Posted on 09/23/2004 7:19:47 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Edited on 09/23/2004 7:36:47 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS RANCHER SAYS LOCKHART WANTED DOCUMENTS //
The source of a disputed CBSNEWS report claimed Thursday that Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart tried to "convince me as to why I should give them the documents." Texas Army National Guard Lt. Col. Bill Burkett tells the FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM that he has suffered four seizures since being identified as CBS' source and dogged by the media... Developing...
Controversial Texas rancher defends release of documents to CBS
excerpt from article: "Bill Burkett, a former commander in the Texas Air National Guard"
I thought I'd heard and read that he was Army, not Air.
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He was Army and not Air. Dan Rather likes to leave out that part.
Army is correct.......
Excellent point - this is just a great big money train for all the lefty media consultants out there, none of whom ultimately care whether or not kerry wins. I read elsewhere that while the Republicans will pay consultants to create ads, they don't pay for placement. The Dems pay their consultants for both and are being taken for a ride. This whole Dem campaign looks a lot like "Who wants to be a millionaire (by ripping off democratic campaign contributors)?"
Who forged the Dead Officer's Name and when did Yaaaawn know it??
Pray for W and Our Troops
OMG. Sitting here reading FR with reruns of O'Reilly running in the background. The fruitcake feminist Naomi Wolf is on. LOL! She says Bush is creating an environmental disaster because "the icebergs are melting." O'Reilly jumped all over her. "It's Bush's fault that the icebergs are melting?" LOL!
"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
This whole thing is a witches brew that is scalding the Democrats.
Yea I know, tomorrow will have it's own set of concerns. I'll have to set up another "no gloat zone" mindset so as to not get cocky.
He could be crazy like a fox.
I bet his phone is ringing off the hook for book deals already.
Thanks for your comments. It is an importnt distinction.
His article on Aug 13 that is posted on that web site that was written by him says Texas Air Guard also, not Army.
Burkett worked for ARMY National Guard HQ out of Washington, DC. He was assigned a special project with HQ Texas National Guard for a short period, where he supposedly overheard the conversation about scrubbing documents. His 'corroborator' of that story said he never heard anyone talk about or actually do anything with Bush's records. Although he does recall Burkett blabbing about it.
"MSM is being very careful with this, playing both sides of the fence. This could bring down their "reputation" for reporting "facts" as well as bring down their favorite candidate and Clinton cronies."
It doesn't matter what the MSM spews. They can't control the aganda any longer.
BB was TX Army NG - NOT AIR (article is in error)
Agreed. Generally, there would be no pronouncements, admissions, etc. Lockhart et al are media cover-up experts. They know full well how to obfuscate -- delay, delay, delay, deny, delay, etc. The fact that Lockhart has been producing almost real-time commentary (mostly damaging to Kerry) is all the proof necessary that your statement is absolutely correct.
I figure since someone fabricated official State of Texas documents, then Greg Abbott needs to go after them!
He'll probably promise all of them a dynamite book, take and advance from all of them, and flee to Mexico.
I'm trying to catch up on this thread, but has anyone thought about how nuts this freak is, heance making him the perfect patsy. Dems have the documents, CBS gets tipped off about the documents, they drop the documents in the hands of a man already accusing Bush of this stuff, then gives CBS his name and sits back.
Then Lockhart tells him on the phone that he wants the documents, begs him for them. So now he has his alibi. Why would I ask for the documents if we gave him the documents.
So the dems can deal with a nutcase screaming that the dems wanted the documents. Sure, the dems would naturally want documents that are bad for bush - that's no secret. But they had them all ready and had to get them out through a third party who they could easily set up as a patsy...AKA the nutcase named Burkett.
Yes, there needs to be a section on the org chart for disgruntled former Guard guys. Lechliter, Conn, Barnes, et al.
That's just starting to hit me! No wonder Hillary wanted to squash a venue like FreeRepublic.
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