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Who Is Ben Barnes? (A Deep-Pocketed Kerry Partisan Who Can't Keep His Stories Straight)
Republican National Committee ^ | September 8, 2004

Posted on 09/08/2004 9:40:25 AM PDT by RWR8189

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1 posted on 09/08/2004 9:40:28 AM PDT by RWR8189
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Check out what I posted today from the Kerry site THE KERRY CAMPAIGN RELEASE UPDATED TOP FUNDRAISERS! (BEN BARNES THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISER!)
2 posted on 09/08/2004 9:45:51 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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great work! this stuff by CBS would have worked without the rise of the new media. First off, the population of people who watch CBS "news" magazine shows is dramatically down. Second, the response is already out there by RNC and will be aided by it's spread on the internet and talk radio. I Expect Hugh Hewitt to bang this hard this afternoon.


3 posted on 09/08/2004 9:49:02 AM PDT by WoodstockCat
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To: RWR8189

Bump!


4 posted on 09/08/2004 9:51:00 AM PDT by talleyman (Kry-baby Kerry can't handle two ads, how's he gonna handle the real hot seat? Can't take the heat...)
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To: RWR8189

I was just reading about this at the RNC site. Thanks for posting it here.


5 posted on 09/08/2004 9:54:31 AM PDT by ride the whirlwind (Where I come from, deeds mean more than words. - Zell Miller)
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On a few other threads here, it's been posted that Barnes wasn't even Lt Governor in early 1968, when this supposedly happened. He didn't take office until 1969.

I've tried Googling this, but I haven't confirmed it yet. Anybody?

6 posted on 09/08/2004 10:02:48 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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So lets say everything Barnes says is true who gives a red rats butt? This is old crap being stirred by 60 minutes.

One thing about crap, the more you stir it the worse it stinks.

Even Bubba told Kerry to get off the Viet Nam , military record garbage, this just brings it out more , and more people will be screaming for Kerrys record which he cannot reveal and still win.In the end this will hurt Kerry more than George Bush.


7 posted on 09/08/2004 10:07:16 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again.)
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It's still amazing how the Big mediacrats keeping putting on discredited Bush-bashers (Barnes, Wilson, Clark, etc), while none of them will even touch the Kerry accusers. Even worse, they have no skepticism of these Bush-bashers, while they go out of their way to personally attack anyone who might impugn Kerry. The media is the enemy...period!


8 posted on 09/08/2004 10:10:37 AM PDT by cwb (John Kerry: Still attacking Vietnam Vets after 35 years.)
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PLEASE do not watch 60 mintutes no matter how much you may feel tempted.

Do not give that pathetic show any ratings.


9 posted on 09/08/2004 10:13:22 AM PDT by snarkytart
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Bubba told Kerry to get off Vietnam. Then Bubba got off the phone and told Joe Lockhart to get Carville, Bagela and everyone else to stay on Vietnam.
10 posted on 09/08/2004 10:13:32 AM PDT by WoodstockCat
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Trust me...I haven't watched the Big Three in almost 6 years. The only time I turn to them is for sports...unfortunately.


11 posted on 09/08/2004 10:19:54 AM PDT by cwb (John Kerry: Still attacking Vietnam Vets after 35 years.)
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To: zip

ping


12 posted on 09/08/2004 10:21:38 AM PDT by Mrs Zip
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To: RWR8189

Does this Texas Barnes, have any relatives named Randy Barnes from KC Missouri?


13 posted on 09/08/2004 10:22:13 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: savedbygrace
I've tried Googling this, but I haven't confirmed it yet. Anybody?

Yes. It is most assuredly true. Barnes became Lieutenant Governor in 1969 but Bush joined up in 1968.

All the news stories quote Barnes' allegation with an ellipses about halfway through the quote where they took something out. If you look at the video the ellipses part says "when I was Lieutenant Governor." The media cut that part out of the newspapers because they KNEW that Barnes wasn't Lieutenant Governor when Bush joined up.

14 posted on 09/08/2004 10:27:05 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist ("Can Lincoln expect to subjugate a people thus resolved? No!" - Sam Houston, 3/1863)
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So lets say everything Barnes says is true who gives a red rats butt? This is old crap being stirred by 60 minutes.

Yes it is, but unless we counter it with the truth about Barnes - a human cockroach if there ever was one - the MoveOn types will be playing nonstop commercials of Barnes' video clip through election day as revenge for the swift boat ads.

Texas knows all about Ben Barnes and remembers him as a disgraced politician but virtually nobody outside of Texas knows this. That means he will come across as credible in those commercials when they start airing UNLESS we preempt it and get the word out about what a slimy person Barnes is. Barnes has more mud on his name than Clinton at an Arkansas pig wrasslin' contest. Our job is to get it out there and make sure the nation knows about it.

15 posted on 09/08/2004 10:31:23 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist ("Can Lincoln expect to subjugate a people thus resolved? No!" - Sam Houston, 3/1863)
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To: GOPcapitalist

So then it looks like W is ropadoping again. I can hardly wait for CBS to get egg all over its face for the upcoming 60 Minutes piece.


16 posted on 09/08/2004 10:34:33 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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Watch CBS kiss this guy's but tonight on the 60 minutes Comedy Hour.


17 posted on 09/08/2004 1:15:57 PM PDT by cookcounty (The NY TIMES: "All the 'Sissy News' That's Unfit to Print")
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To: RWR8189

also discussed here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210174/posts
FR Action Item: Spread the truth about Ben Barnes!
Posted on 09/08/2004 9:47:59 AM PDT by GOPcapitalist


18 posted on 09/08/2004 1:17:57 PM PDT by mathluv (Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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To: savedbygrace

see my post #18


19 posted on 09/08/2004 1:19:42 PM PDT by mathluv (Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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"Ben Barnes Is Kerry Campaign Vice-Chair, Raising Over $100,000 For Campaign. (Kerry For President Website, www.johnkerry.com/fec/, Accessed 9/4/04")

"Texans For Kerry" Website Links To Barnes Video. (Texans For Kerry Website, www.texansforkerry.com/texansforkerry/, Accessed 9/7/04)

Is this not a direct violation of the 527 exclusion requirements?

20 posted on 09/08/2004 1:21:24 PM PDT by cookcounty (The NY TIMES: "All the 'Sissy News' That's Unfit to Print")
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