Posted on 09/23/2004 8:46:45 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
Edited on 09/24/2004 2:23:34 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Burkett: Lockhart Asked Me for Rathergate Documents
Former National Guard commander Bill Burkett has become the first player in the CBS forged document scandal to implicate John Kerry's presidential campaign, telling the Fort Worth Star Telegram that top Kerry aide Joe Lockhart pressed him to turn over damaging evidence on George Bush.
During a single phone conversation with Lockhart, Burkett told the Telegram that he suggested a "couple of concepts on what I thought (Kerry) had to do" to beat Bush.
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In return, he said, Lockhart tried to "convince me as to why I should give them the documents." Lockhart has staunchly denied that he ever discussed the forged documents with Burkett, though he confirmed that a conversation had indeed taken place in a call arranged by "60 Minutes" producer Mary Mapes.
But with Burkett now claiming otherwise, Republicans have their first evidence of Rathergate wrongdoing that directly implicates the Kerry campaign.
Burkett also complained that "60 Minutes" anchorman Dan Rather tried to set him up as a "fall guy" in the forged document scandal during his mea culpa broadcast on Monday.
"He snipped [my interview] apart to cover them," he told the Telegram. "That's all that that evening news was - to find a fall guy. And it was me."
"Dan Rather ruined my reputation in front of 70 million people," he added.
Burkett's former lawyer said Tuesday that the controversial Guardsman was preparing a lawsuit against CBS.
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**Original Newspaper Account Corrected*******
CBS source denies plotting with Kerry
By Jack Douglas Jr.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
This article has been corrected from the version published in the newspaper and online Friday morning to reflect that Bill Burkett was referring to conversations with CBS when he said, "They tried to convince me as to why I should give them the documents." The earlier version incorrectly reported that he had discussed the documents with Joe Lockhart of the Kerry campaign.
You left something out of your post, please allow me to add it:
MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!
LOL...
And CBS will have to impeach someone who just a few weeks ago was supposedly "unimpeachable." CBS and Burkett deserve each other.
Keep talking, Burkett!
On the contrary, the meanderings of an addled man must be given the same consideration as the questions about the National Guard.
After all, the messenger doesn't matter. It's the seriousness of the charges he brings forth.
He might even succeed at it :o(
"But with Burkett now claiming otherwise, Republicans have their first evidence "
So now Republicans are calling Burkett their "unimpeachable source ?
Back off quick !!!
Sartre.
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/hell/sart.html
Lockhart should familiarize himself with it. :)
Are you kidding? The DNC and CBS will hire David Boies, who will back a truck up to Burkett's front door and unload gold bars into his living room to keep him quiet.
This is sooooo much fun! A 3-way cat fight between SeeBS, the kerry campaign, and the evil DNC headquarters! And every once in a while, some desperate RAT says, "Well, the docs may be forged, but what's in them is true!" Some dunce wrote a letter to the editor to that effect today. To me, that's like saying "This $20 bill is counterfeit, but it's still real money."
Do you think the MSM is going to make a big deal over this trivial little event?
Actually what they are saying is , prove that the $20 is fake..morons the lot of them
GOING DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well, well, well. The thlot pickens. Lockhardt--pro that he his--said the discussion was about how Kerry could combat [Swiftvet] criticism. No lie. The way to combat Kerry's abysmal post-war activities--which were court-martial offenses--was to implicate Bush in a potential court-martial offense (aka, the "documents").
But.... but..... but....I thought Lockhart said they never discussed the documents. ;^)
If Burkett is Lucy Ramirez, will the shoes match the purse?
This time I don't doubt Burkett. It's because he's the perfect fall-guy (seizures, doncha know) that Lockhardt AND Mapes knew he'd do--especially if the documents passed muster. Unfortunately, they didn't; and things begin to unravel . . .
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