mass, and go into a super-nova! They would even try to BS their way out of that too!!


20 posted on 09/22/2004 5:18:40 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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