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Nbadan
09-16-2004, 02:06 AM
...and Yoni's not gonna like it...


Last week, on 60 Minutes, we heard for the first time the full story from a Texas politician, former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes, who says he helped President George Bush get a highly coveted place in the National Guard.

60 Minutes also presented documents for the first time which indicated that once Mr. Bush was accepted into the Guard, he failed to live up to the requirements of his service, including following an order. And we also reported that the documents were written by Lt. Bush's National Guard squad commander, Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, who passed away in 1984.

In the past week, those documents have been subjected to extraordinary scrutiny and criticism.

Now, another voice - a credible voice - has entered the debate. Killian's secretary, Marian Carr Knox, describes herself as Killian's "right hand" during much of the 1970s.

She flew to New York Wednesday afternoon to tell 60 Minutes that she believes the documents we obtained are not authentic.

But there's yet another confusing twist to this story. She told Correspondent Dan Rather that she believes what the documents actually say is exactly as we reported.

Knox is 86 years old, and completely comfortable in the eye of a storm. Now, she wants to set the record straight about the memos that CBS News obtained.

Knox says she didn’t type these memos, but she says she did type ones that contained the same information.

“I know that I didn’t type them," says Knox. "However, the information in those is correct.”

Knox says the information in the four memos that CBS obtained is very familiar, but she doesn't believe the memos are authentic. She does, however, remember Killian being upset over Mr. Bush's failure to take a physical.

“Did or did not Lt. Bush take a physical as ordered by Col. Killian,” Rather asks Knox.
“The last time, no he didn’t,” says Knox. “It was a big no-no to not follow orders. And I can’t remember anyone refusing to. Now for instance, with the physical, every officer knew that before his birthday he was supposed to have that flying physical. Once in a while they might be late, but there would be a good excuse for it and let the commander know and try to set up a date for a make-up. If they did not take that physical, they were off flying status until they did.”

Did Knox ever hear Killian talk about this, or did he write memos about Bush not taking the physical?

“He was upset about it. That was one of the reasons why he wrote a memo directing him to go take the physical,” says Knox. “I’m going to say this, but it seems to me that Bush felt that he was above reproach.”

Knox remembers Lt. Bush well, and saw him often as he showed up for weekend training in 1971 and 1972.

“He was always very gentlemanly. He called me by the name of his father’s secretary. He was always apologizing about that,” recalls Knox. “He couldn’t remember my name. I felt that his parents must have been wonderful to have produced somebody as nice as that.”

But did Lt. Bush get into the National Guard on the basis of preferential treatment?

“I'm going to say that he did,” says Knox. “I feel that he did, because there were a lot other boys in there in the same way."

So what kind of officer was Lt. Bush?

“Bush seemed to be having a good time. He didn't seem to be having any problem with the other pilots,” says Knox. “But, his time there, it seemed that the other fellows were, I’m going to say this, sort of resentful of him because of his attitude … that he really didn’t have to go by the rules.”

Knox says that Killian started what she calls a "cover-your-back" file -- a personal file where he stored the memos about the problems with Mr. Bush's performance, his failure to take a physical, and the pressure Killian felt from upstairs.

She addressed one memo, and a reference to retired Gen. Staudt pushing for a positive officer training report on Lt. Bush.

"’Staudt is pushing to sugar coat it.’ Does that sound like Col. Killian? Is that the way it felt,” Rather asked Knox.

“That's absolutely the way he felt about that," says Knox.

She also talked about another memo which she doesn’t believe is authentic -- but she says the facts behind it are very real.

“It's just like a personal journal,” says Knox. “You write things. It was more or less that.”

“These memos were not memos that you typed, and you don’t think they came directly out of his files,” Rather asked Knox.

“The information, yes,” says Knox. “It seems that somebody did see those memos, and then tried to reproduce and maybe changed them enough so that he wouldn’t get in trouble over it.”

Knox says the fact that then-Lt. Bush was repeatedly missing drills was not lost on his fellow pilots.

“They missed him. It was sort of gossip around there, and they'd [the other officers would] snicker and so forth about what he was getting away with,” says Knox. “I guess there was even a resentment."

She told 60 Minutes again and again that she believed Lt. Bush refused a direct order to take a physical.

“Col. Killian’s son says that this isn’t true,” says Rather.

"He has no way of knowing whether that is true or not," says Knox.

In 1972, Knox says that, for Lt. Bush, working in a senate campaign became more important than flying for the Guard.

"I think it is plain and simple. Bush didn't think that he had to go by the rules that others did,” says Knox.

"He had this campaign to take care of, and that's what he was going to do -- and that's what he did do.”

60 Minutes will continue to aggressively investigate the story of President Bush's service in the National Guard -- and the story of the documents and memos in Col. Killian's file.

Are those documents authentic, as experts consulted by CBS News continue to maintain? Or were they forgeries or re-creations, as Knox and many others believe?

We will keep an open mind and we will continue to report credible evidence and responsible points of view as we try to answer the questions raised about the authenticity of the documents.

Having said that, 60 Minutes feels that it's important to underscore this point: Those who have criticized aspects of our story have never criticized the major thrust of our report -- that George Bush received preferential treatment to get into the National Guard, and once accepted, failed to satisfy the requirements of his service. If we uncover any information to the contrary, that information will also be reported.

CBS Nes (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/15/60II/main643768.shtml)

The old lady...

Killian's son testimony :gun


:lol

As I've been saying all along, its the content, stupid! and the Republicans have played right into it!

The whole nation is watching!

Maybe the old lady will....ummm have an accident before tomarrow night?

:rollin

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 02:12 AM
Yeah, we'll see.

Hard not to like an 86 year old woman.

Spurminator
09-16-2004, 02:19 AM
Well, this has already been discussed, but I'll give my piece again...

Assuming the 86-year old Democrat is the best source on this issue, at worst, it proves what most people already accept: George W. Bush has led a life of priviledge and preferential treatment, even at a young age. I doubt most people needed a National Guard Crisis to assume that. The problem for those of you who continue to perpetuate this story is that NOBODY CARES (http://p090.ezboard.com/ffullsportpressfrm25.showMessage?topicID=1883.topi c). It's pretty much accepted that most politicians have had strings pulled for them in their lives.

The likelihood that there was a coordinated effort to forge documents to cast a negative shadow on a candidate for President is a much more disturbing issue. Frankly, the National Guard story is peripheral now.

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 02:21 AM
"'He has no way of knowing whether that is true or not,' says Knox."
How convenient. I notice she didn't pull any documents out of her purse either.

5 years to investigate this and they lead with forgeries and a liar (Ben Barnes). Never thought to interview the Commander's secretary?

sorry, I don't buy it. The public might...but, they've already decided they don't care.

I think Rather is toast either way.

Been watching the polls Nbadanallah?

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 02:21 AM
MOAB? Are you kidding me? How much are you banking on this hurting Bush? This is far from vindication for Rather and CBS. A lot of it is subjective and speculation...on Bush's Guard Service. There's only so much damage that can be done in that regard, and I don't think it's going to be NEARLY enough for Senator Kerry.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 02:23 AM
http://www.auctioniraq.com/aka-baghdadbob/aka_baghdad_bob-001.jpg

[/Nbadan]

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 02:23 AM
I really think the forgery issue will be much more entertaining for everyone.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 02:26 AM
I can't wait to see the polls after CBS drops this mother of all bombs tomorrow night. Forget the testimony of Killian's son, this lady's testimony just toasts that, hell, she ought to know she was there!

:lol


I can see Rush and Insanity working all night to dig up some dirt up on the 86 year old lady!

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 02:27 AM
The Dan's are toast! :p

Spurm, I concur with you sir. That is the bottom line as described in your reply.

Rack Tommy...funny stuff.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 02:29 AM
Why are you so stupid? Is it heredity? Learned behavior?

I've given up on this being a rather convincing parody of a nutjob poster.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 02:32 AM
Wasn't it just last week that Sperminatar was apathetic about politics and W? Now he's the authority about how indifferent people feel about their leaders?

What a joke.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 02:35 AM
I also find it interesting that we should pay heed to a report by a news organization which cannot ascertain the fact that the 30 year old documents they used to base their report on were written in MS Word.

Or that we should pay attention to a report that features a major Kerry fundraiser who has changed his story.

Or whose network procured said documents from an individual with some rather questionable motives.

Or the fact that the basic claims brought forth by the report were already floated in the 2000 campaign.

Or that every sane person who has looked at those documents usually finds themselves laughing.

And so on.

"Fake but accurate" is the standard of weirdo crazy fuckers who no doubt are banished by their families to live out their days in the attic.

If you really want Kerry to win you better pray to go that the Bush National Guards crap disappears quickly. And I don't mean the fake docs flap.

SpursWoman
09-16-2004, 02:35 AM
For what it's worth, Killian's son is disputing the secretary's version of events on Hannity & Colmes. He said that she was a pool secretary, not Killian's personal assistant, and she "wouldn't have insight into that situation."

"I think that they're in way over their heads."

"That's what I find so despicable about this whole thing, that they would use my deceased father (for political purposes)..."

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 02:37 AM
Before I retire for the evening, I would like to point out that...

NO ONE FUCKING CARES. (http://p090.ezboard.com/ffullsportpressfrm25.showMessage?topicID=1883.topi c)

Figure it out.

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 02:37 AM
Temper temper Dan!

But I ask again, do you really feel this is a 'MOAB'? You think we Republicans really got snookered? Really? This is going to sink Bush in the Polls? Really?

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 02:41 AM
But Tommy, people DO care about his service record, they care about his service record from 2001 to 2004.

SpursWoman
09-16-2004, 02:43 AM
A few things that weren't mentioned: Mrs. Knox's opinion that Bush is "unfit for office" and that he was "selected, not elected"; Killian's son's assertion that Mrs. Knox was a pool typist, not his father's personal secretary and thus not privy to the "facts" in this case; or the fact that Killian's son and wife were allegedly both interviewed by 60 Minutes before the original report aired last week and yet somehow their clips didn't make it into the segment. Rather did ask Knox what she thought of Killian's son saying that the memos don't reflect his father's opinion. Her response: "He has no way of knowing if it's true or not." Good enough for Document Dan!


Rathergate has more, and says Knox looked coached.
UPDATE: Several readers have e-mailed me an article from today's Houston Chronicle with a very interesting tidbit of information about Knox. This didn't come up either during the interview; think it might be relevant?

Last week, Knox said she had no firsthand knowledge of Bush's time with the Texas Air National Guard, although she did recall a culture of special treatment for the sons of prominent people, such as Bush and others.

Tonight she said she remembered Bush well and described him as "nice" and "gentlemanly", and prone to forgetting her name. A truly spectacular feat of memory recovery for an 86-year-old, don't you think? Kudos, Mrs. Knox.

In response to the question of whether Bush received preferential treatment in the TANG, Knox said she "feels" that he did. Much the way Allah "feels" that this CBS story is one big fucking set-up.

Hey, Dan's not the one on trial here! If Knox is right, Rather said, the public "won't hear about it from a spokesman. They'll learn it from me." But he also delivered a message to "our journalistic competitors," including The Washington Post and rival networks: "Instead of asking President Bush and his staff questions about what is true and not true about the president's military service, they ask me questions: 'How do you know this and that about the documents?'"

Because Bush is a draft dodger, the rest of the media should give Rather a pass on his shitty journalism. Unbelievable.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 02:47 AM
It was a marvelous plan for who ever concocted it. Feed them into a major news organization and have their weight carry the story forward. Post a message on a freeper site, because they always fall for crap like this, that the documents may be fake, even though there is no way to ever prove whether they are or not in the long run...Ween the people in with a frenzy over talk of fake documents...and

pow!

Drop the big gun on National T.V. before the rabid audience!

:cry

I couldn't have come up with a better plan myself.

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 02:56 AM
You've got the heart of a champion Dan, we can't take that away from you...

But this dog won't hunt, sorry man.

Aggie Hoopsfan
09-16-2004, 03:01 AM
Dan,

No one cares. A whopping 27% of America thinks the documents are valid.

64% think what Bush did in the Guard 30 years ago isn't important relevant to the presidential election.

If only 36% give a damn, and only 27% believe it, how is that gonna be the MOAB?

You liberals sure are stupid.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 03:16 AM
Isn't that what people were saying about the whole Swifty boat thing and look at how much mileage the Republican's got on those lies? Look at the size of the Rather documents thread in this forum. No, no, people care and tomorrow night the democrats are gonna get a bump..

Look at it this way, CBS has been investigating these documents, or at least. these allegations for 5 years. Don't you think they ever managed to talk to Ms. Knox in those 5 years? If they had written just another story about W's privileged upbringing then people would have been going ho--hum, but by introducing intrigue with the fake documents, having the NeoCon spin-machine show their cards, as far as detractors (i.e. Killian's son), and then having the women not only confirm the content of the memo's, but attack her detractors at the same time, now that's hard to beat.

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 03:19 AM
I'm curious to see how CBS handles this 'MOAB' in relation to Hurricane Ivan...

'Good morning, I'm so and so. Hurricane Ivan made landfall this morning around 2am... 2 casualties have been reported. Damage esti....THIS JUST IN! Killian's secretary speaks out! See we told you so!! This was legit from the beginning! Nanny nanny boo boo! Kerry's going to win! Kerry's going to win!


:lol

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 04:27 AM
Another former Texas Air Guard officer has come forward and confirmed Killian's former secretaries story on CBS...


Another former Texas National Guard officer, Richard Via, also said that the documents were fakes but that their content reflected questions about Bush that were discussed at the time in the hangar at Ellington Air Force Base, where he had a desk next to Killian's.

Via said he and others he worked with "remember the physical, and him going to Alabama was an issue." He said Killian "made notes and put them in his files about things like that."

Killian kept the files because "he was trying to cover his ass," Via said. "He was always worried something would come back on him."

He said Killian's secretary "would type them up, and he'd put it in his desk drawer and lock it."

more at www.usatoday.com, click on Election 2004, then click on "Secretary Says Memos Forgeries"....(notice the title)

USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com)

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 04:52 AM
Here is the damning video from CBS video archives (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60II/main3475.shtml)

One thing that Ms Knox did mention that I had forgotten is that she confirmed that although those particular documents were not typed by her, she did type similiar documents. Acknowledging that similiar documents probably did exist at one time.

Damning, just damning.

Joe Chalupa
09-16-2004, 09:15 AM
I think that Bush did have some strings pulled to get him in the Guard and I do believe that there are questions about his service but I don't think people care about that.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/teamtcb/badnarikfreedom.jpg

NeoConIV
09-16-2004, 09:51 AM
Hey Joe, nice pants.

Aggie Hoopsfan
09-16-2004, 10:31 AM
Dan, this issue has been raised twice before. People don't care, and if it's all Kerry's got, he's toast.

This is different than the swift boats thing. Something like 58% said the SBV ads had some truth to them. 27% say the CBS thing could be legit, and that's before the wheels fell off yesterday with the Burkett connection. You can't compare the two.

If the Dems continue to make this an issue it's just gonna make Kerry look worse and worse. America just doesn't care (outside of the liberal left).

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 10:40 AM
I'm still stuck on this; Why, after a 5 year investigation by Mary Mapes, did they just think to talk to Mrs. Knox this week? Same thing with this Via dude?

Also, what about the things they didn't ask Mrs. Knox?

Okay, Mrs. Knox, let's be clear, you say you did not type these memos and that you believe them to be fake, and you say you typed memos like them when you were Killian's secretary. Were these similar memos regarding George W. Bush or some other Guardsman? Because, last week, you stated that you didn't specifically remember Bush but that you had a general impression that some, in the Guard, received favorable treatment.

Now, Mr. Killian's son says you weren't his father's personal secretary but a pool secretary, is that correct?

Mrs. Knox, did you know if George W. Bush was suspended from the Guard or from flying status because of insubordination or because he missed a physical? And, did you type any memos to that effect, specifically addressing George W. Bush's status?

Mrs. Knox, we're going to air about 10 minutes, tops, of this conversation and we're going to be editing out a lot of what has been said; How long have we kept you here today?

MOAB my ass...this is gonna be fun to watch. I just feel real sorry for the old lady, I'm sure she's gonna miss a few Bingo nights.

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 10:45 AM
Here is the new media:
http://www.theblackrepublican.net/images/PJsMd.jpg

Hook Dem
09-16-2004, 11:16 AM
Dan...you need to check yourself into a clinic real soon. You've been smoking some bad Democratic shit for too long but they can probably salvage you if you don't wait too long. MOAB? Ha! Ha! Joke of the day!:lol

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 11:18 AM
Okay, I'm convinced....Nbadanallah = Bill Burkett:


What do you say? (http://onlinejournal.com/bush/031903Burkett/031903burkett.html)

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 11:31 AM
At this point it is time to realize that Rather is not only a partisan hack journalist (not exactly a major revelation) but also one who was not hoaxed. There is every indication that he was aware of at least the fact that the experts who looked at the memos had serious questions about their authenticity. He should have known about his primary source's background and why he might not be the most credible. And so on.

His stonewalling since then would only seem to confirm this.

If CBS ever admits that the memos were indeed fakes then most likely they will try to salvage the reputation of the network and Rather by making him and his producer out to be the victims of a hoax.

Sorry, this looks like a partisan hit job conducted by someone quite willing to do anything to attack the president and influence the election. Rather should pay for this.

Spurminator
09-16-2004, 11:32 AM
Wasn't it just last week that Sperminatar was apathetic about politics and W? Now he's the authority about how indifferent people feel about their leaders?

I'm not the authority, that's why I linked to a fucking article, dipshit.

The CBS thread was so long because it was over a separate and more important issue: whether or not documents were created to damage the Bush campaign.

ClintSquint
09-16-2004, 11:33 AM
http://www.bartcop.com/gwbob.jpg

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 11:37 AM
Honestly, I think Karl Rove is more than happy that you guys continue to sprout bright red peckers about Bush's National Guard service.

Perhaps sooner or later you will figure out why. In the case of some of you it will probably take years.

ClintSquint
09-16-2004, 11:41 AM
http://storetn.cafepress.com/4/13464254_F_store.jpg

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 11:41 AM
And no, it's not because of the clip art.

ClintSquint
09-16-2004, 12:10 PM
http://elections.donyell.net/miscellaneous/karl.jpg
"Na, na, na, na, na, na!"

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 12:36 PM
Damn. Someone could be on their way out...

www.drudgereport.com/cbsd3.htm (http://www.drudgereport.com/cbsd3.htm)



XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU SEPT 16, 2004 11:42:09 ET XXXXX

CBS CONCERN OVER VIEWERSHIP PLUNGE; RATHER RATINGS FADE IN MAJOR MARKETS

CBS executives on both coasts have become concerned in recent days that Dan Rather's EVENING NEWS broadcast has plunged in the ratings since the anchor presented questionable documents about Bush's National Guard service.

NIELSEN numbers released this week show Rather fading and trailing his rivals in every Top 10 city, other than San Francisco, with audience margins in some cities running more than 6 to 1 against CBS!

Executives fear many voters inclined to vote for Bush are now switching off Rather.

"The audience appears to [be] polarized," a top CBS source said from LOS ANGELES on Thursday. "Rightly or wrongly, we're being perceived as 'anti-Bush,' which I do not think is fair to Dan, who is a fine journalist... of course we do not like to see the ratings coming back the way they are this week."

In Philadelphia, the nation's #4 market, Rather pulled a 2.6 rating/5 share on Tuesday night against ABC's 13.3 rating/23 share and NBC's 4.0/7.

In Chicago, Rather hit a 2.3/5 to ABC's 9.2/20.

CBS trailed ABC by more than 2 to 1 in Los Angeles.

And in the nation's top market, New York, Rather finished not only behind NBC NIGHTLY NEWS and ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT -- but also pulled less audience than reruns of the SIMPSONS, WILL & GRACE and KING OF QUEENS.

Rather finished dead last in New York during the 6:30 pm timeslot among all broadcast channels tracked by NIELSEN on Tuesday.

Developing...

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 01:00 PM
http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/pg2/2001/1220/photo/i_rather_hi.jpg
Go **** yourself, Tommy! You have no idea the power I have...why, I could get some fake documents to show you are a crossdressing pedophile or something.

Watch Me! I command you!

Joe Chalupa
09-16-2004, 01:02 PM
I'd Rather he not.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 01:02 PM
Still having trouble accepting you where used by CBS like a used tampon, HUH?

:lol

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 01:02 PM
Yeah no kidding. Problem for Rather is that if his defense is that his source was a nutjob with a checkered history, well, he knew that.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 01:04 PM
Still having trouble accepting you where used by CBS

Oh yes, CBS is really pulling the strings here.

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 01:05 PM
Look out for that cliff, Nbadanallahleming.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 01:05 PM
Your just preaching to the choir now, the independents already have their doubts about W implanted into their heads.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 01:06 PM
Yeah, just like the Neocons planted that microchip in yours, eh?

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 01:06 PM
LOL

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 01:25 PM
http://wizbangblog.com/images/cbsreply2.jpg

SpursWoman
09-16-2004, 04:56 PM
:lol

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 06:01 PM
bump.

Don't forget to watch the video of Ms. Knox on 60 minutes (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60II/main3475.shtml) taking the wind out of all the republican't pundits sails.

Did anyone else hear collective blood-curdling screams about 8:20ish last night?

:lol

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 06:05 PM
So you hear voices?

SpursWoman
09-16-2004, 06:09 PM
Pssst, Dan?


The documents are still forged, regardless of what the little granny from the typing pool with the miraculous memory-recovery said.

And CBS still rushed them to the air without due diligence to influence the outcome of a presidential election.

You do realize that that's the issue, right?

No one is disagreeing that Bush probably received special treatment because of his daddy.

Spurminator
09-16-2004, 06:14 PM
Okay, I get it.

He's joking.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 06:24 PM
Nobody cares about the documents anymore except those out to discredit CBS, and Dan Rather. I don't care if they have Rather himself in his p.j. at the Abiline Kinkos, there is no way to prove (a) that he conspired to defraud or (b) that he was in any way negligent in researching the authenticity of the memos. Case closed.

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 06:47 PM
"Nobody cares about the documents anymore..."
You're delusional.

"...except those out to discredit CBS, and Dan Rather."
Then the majority of America must be out to discredit CBS and Dan Rather.

"I don't care if they have Rather himself in his p.j. at the Abiline Kinkos, there is no way to prove (a) that he conspired to defraud or (b) that he was in any way negligent in researching the authenticity of the memos."
Depends on what Burkett says, doesn't it?

"Case closed."
It's just begun, game on!

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 06:51 PM
Go ahead and play your games, but like the Swift boat fiasco, the more waves you make the more legitimacy you'll give the content of the memos, but by all means, play on!

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 06:54 PM
The more you talk about the content of those memos the more you talk about something which occurred 30 years ago and that.....nobody cares about save for diehard Democrats.

You can bet Rove wants you to bring this up as much as possible.

I, however, don't really care. And I can tell that most people feel the same way.

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 07:00 PM
Looks like the White house cares...


"CBS has now acknowledged that the crux of their story may have been based on forged documents," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters as Bush made a campaign stop in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

The White House had earlier refused to comment on the authenticity of the documents...

CBS on Wednesday aired Rather's interview with Marian Carr Knox, Killian's secretary, who said she did not type the documents but noted that the information they contained accurately reflected her boss's feelings about Bush at the time.

"Now, some are looking at feelings and not the facts," McClellan said, adding: "We don't have to rely on the feelings of a nice woman who has firmly stated her opposition to the president." >>

Yahoo (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=afp/us_v...)

WHAT'S THAT SCOTTIE?

1. CBS admitted the story maybe BASED ON forged documents?

2. Some are looking at feelings and not the facts?

3. We don't have to rely on the feelings of a woman who has firmly stated her opposition to the president.

I suppose a loyalty oath is also required before one's memory has any validity.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 07:04 PM
Did the Clinton campaign/administration make statements on his personal issues? Of course.

Look, the general perception exists in the public that Bush got into the Guard because of connections and that he probably skipped some shit at the end of his service.

So the public already knows the story which Democrats like to bring up every time Bush is a candidate, the public thinks it probably is true, and.....the public doesn't care.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 07:08 PM
I suppose a loyalty oath is also required before one's memory has any validity.

Oh no. We must not pay any heed to the fact that Ben Barnes is a major Kerry fundraiser, has changed his story this year about what he remembered doing 30 years ago, and that the two men who could confirm his changed story are dead.

But the fact that one of the 250 Swift Vets was a Bush/Cheney volunteer, well that invalidates their claims entirely.

Tommy Duncan
09-16-2004, 07:10 PM
At this point I am wondering if the Demos aren't playing the fortunate son bit up just to ensure turnout for their down ballot candidates doesn't suffer because of Kerry's lackluster campaign...

Nbadan
09-16-2004, 07:15 PM
By horse or by carriage, Kerry will win.

Yonivore
09-16-2004, 08:40 PM
Win what, a chariot race?

CrazyOne
09-16-2004, 09:01 PM
In a chariot race, he'd win by a chin,
but in the electoral college, he'll take it on the chin.

NeoConIV
09-17-2004, 01:34 AM
MOAB...

:rolleyes

Yonivore
09-17-2004, 01:35 AM
Yeah, desperation breeds extreme hyperbole.

NeoConIV
09-17-2004, 01:53 AM
Breathless Dan: "CBS Fires M.O.A.B.: Killian's Former Secretary Talks!!

:rollin

CBS laid an egg Dan. They could not be more flaccid.