Dan Rather's talking points vs John Kerry's Talking points
- Did a wealthy Texas oilman-friend of the Bush family use his influence with the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives .. to get George W. Bush a coveted slot in the National Guard .. keeping him out of the draft and any probable service IN Vietnam?
- Did Lieutenant Bush refuse a direct order from his commanding officer?
- Was Lieutenant. Bush suspended for failure to perform up to standards?
- Did Lieutenant Bush ever take a physical he was required and ordered to take? If not, why not?
- And did Lieutenant Bush, in fact, complete his commitment to the Guard?
TRANSCRIPT OF RATHER REPORT [09/10 07:03 PM]
- Bush Has Said He Used No Special Treatment To Get Into The Guard. How Does He Explain The Fact That He Jumped Ahead Of 150 Applicants Despite Low Pilot Aptitude Scores?
- Col. Albert Lloyd Said A Report From Alabama To Ellington Should Have Been Filed. Where Is That Report?
- Why Did Bush Miss His Medical Exam In 1972?
- Where Are The Complete Results Of The Required Investigation Into Bushs Absence From The Exam?
- Why Did Bush Specifically Request To NOT Be Sent Overseas For Duty?
- Why Does The White House Say Bush Was On Base When Bushs Superiors Had Filed A Report Saying He Was Gone For A Whole Year?
- Why Is The Pentagon Under Orders To Not Discuss Bushs Record With Reporters?
- Where Are Bushs Flight Logs?
- Why Hasnt Bush Himself Demonstrated That He Showed Up For Service in Alabama?
John Kerry for President - Key Unanswered Questions: Bushs Record In The National Guard
That doesn't prove coordination any more than those documents lining up pixel for pixel with true-type-fonted MS Word documents prove they aren't typewritten.
Nothing proves anything for those who refuse to make unwanted inferences.
Note that the Kerry-Edwards press release repeatedly mentions a MEDICAL exam. I believe this is the correct term actually used by the Guard. The fake memos use the word PHYSICAL exam, which Rather repeats. Mrs. Knox said in all of her interviews that the fake memos used terms that the TANG would not have used.
IMO, Burkett would not have been so sloppy as to use the word PHYSICAL if he were the forger. I don't think he has anything to do with these memos. He is being set up as the fall guy, and his lawyer Van Os is in on it. Soooo....
What other prominent Texas lawyer might have plausibly gotten Van Os hooked up with Burkett?
What other person needed the memos to back up his own story, because otherwise nobody would believe him and Dan Rather would not have Put him on 60 Minutes?
What person has supposedly written a book about all of this, which would be pretty thin gruel without some documentation?
What person stood to gain the most from this story if it had not unraveled?
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