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Posted on 09/18/2004 6:38:54 AM PDT by MindBender26
Bill Burkett continues to do and say the same wacked out, paranoid stuff he has for years. Recovered? I don't think so.
Who is Burkett protecting?
"Rather says [Memogate source] was 'unimpeachable'"
Bill Clinton? Remember, Rather said that Clinton was an honest man.
Recalling the FBI file scandal of Bill and Hillary Clinton, maybe the Clintons also accumulated military service records of political figures for future use?
Using some lower level political associate as a cut-out for deniability purposes, Clintons can leak military records to advance their purposes.
Since the files here are forged, I doubt that the Clintons were involved. However, I'll bet they do have military files as well as FBI/security clearance files on various political figures and will use them if needed. Remember that the Clintons had their man at the Pentagon leak info from Linda Trippe's DOD file.
Burkett's mental illness will eventually be his (and Rather's) legal defense.
And, I would speculate that depression is associated with a low rate of self-referral--just because of the nature of the disorder. They don't do much of anything.
I agree. They'll hang this whole mess around Burkett's neck, pat him on the back and say he's not responsible because he's mentally ill. And they're not reponsible because they took him at his word and thought he was credible. Voila. A little French lingo there for Kerry, who's probably reading FR and wetting his pants.
Yes, and it will also protect those down (up?) the line from Burkett. He's going to take the fall to protect others.
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Won't work though .. unless Max and some at the DNC are also mentally ill
Dear Pharmboy,
"I did not say that he WAS involuntarily committed..."
Well, then you weren't really responding to my initial post. MindBender26 took the fact of Mr. Burkett's hospitalization and started talking about the requirements of an involuntary commitment. I pointed out that that's something we can't assume (involuntary commitment), that his hospitalization may have been voluntary, and thus we can't draw the conclusion that 1.) Mr. Burkett was "significantly mentally ill," or 2.) "a danger to himself or others."
"And, I would speculate that depression is associated with a low rate of self-referral..."
I can't say, I don't recall statistics about it (which is pretty bad, in that I once studied in this field). However, anecdotally, I've known a number of folks who were severely depressed who checked themselves into the hospital. I've also known a few folks hospitalized involuntarily for actual suicide attempts. I can't recall anyone involuntarily committed for depression alone.
And depression alone is given as the reason for hospitalization.
It's possible that not everything is reported here, but to reiterate, we can't make the leap to Mr. Burkett's being "significantly mentally ill," or "a danger to himself or others" from what we know here.
If you re-read post #19, you'll see that was the point of the post.
sitetest
>>Significantly mentallly ill
paranoid?
Maybey they share the same frequency if their foil hats are removed.
I'm not sure what's up .. but it's not a total coverup .. if that was the case .. then why mention Max and the phone call??
Actually Marcel Matley, who "authenticated" the signature on one of the CBS forged documents, also "authenticated" the "suicide" note of Vince Foster for the Clintons even though three REAL and QUALIFIED experts said the opposite.
The MSM's control of information flow was much stronger eleven years ago than it is now, and thank God for that.
I don't think your title is established by your evidence. A person can check in at such a hospital voluntarily without meeting that standard.
Hmmmmm. The man is hospitalized for a nervous breakdown and depression, so therefore....what? He couldn't possibly be in possession of anything that might have pertinence to the presidental campaign? I have a real problem with that.
As others have said, there are plenty of other reasons to doubt the credibility of the story without flinging stones at someone for needing help with their mental health. This is really beneath us.
"Dan Rather quit in Basic Training after 44 days,"
How do you QUIT the armed forces?
The scapegoat has been slaughtered...
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