Posted on 09/09/2004 5:49:53 PM PDT by wagglebee
A woman purporting to be Amy Barnes, daughter of former Texas Lieutenant Gov. Ben Barnes, said Thursday that her father had fabricated claims that he used his influence to get President Bush into the Texas Air National Guard 36 years ago.
In a phone call to WBAP's Mark Davis radio show in Dallas, Texas, Ms. Barnes told guest host Monica Crowley that her father was an "opportunist" who had lied about Bush's Guard record during a "60 Minutes II" broadcast Tuesday night.
BARNES: I love my father very much but he's doing this for purely political reasons. He is a big Kerry fundraiser and he is writing a book also. And [the Bush story] is what he's leading the book off with . . . He denied this to me in 2000 that he did get Bush out [of Vietnam service]. Now he's saying he did.
CROWLEY: Did he tell you, Amy - and I'm glad I have you on the line with me - did your father tell you that he was prepared to do this on behalf of John Kerry - go after President Bush like this?
BARNES: He told me he was going to do it. In fact I talked to him a couple of months ago. He told me he was writing the book. He told me that he was going to be talking about this. And he knows that I - we have very diverse political opinions. He knows my opinions and we get into this debate every time I see him. But, you know, he said that he was going to be talking about it.
CROWLEY: Now you're saying, Amy, that he has had two separate stories on President Bush's Guard duty during the Vietnam era?
BARNES: Yes, yes. This came out in 2000 and I asked him then, at the time, if he [helped get Bush into the Guard]. He said, "No, absolutely not. I did not do that."
CROWLEY: So, I hate to put you in this position but I will ask you, do you think your father, Ben Barnes - who was on "60 Minutes II" with Dan Rather last night - do you believe that he lied on the air to the American people last night about President Bush?
BARNES; Yes, I do. I absolutely do. And I think he's doing he's doing it for purely political, opportunistic reasons - trying to get John Kerry elected and trying to make Bush look like the bad person. . . . Like I said, he's going to be trying to promote his book that he's got coming out. [End of Excerpt]
Crowley's colleague, WABC Radio's Mark Levin, aired a tape of the exchange in New York after confirming that Barnes' does indeed have a daughter named Amy.
It WAS a "Black Panther" thing,but there were cross overs and whites did work with the Panthers and parrot them.Ask Hitlery!. LOL
Hit send too soon!
Just wanted to add, it's never made sense to me either. I don't think it's supposed to make sense. It's just a few words strung together they thought sounded "cool" and "revolutionary". A wierd chant they latched onto. At least "flip-Flip" is easily understood in origin.
BTTT
Amy Barnes story.
And James the Serpant will say she was drugged by the GOP!!!!!!!
AUDIO - Ben Barnes Claims 'Political'?
http://wbap.com/
Thanks for the link! :-)
Amy sounds legit. What a brave woman to buck her powerful father like that! She's a great American!
Look at me..I can link and I can copy and paste..I am almost up to TLB's "expertise"...;)
Ben Barnes' 'Daughter':
My Dad Lied About Bush Thank you MEG! Here is Ben Barnes audio of her call to WBAP radio
saying her father is a political opportunist and a liar about this:http://rope.wbap.com/audio/barnes.wma
If that doesn't work, go here to link directy from WBAP's site:
http://wbap.com/listingsentryheadline.asp?ID=239369&PT=wbaptopstories
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WOW.
Thanks for the link.
This may have some serious credit.
http://www.wbap.com
Friday. Listen live
9am central to 11:45 cent
I imagine it will be brought up again.
There is a listen live button on the front web page.
The studio line at WBAP has a form of caller ID, like every other show has.
It usually gives the phone number...and where the caller is calling from.
And it is a good one. Supposedly, it even picks up unlisted numbers.
I am not sure where Mark is. I have not been able to catch his show in two weeks. But he monitors what goes on, even when he is on vacation. He manages that show very well.
It is listed as the most listened to talk show in the State of Texas. He is borderline national level.
The station has some serious power, due to when it came on line. It is one of the oldest stations in the country. During the day, you can pick them up all the way down near Austin. I once picked it up in San Antonio. It goes up in to OK and sometimes to Ark.
Davis used to host a nation wide show on Sundays on ABC radio.
Sure hope the Swifties come out with another ad. DemoncRATS are trying desperately to divert the attention away from Ketchupman and his cowardly and treasonous actions. By focusing on the prez record, the demoncRATS have accomplished just that. We need more damaging ads on Ketchupman.
These ads about Bush are getting zero traction. Not to worry. The Swift Boat guys are supposed to have more ads and revelations to come.
Just for what it's worth:
Caller ID shows all numbers, listed and unlisted unless the subscriber has chosen to block the data. Blocking does not actually keep the data from being sent, it raises a bit in the code that tells caller ID devices not to display it.
911 numbers and 800 numbers automatically get the data whether it's "blocked" or not. So, presumably, any caller ID on an 800 number would show everybody's info.
My pleasure. :^)
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