"My solicitor will contact you in the morning."
"And my contact will solicit you in the morning."
Posted on 03/02/2005 11:06:53 AM PST by Pikamax
She was in it up to her eyeballs. At least as far as Danny-boy was, and probably deeper. She was the one that ran down all the fake leads. That's why she was fired outright, and not offered any kind of severence package like the other two. Odds are about even that she was behind the whole thing, or was at least the one in direct contact with the Kerry campaign and/or DNC to propogate the false story.
"My solicitor will contact you in the morning."
"And my contact will solicit you in the morning."
patsy
One of Burkett’s cronies, a former officer in the Guard, Dennis Adams of Austin, did say that Burkett told him about the records being scrubbed in 1997. "I have no doubt he is telling the truth," Adams said. "Bill is one of my heroes. He was trying to take on certain rotten SOBs inside the Guard." Burkett and some of friends, Dennis Adams and Harvey Gough, have been involved in nasty disputes with the Texas National Guard and officers appointed by then Governor Bush.
Harvey Gough, acting as if blanket claims about malfeasance were behind his motivations, said he hired a private detective to delve into the life of General James’ personal life to dig up dirt. James has denied all of Burkett’s allegations through his spokesman. Burkett, Gough, Adams have waged an ugly feud with the Guard over what they said was fraud, waste and corruption. Burkett sued three officers in the Texas Guard in the late 1990s, claiming that they blocked him from receiving medical support after he went to Panama on a Guard-related mission and contracted a debilitating disease. Gough alleged in a lawsuit that he was subjected to anti-Semitic remarks from one of James' staffers, and when he complained, James retaliated by court-martialing him. Both lawsuits failed. Burkett also raised charges against James and others at Texas legislative hearings in the late 1990s. Rep. Bob Hunter, R-Abilene, conducted one of the hearings and said that there was no substance to Burkett's charges.
She'll blame Karl Rove...
"And now Mary Mapes, the producer fired for her involvement in the flawed segment, is preparing to shop a book proposal offering an inside account of what happened at CBS News during the memo scandal."
And this surprises who? I've yet to see a Liberal who, when smacked down, will not try to make a buck off of it.
So basically, the same people who forged the memo, vouch for the contents. Sweet.
May 22, 2003
THE WAR ACCORDING TO GOUGH
Looks like our pathological patriot Harvey Gough's recent trip to Baghdad caused quite a stir at CentCom. Harvey traveled the countryside looking for a statue despite the fact that General Tommy Franks turned down Harvey's travel orders. Gough sent back photos of himself in various Baghdad locations holding up "Hi Tommy" signs.
Burger-Joint Decor Causes a Bit of a Broil
March 16, 2004 Dallas
Texas Twisted reported in June on a new addition to Goff's Hamburgers in Dallas, the eatery famous for its incongruous statue of Vladimir Lenin.
The addition, a 10-foot Saddam Hussein banner, along with a photograph of the deposed dictator, now seems to be causing a stir. According to The Dallas Morning News, a few customers appear to be taking offense, and what's more, the restaurant's employees are reportedly egging them on.
Diners, apparently indifferent to the communist revolutionary out front, ask the staff for an explanation on the Hussein memorabilia. Apparently, the employees answer that owner Harvey Gough considers Saddam his hero.
Gough denies his staff would say such things, though its not unlikely they've been taking a jab at their notoriously acerbic boss behind his back.
The decorations, of course, are just more toppled-regime souvenirs. And Gough plans to expand the collection, hopeful that he can still get his hands on a Hussein statue.
Is the book authentic?
Fall-Girl?? Are you insane??? Mapes spent 5 years searching for dirt, lied thru her teeth when she kept coming up empty and you call her a fall girl??
I would not believe one word in Mary Mapes' book. It will be a pack of lies to cover herself and nothing else.
"Courage Mary, Courage"
Dan Rather, et al. Their irrational hatred of President Bush brought this down on their heads. Good riddance to CBS. I don't think Mary Mapes' book will sell. I certainly wouldn't buy it unless she tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And I don't think that's going to happen.
If journalism was subject to truth laws, Mapes would get the maximum sentence. Instead she gets a forced retirement package, a book deal, and job offers.
Which presents a good argument to screw the world and live happily ever after. :-)
This article has a lot of information that is new to me.
Among the many amazing facts: How could Rigler conclude that Burkett was not a liar when Burkett admitted lying about George Conn being the source? When he cooks up a cockamamie story about Lucy Ramirez and a stranger passing him the documents at the livestock show? When he delivers the documents but won't vouch for them? When he burns the originals and delivers unverifiable copies? When he falls on the floor crying in an interview w/ Rather? When he has been hospitalized for mental problems, and when he has pursued a legal jihad and been thrown out of every court that heard it? When the document contain errors that he would be likely to make (use of Army NG lingo insteat of Air NG lingo)? When he is, in short, a notorious whack job?
Believing Burkett would make Rigler the most credulous detective in the history of the world, unless the "not a liar" remark is out of context.
Mary Mapes and Burkett make quite a pair. They'll be filing pro se lawsuits and publishing screeds on this until the day they die, and in the end, hardly anyone will even know what the are talking about.
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