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Source (Burkett) says CBS made him 'fall guy'
Houston Chronicle ^ | Sept. 23, 2004 | AP

Posted on 09/23/2004 11:15:20 PM PDT by FairOpinion

FORT WORTH - The former Texas Air National Guard commander who gave CBS documents critical of President Bush's military service said he thinks the network has tried to make him the "fall guy" in the dispute over whether the memos are authentic.

ADVERTISEMENT Bill Burkett, who lives on a ranch near Abilene, said he still believes the memos are real, but he said he warned CBS to independently verify the documents before airing them.

CBS broadcast a story on Sept. 8 that accused Bush of using family connections to get into the Guard to avoid military service in Vietnam, and the memos, supposedly written by one of Bush's now-deceased commanders, indicated that Bush's performance was "sugar coated" despite his failure to meet certain requirements.

Questions quickly arose about the memos, but CBS staunchly defended them until Monday, when it acknowledged its reporting was faulty and it shouldn't have used the memos.

Burkett told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that "CBS duped me" by identifying him as the source of the documents.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: burkett; cbs; lockhart; memogate; memos; rather; rathergate; seebsnews
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Burkett should get even with CBS by revealing the REAL TRUTH -- how did he get the memos? Did McAuliffe give them to him?
1 posted on 09/23/2004 11:15:20 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion

2 posted on 09/23/2004 11:16:07 PM PDT by Jenya (I'm a newbie here, but not to life. Don't even think of imposing your seniority on me.)
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To: FairOpinion

No, Mary Mapes is the "fall gal". Burkett is just a nutcase DemoCrap.


3 posted on 09/23/2004 11:16:42 PM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: FairOpinion

The real Fall Guy:


Well, I'm not the kind to kiss and tell, But I've been seen with Farrah.
I've never been with anything less than a nine, so fine.
I've been on fire with Sally Field, gone fast with a girl named Bo.
But somehow they just don't end up as mine...
It's a death-defying life I lead, I'll take my chances.
I've died for a living in the movies and tv.
But the hardest thing I'll ever do is watch my leading ladies,
Kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee.

I might fall from a tall building, I might roll a brand-new car,
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star.

I've never spent much time in school, but I taught ladies plenty.
It's true I hire my body out for pay, hey hey!
I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs, blown up over Rachel Welch
But when I wind up in the hay, it's only hay, hey hey!
I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine,
'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman, that makes Eastwood look so fine.

They'll never make me president, but I got the best first ladies
Someday´s I got´em as far as the eye can see - ouee
A morning dove with Jacky Smith, a crash in the night with Cheryl
But in the end they never stay with me
On my fall from the Tower Building, so Burt Reynolds don't get hurt
I might leap the mighty Canyon, so he can kiss and flirt
Well, that smooth talker's kissing my girl - I'm just kissing dirt
Yes, I'm the lonely stuntman, that made a lover out of Burt


4 posted on 09/23/2004 11:17:21 PM PDT by ambrose (http://www.swiftvets.com)
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To: FairOpinion

fan the flames! fan the flames! damn if only. . .


5 posted on 09/23/2004 11:17:37 PM PDT by Tempest (Don't blame me, I'm voting for Bush.)
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To: FairOpinion

the network has tried to make him the "fall guy"

No one can MAKE you be anything you don't want to be, at least that's the way it works in the USA.


6 posted on 09/23/2004 11:17:52 PM PDT by Just Lori (Exit strategy: Terrorism dead..... freedom flourishing)
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To: clee1

"Burkett is just a nutcase DemoCrap."

That's redundant.


7 posted on 09/23/2004 11:19:34 PM PDT by DB (©)
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To: FairOpinion
The three most nervous men in America: Joe Lockhart, Dan Rather and Bill Burkett's Life Insurance Agent.
8 posted on 09/23/2004 11:22:46 PM PDT by bootyist-monk (<--------------------- Republican Attack Machine)
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To: FairOpinion

Somebody needs to shut him up! He's liable to hurt the Bush campaign. Dammit!


9 posted on 09/23/2004 11:22:48 PM PDT by bellevuesbest
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To: DB

Maybe so....

I know a couple of DemoCraps that really are reasonable people, just a little misguided in their political views. I hesitate to call them nutcases - they are doing as I am, holding their noses as they pull the lever for Gee Dubya.

Burkett, on the other hand, is certifiable.


10 posted on 09/23/2004 11:23:37 PM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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Somebody needs to shut him up! He's liable to hurt the Bush campaign. Dammit!

I doubt that, this just shows that CBS was in bed with Kerry!

11 posted on 09/23/2004 11:24:38 PM PDT by blondee123 (Proud Member of the Pajama Blogger Brigade (FR))
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"Burkett is just a nutcase DemoCrap."

That's redundant.

No! No! No!

He's an unimpeachable source. Dan said so.

12 posted on 09/23/2004 11:24:39 PM PDT by GrandmaPatriot
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To: blondee123

Ok, never mind....


13 posted on 09/23/2004 11:26:08 PM PDT by bellevuesbest
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To: FairOpinion

Sadly, this guy has zero credibility no matter who he implicates now.

Maybe he should find better friends in the future.


14 posted on 09/23/2004 11:27:26 PM PDT by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: FairOpinion

I thought this guy was in the Army NG?


15 posted on 09/23/2004 11:29:36 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: Tempest

The point is that this should be the beginning of a serious investigation, not the end.


16 posted on 09/23/2004 11:29:50 PM PDT by FairOpinion (FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
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To: bellevuesbest

"Somebody needs to shut him up! He's liable to hurt the Bush campaign. Dammit!"


?????? I think if he is going to hurt someone it will be Kerry.


17 posted on 09/23/2004 11:30:59 PM PDT by FairOpinion (FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
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To: HitmanNY

That's why there should be an investigation.

Some Democrat staffer talked with The American Spectator.

That person could probably help in identifying who in the Kerry camp saw the memos ( or forged them)


18 posted on 09/23/2004 11:32:38 PM PDT by FairOpinion (FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
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To: Jenya

We got buttons in DC for the "Kerry Lied While Good Men Died" that had the See(the)BS logo but instead of the center of the eye, it was a donkey. I have had more compliments on that. Of course there are a few knuckleheads who have to have it explained to them.


19 posted on 09/23/2004 11:33:13 PM PDT by dstarr (Proud widow of a Vietnam War and Korean War veteran)
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To: clee1

Don't worry. Bush will hold his nose when you get in the voting booth.


20 posted on 09/23/2004 11:34:50 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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