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.
BTT
Man....what NEXT?
I would add that she sounded very credible.
Man I sure would love to get more positive confirmation on this.
Here's CBS' chance to re-establish its credibility. Dan should have her on next week.
OMG this is collapsing fast
They should have checked to make sure that the person was Amy Barnes.
Oh great. Now she's going to start a group called Daughters of Former Texas Lieutenant Governors For Truth, and James Carville and Chris Matthews will go ape all television trying to draw a connection to Karl Rove.
L0L!!
Is this playing in Peoria? There are so many people
out there getting that easy Ketchup Money..just do a
little lie here and there....here's the envelope...keep
it under your hat.....these are the type of people that
will protect you from terrorists??...You are a dreamer,
if you think so....two lawyers always think they can talk their way in and out....not this time..they will get
their ass blown off before they can "respond to attacks"
remember..when they hit us..we'll hit back..John Kerry.
There is only one guy that gets my vote...GWBush !!
I wonder how Mr. Barnes is going to feel when Kerry's goons and media lackeys start sliming and threatening his own daughter?
Kind of like Larry Flynt's daughter disapproving of what her sleazy father is doing. God bless Amy for speaking out. Ben Barnes is slime.
You'll be getting a loyalty lecture any day now from Jimmy.
"Yes I do for political reasons...its like a drug....he's addicted to the political reasons!!!..."
And Barnes, more than most.
I heard the interview. Monica said WBAP checked her out while she was on hold; apparently they got some information from her that allowed them to verify that she was Barnes' daughter.
implosion bump
Talking about this on Hannity and Colmes now.
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