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ccr
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 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:37 am Post subject: Breaking on FWST: Burkett Says Joe Lockhart Wanted Docs |
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| Quote: | | CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS RANCHER SAYS LOCKHART WANTED DOCUMENTS // The source of a disputed CBSNEWS report claimed Thursday that Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart tried to "convince me as to why I should give them the documents." Texas Army National Guard Lt. Col. Bill Burkett tells the FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM that he has suffered four seizures since being identified as CBS' source and dogged by the media... Developing... |
The Fort Worth Star Telegram article is below....
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Donna Savage
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| My what a tangled web they weave! So this is why Kerry brought on all the Clintonista superstars. This is like an unfolding mystery novel. I can hardly wait until tomorrow!!!! |
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ccr
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:43 am Post subject: |
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http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/9741236.htm?1c (registration required)
Burkett has clearly made the decision that he isn't going down all by himself on this one. He may be going down, but he is going to bring friends.
UPDATE: The following is seems to be the article that appeared earlier today. There is supposed to be another article on the way.
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Posted on Thu, Sep. 23, 2004
Burkett denies working for Kerry campaign
Key figure in document controversy says "CBS duped me"
By Jack Douglas Jr.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
The man at the center of a controversy over a CBS report on President Bush's military service denied Thursday that he was working in conjunction with the presidential campaign for Democrat John Kerry.
Bill Burkett, a former commander in the Texas Air National Guard and a critic of Bush's past service in the Guard, told the Star-Telegram in an interview that he still believes that memos he gave to CBS are authentic.
But he said that he had warned the television network to independently verify the reports before it aired them.
The memos, which are purportedly from a Guard commander who wrote that Bush was failing military requirements and that another commander was trying to "sugar coat" Bush's performance, are now widely believed to be forged.
The interview with the Star-Telegram is one of Burkett's first since CBS identified him as a source last week.
Burkett said Thursday that he received the documents earlier this year from an unidentified man at the Houston stock show. Later, he said, CBS approached him about disclosing reports about Bush's service in the Guard and that he "reluctantly" agreed to hand over the memos.
Burkett denied his actions were done at the behest of the Kerry campaign, although he acknowledged -- as has Kerry's campaign -- that he spoke with a staff worker about Bush.
Burkett said he thinks that CBS and anchor Dan Rather have tried to make him the "fall guy" in the dispute. He said Rather interviewed him for 3 ½ hours last week but used only portions of the tape that made Burkett look bad.
He also said that "CBS duped me" by identifying him as the source of the documents.
"Dan Rather ruined me in front of 70 million people," Burkett said.
Burkett, who said he is in poor health, said that since the controversy began he has received hate mail -- including death threats -- and that he has suffered four seizures.
He continues to run a ranch with his wife near Baird in West Texas.
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drjohn
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| Tommorrow all you will hear from the democrats will be Burkett's mental status. |
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Chuck Z Ombie AC2000
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Where does he implicate Lockhart?
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Donna Savage
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| drjohn wrote: | | Tommorrow all you will hear from the democrats will be Burkett's mental status. |
They should also be questioning their own mental status!! Joe Lockhart just said he had no idea who Burkett was when he spoke with him. Give me a break. This guy has been spewing off for years now and Kerry's campaign knew exactly who he was. Sorry Joe Lockhart and John Kerry, this is no longer the Clinton era where you could tell monstrous lies and get away with it. This is a new day, a changed country and we have all woken up. There's no hiding anymore!!! |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| Donna Savage wrote: | | drjohn wrote: | | Tommorrow all you will hear from the democrats will be Burkett's mental status. |
They should also be questioning their own mental status!! Joe Lockhart just said he had no idea who Burkett was when he spoke with him. Give me a break. This guy has been spewing off for years now and Kerry's campaign knew exactly who he was. Sorry Joe Lockhart and John Kerry, this is no longer the Clinton era where you could tell monstrous lies and get away with it. This is a new day, a changed country and we have all woken up. There's no hiding anymore!!! |
yup, because Al Gore invented the internet! 
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diane in IL
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Lets just sit back, relax and watch the fireworks. They will fall upon each other like a pack of pitbulls. 
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:12 am Post subject: ARMY NG |
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>>Bill Burkett, a former commander in the Texas Air National Guard and a critic of Bush's past service in the Guard<<
I though we had decided he was in the ARMY NG and NOT the AIR FORCE NG.
The MSM keeps trying to "overlook" this fact |
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Aristotle The Hun
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Why would I believe a hate obsessed Texas oddball over a respected leader of the Democratic Party? What's the matter with me?
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diane in IL
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| drjohn wrote: | | Tommorrow all you will hear from the democrats will be Burkett's mental status. |
Ah, but they can't. The Dems partner in crime, CBS, already described their source as "unimpeachable". No flip-flopping allowed!
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free link..
The Mercury News
note: URL converted to hypertext
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well, when even the DNC can see it,,,,, then kerry is toast. |
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Donna Savage
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| bsjracing wrote: | | Donna Savage wrote: | | drjohn wrote: | | Tommorrow all you will hear from the democrats will be Burkett's mental status. |
They should also be questioning their own mental status!! Joe Lockhart just said he had no idea who Burkett was when he spoke with him. Give me a break. This guy has been spewing off for years now and Kerry's campaign knew exactly who he was. Sorry Joe Lockhart and John Kerry, this is no longer the Clinton era where you could tell monstrous lies and get away with it. This is a new day, a changed country and we have all woken up. There's no hiding anymore!!! |
yup, because Al Gore invented the internet! |
And because Bill Clinton never had sex with that woman! And John Kerry has always only had one position on Iraq!! |
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SBVTSupporter
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| This could be interesting because Burkett is the one wild card that CBS and Kerry's campaign lackys may not be able to control. If they attack his credibility and sanity he may just start singing like a canary. It would be funny to see Kerry burned (pun intended) by the "scortched earth policy" his new advisors used so effectively on Clinton's behalf. I would call it poetic justice. |
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Woodrow
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:08 am Post subject: |
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| Please, one D.A. somewhere, start a criminal investigation and watch ALL the rats start squealing on one another to save their &@^#. |
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