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.
Speaking of terrorists/jihadists. We know that they have the technology. So we must assume that some of them may be lurking here.
So here is a message to those terrorists/jihadists of the muslim faith. We intend to seek you out and destroy you and your family and anyone associated with you. You and your family and friends will eventually die like the pigs you are.
Trust me
I only hope I get the opportunity to do just that.
I saw it, too, and I was a little surprised at how upset it got me. It made me angry, too. I think we actually need to be MORE aggresive against the terrorists, and not just in Iraq, but also in Iran, Sudan, etc.
That's a possibility, too.
I thought Durkett gave the docs to Mapes on 9/2 (kinkos fax date) and he talked to Lockhart on 9/4....anyone else remember it that way...was there an EARLIER phone call to Lockhart, ie more than one..?
At our age we should be so honored. At 53 I am ready to sacrifice my life in the war against terrorism. Someone tell President Bush that there are older more mature folks ready to kill savages in defense of our families and our nation.
Well Satre, ain't that Ironic...
I'm sure this one has already been floated by the democrats. Looks like this time Occam's razor is about to slit their throats.
Be Careful, Dems are experts on the Dead, the dead have been voting democrat overwhelming for years...
I had a memory lapse..of course!
If we find this guy in Fort Marcy park, I am going to spit..
Camus wrote the Plague, the Myth of Sisyphus, and the Stranger. There's a little Kerry in each. The total hopelessness... rolling the boulder to the top and then it rolls back down. Everything he touches turns to crap.
Exactly! CBS can't have it both ways. They can't say they were innocently duped on one hand and then make this guy out to be a kook (which apparently he is). The fact is they weren't duped. You don't get duped by a nutjob if you're a professional journalist. As for the unimpeachable source, you have to wonder who Dan was really talking about.
They are tearing each other apart. Not uncommon for those dealing in darkness.
How could Bush verify a private memo written by another person thirty plus years ago? He'd have no idea if it were valid.
Kerry aide Joe Lockhart pressed him to turn over damaging evidence on George Bush.
Damaging evidence? Fake documents are damaging evidence? Oh I forget.... to a Liberal, anything showing up on an "Etch O Scetch" could be evidence.
Hmmm. Who to believe? The liar or the loon?
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