FR Action Item: Spread the truth about Ben Barnes!

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[GOPcapitalist]

You've probably already seen the hype. Tonight the former Democrat Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Ben Barnes, will be on 60 minutes where he is expected to levy widespread accusations against President Bush by claiming that he used his office to get Bush into the Texas National Guard. The charges are naturally baseless and contradicted by a number of facts including the fact that Ben Barnes was not even Lieutenant Governor when Bush joined the Guard, the leftist media is giving Barnes a COMPLETE PASS on this inconsistency and his own disgraceful record.

Since the press refuses to do its job it is our job to get the word about the real Ben Barnes out there!!!

Most people outside of Texas know very little about Ben Barnes. Those who remember him here though know that he shares the dubious distinction of being on that short list of Texas politicians who puts LBJ to shame when it comes to corruption. Ben Barnes has literally been one giant walking scandal for the last forty years in Texas politics and is probably the most disgraced living political name in our state.

 HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEN BARNES, THE HUMAN COCKROACH OF TEXAS POLITICS:

I. The Sharpstown Stock Scandal:
This was the "Scandal of the Century" for Texas as it took down our Democrat Governor, the Democrat Speaker of the House, the Democrat Lieutenant Governor (Barnes), and a huge chunk of the Democrat legislature. It was also one of the landmark events in the transition of Texas from a Democrat to Republican state. There's lots of information out there on the web about the Sharpstown Scandal. Barnes was an unidicted co-conspirator at the very center of the thing and he paid the ultimate price - it caused the end of his political career in elected office the year before he was expected to waltz into the governor's office on the fast track to the US Senate and, perhaps, eventually the presidency or vice presidency. Here is the synopsis of the Sharpstown Scandal that I posted on another thread:

Barnes was the unindicted co-conspirator with Speaker Gus Mutscher and Governor Preston Smith who ramrodded a banking bill through the legislature as a favor to businessman Frank Sharp. In return Sharp provided a bunch of state officeholders who helped him out with several hundred thousand dollars worth of loans from Sharpstown State Bank, which he owned, that were used to buy stock through another of Sharps' company thus artificially pumping up the price of it, while the stock itself was in turn used as collateral for the loans!

The stock was then boosted to artificial highs then, with a huge killing for Sharp and its owners, it was unloaded onto the educational endowment of a private catholic school in Houston where it soon became worthless, leaving them with the bill. In short, they took the money and ran.

The money was made while Sharp's bill was between the legislature and the governor's desk and then, to cover his tracks, Governor Smith vetoed the thing. Mutscher and a bunch of state reps who helped him went to jail over the thing and he, Smith, Barnes, and dozens of state legislators who were unindicted co-conspirators got the boot in the 1972 elections. This all goes to show just how desperate Kerry is though. He's making his attacks on Bush now by turning to a human cockroach who is best remembered for bilking a bunch of school children out of their educational endowment fund.

There is lots of information on this scandal all over the web. Here are a few links to get you started:

1. Handbook of Texas Articles:

Sharpstown Scandal
The Dirty Thirty

2. Texas Monthly:

Article on the Members of the "Dirty Thirty" (google cache)

Important Note: The "Dirty Thirty" were a group of renegade state legislators - the tiny group of Republicans who held office in Texas at the time plus some disaffected Democrats - who publicized the Sharpstown Scandal by clogging up the legislature on parliamentary moves and eventually took down Mutscher, Smith, and Barnes. Many of these legislators are still alive and several were conservative republicans. Many of them DESPISED Ben Barnes and may even be willing to give a statement about how corrupt and disreputable he is.

3. Free Republic research and background links on Ben Barnes: Lots of great background stuff revealed on the posts of these threads

The Dirt on Ben Barnes

II. Barnes' Corruption in General

Since getting the boot by the voters Barnes has settled into a lucrative career as the sleaziest lobbyist in Texas. He's been involved in one or more major scandals every decade since he left office. He was at the center of the real estate bust that bankrupted John Connolly. He was the force behind the scandal-ridden contracts to run the Texas Lottery. He's behind a controversial and ethically suspect pipeline proposal. The list is endless

1. The Austin Review

2. Texas Monthly cache on Barnes

III. Ben Barnes' ties to the Democrats and the Kerry Campaign

Every left wing paper in the country has run a front page story alleging a conspiracy web that ties the Swift Boat Vets to Karl Rove. Not one of them has taken notice of Ben Barnes, who is a top fundraiser for the Kerry campaign and DNC causes in general!

1. Barnes tops list of Kerry fundraisers - he's in the "$100,000 and up club"

2. Barnes helps Democrat candidates

IV. BEN BARNES' BIG LIE: The Bush National Guard Story

Here is the direct proof that Ben Barnes is lying about Bush's national guard record - the quote from the Barnes video being circulated by MoveOn and all the other leftist groups:

"I got a young man named George W. Bush into the National Guard when I was Lieutenant Governor of Texas and I'm not necessarily proud of that, but I did it"

The problem with this quote: Ben Barnes was NOT Lieutenant Governor of Texas in May of 1968 when Bush joined up! He didn't take office until 1969. In 1968 Barnes was a lame duck speaker in the Texas legislature, which was out of session since it was an even numbered year. He was working his other job that spring - a  UN position over in EUROPE that LBJ appointed him to! (story)

This all needs to be our message about Ben Barnes as the left starts to replay tonight's interview ad nauseum. People in Texas know all about the human cockroach named Ben Barnes but the rest of the country does not! Write letters to your editor, pass this information on to friends and family, CALL YOUR LOCAL TALK RADIO SHOWS ABOUT IT.

As it stands right now nobody knows who the real Ben Barnes is and he'll sound credible with the complicit leftist media giving him a free pass tonight. It's our job to inform the public and make sure the truth gets out there.

[finnman69]

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[GOPcapitalist]

"Ben Barnes is a Cockroach" ping! Spread the word!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Excellent post filled with relevent information. Thanks.

[apackof2]

Bump for truth

[GOPcapitalist]

Call your local talk shows - esp. outside of Texas. We all know that this guy is so scummy that scum won't even associate with him...but Democrats will. The national media IS NOT REPORTING BARNES' TRUE PAST AND THE REAL REASON HE WAS FORCED FROM OFFICE.

[Arrowhead1952]

Ben Barnes is a worthless piece of garbage who is wasting good oxygen ping.

[joesnuffy]

60 minutes of FREE Political propaganda for the Dems...

This is basically a freakin Democrat INFOMERCIAL...

How much is 60 minutes of prime time advertising worth?...

All in the name of J'Urinalism (jiihad journalism)

[GOPcapitalist]

Pass it on to friends, family, voters, and conservative edia. We need to prepare for tonight because you can make a safe bet that some 'rat 527 is going to run video clips of it all over the country in retaliation for the swift boat vets ads.

It's an unfortunate truth but if they show that video of Barnes it will be effective...UNLESS THE VOTERS KNOW WHAT A COCKROACH BEN BARNES IS.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Bump for truth! Get this info to all the talk radio shows TODAY! Let's make a preemptive strike against SeeBS!

[JulieRNR21]

FYI ...............PING

Kerry Kampaign's desperate attempt to revive the Bush was AWOL from NG.....CBS's 60 Minutes to interview Ben Barnes (Dem) and major Kerry fundraiser this Sunday.


Come here for INFO to spread the truth about Barnes!

[sgtbono2002]

Never let it be said that Dan Rather and 60 minutes let a lie get in the way of a good anti-Bush story.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

E-Mail this story AND links to the media today.

John Kerry directly contributed to the lies of the anti war movement AND caused deaths and injuries
to US Military serving in Vietnam AND
directly caused deaths from injuries at home AND countless suicides because of his false testimony.

John Kerry is not fit to be elected dog catcher let alone President of the United States.
ANYONE who votes for Kerry AFTER knowing this data
is guilty of covering up John Kerry's war crimes!

John Kerry, director of the Vietnam Veterans against the War,
testified before special session the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April 22, 1971

KERRY GAVE TESTIMONY BASED UPON FALSE INFORMATION
THAT KERRY KNEW AHEAD OF TIME TO BE FALSE!



September 6, 2004 -- **BREAKING** In Yesterday's Lies: Steve Pitkin and the Winter Soldiers, Scott Swett tells the story of a former VVAW member and participant in the Winter Soldier Investigation who states that John Kerry and others pressured him to give false testimony about American atrocities in Vietnam. After more than 33 years, Pitkin is the first Winter Soldier "witness" to file a legal affadavit regarding that event...

My name is Steve Pitkin, age 20, from Baltimore. I served with the 9th Division from May of '69 until I was airvaced in July of '69. I'll testify about the beating of civilians and enemy personnel, destruction of villages, indiscriminate use of artillery, the general racism and the attitude of the American GI toward the Vietnamese. I will also talk about some of the problems of the GIs toward one another and the hassle with officers.

-- Steve Pitkin, Winter Soldier Investigation, February 1, 1971.

E-Mail and/or fax these url's to EVERYONE ASAP! Kerry MUST be exposed NOW!
PUT PRESSURE ON THE MEDIA TO COVER THIS BEFORE NOV 2nd

Steve Pitkin Story

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=YesterdaysLies1

Steve Pitkin Affadavit, August 31, 2004

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinAff

Steve Pitkin DD-214

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/PitkinDD214.jpg

Steve Pitkin WSI testimony

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=PitkinWSI

Steve Pitkin WSI video clips -- February 1, 1971 (4:16, 1.6MB)

http://www.wintersoldier.com/video/pitkin2.wmv

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[GOPcapitalist]

ANOTHER INFO ITEM: There is an obscure book that details the Sharpstown Stock Scandal that involved Ben Barnes

It's called "Shadow on the Alamo" by Harvey Katz and came out in the 1970's. If any freeper has this or can find a copy there might be a treasure trove of information in there about Ben Barnes' corruption.

Also - old magazine copies of the Texas Observer from the 60's and 70's (yes, it's a liberal publication - Molly Ivins' old rag) have hundreds of articles slamming Ben Barnes. He's a Democrat hero now, but back then the liberals hated him almost as much as the republicans because he was so corrupt and slimy.

[StarCMC]

You're right - I had never heard of him before...thanks for the ping!!

[kattracks]

Ben Barnes: John Kerry's Unbelievable Last-Ditch Weapon

[Chieftain]

BUMP for pre-emptive action!

[OXENinFLA]

OUT THE RAT PING!!!!!

[Arrowhead1952]

Star, I did not ping anyone to this on the other threads. I barely remember anything about him as LT gov of Texas, but he is a yellowdog RAT.

Check the articles on Barnes here

[capitan_refugio]

"Ben Barnes is a Cockroach" ping! Spread the word!"

You are giving cockroaches a bad name.