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Man named in Bush memo left Guard before document was written
The Mercury News ^ | Sep. 10, 2004 | PETE SLOVER

Posted on 09/10/2004 8:38:04 PM PDT by blogblogginaway

Man named in Bush memo left Guard before document was written

BY PETE SLOVER

The Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN, Texas - (KRT) - The man named in a disputed memo as exerting pressure to "sugar coat" President Bush's military record left the Texas Air National Guard a year and a half before the memo was supposedly written, his own service record shows.

An order obtained by The Dallas Morning News shows that Col. Walter "Buck" Staudt was honorably discharged on March 1, 1972. CBS News reported this week that a memo in which Staudt was described as interfering with officers' negative evaluations of Bush's service, was dated Aug. 18, 1973.

That added to mounting questions about the authenticity of documents that seem to suggest Bush sought special favors and did not fulfill his service.

Staudt, who lives in New Braunfels, Texas, did not return calls seeking comment. His discharge paper was among a packet of documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News from official sources during 1999 research into Bush's Guard record.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushmemos; killian; newbie; staudt; welcometofr
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To: blogblogginaway

This would be a basic fact to be researched for authenticity. This is either complete incompetence or complete dishonesty. There is no getting around this.


41 posted on 09/10/2004 9:21:36 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: randita

Answer: The source is so blatantly biased and so far from credible that the stonewalling is better than the truth.

This tactic has worked before.

Don't forget that in the past CBS and other MSM have survived being caught running with forged and flawed sources, and they KEPT THIER JOBS.

What is different this time? Perhaps the Bloggers and the stakes involved.

But only perhaps.


42 posted on 09/10/2004 9:21:51 PM PDT by M1911A1
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To: Atigun

Or they used a handwriting expert to look at machine made documents.


43 posted on 09/10/2004 9:22:19 PM PDT by secret garden (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: drwiii

How did you do the magnifying box?


44 posted on 09/10/2004 9:23:11 PM PDT by secret garden (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: bannie

Oh poor sheltered bannie. You may show your unfreepness by questioning hugh, series, beeber, ...etc.


45 posted on 09/10/2004 9:24:17 PM PDT by DadOfFive (Better put some ice on that!)
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To: bannie

I agree........all the "hit pieces" 60 Minutes produced to defeat George, Sr. , especially the one, one week before the election featuring paranoid Ross Perot. Oh, and the most egregious was "The Confessional Hour" where William the Conqueror admits his affair with Jennifer Flowers while Hillary stands by her man........yes, it is sweet!!


46 posted on 09/10/2004 9:27:44 PM PDT by Val E. Girl
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To: blogblogginaway

Welcome to FR, and don't worry, I still don't get all of the jargon around here.

But then again, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box.


47 posted on 09/10/2004 9:29:16 PM PDT by M1911A1
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To: blogblogginaway

I wonder if TerAYsa's billions are behind this?


48 posted on 09/10/2004 9:29:31 PM PDT by hershey
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To: blogblogginaway

How come, I keep hearing on the Fox News, the MSNBC news, that if the docs are proved to be forgeries, that "this may be the end of the Democrat National Party" ????


49 posted on 09/10/2004 9:31:26 PM PDT by onyx eyes
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To: Atigun
"Maybe some or a lot of their other famous expose's are equally bogus.

One would have to think that now for sure. Maybe some eager soul out there will start looking into this. The language in the CYA memo was strange to begin with. I posted this a couple times on threads and nobody jumped on it. Fox just had Bill Compani(sp) on and he just confirmed my suspicions.

50 posted on 09/10/2004 9:34:56 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: secret garden

I pasted the relevant portion of the MS Word version over the CBS version and used the Outer Glow layer effect to outline it.


51 posted on 09/10/2004 9:36:57 PM PDT by drwiii
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To: onyx eyes

The dums will always get 36% of the vote. Although diverse, they share a common disdain for God, morality, and decency. This is actually a good thing, cuz we can always beat 36%.


52 posted on 09/10/2004 9:37:36 PM PDT by DadOfFive (Better put some ice on that!)
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To: drwiii

Very cool effect.


53 posted on 09/10/2004 9:41:22 PM PDT by secret garden (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: randita
Good question as we all know he'd rather die than see Bush reelected.

What a lame attempt at verifying their authenticity. His expert Marcel Matley was a handwriting analyst (who btw worked on the Vince Foster case and claimed the mysteriously appearing suicide note in his briefcase was authentic) not a typewriting analyst. He had some guy I can't even recall if he was a typewriter salesman or what who said a typewriter did exist back then that could have typed it and some guy who wrote two Bushing books!!

I'd like to see a paper analyst (if there is such a thing) look at the original and date the paper. I'd also like to know if the family or anyone else has any pics of Killian from back then at his desk. Perhaps we could get a look at what typewriter he used.
54 posted on 09/10/2004 9:44:42 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
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To: ckilmer

AWESOME! Thanks for posting this...


55 posted on 09/10/2004 9:47:31 PM PDT by Ronzo (GOD alone is enough.)
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To: randita
Rather's insistence on defending the authenticity of the documents is bordering on lunacy. Why doesn't he just hang the forgers or those who passed the forgeries to him out to dry?

Well, why then he's have to hang himself...

There's no doubt in my little mind that CBS knew FOR A FACT these were forgeries, and ran them anyway.

56 posted on 09/10/2004 9:50:09 PM PDT by Ronzo (GOD alone is enough.)
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To: blogblogginaway

It just doesn't get much better than this.


57 posted on 09/10/2004 10:36:34 PM PDT by WayneM (Remember; "Saturday people first. Sunday people next.")
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To: bhlewis
This is becoming the worst 48HRs of 60MINUTESIIs history.

That's because we have 20/20 hindsight!

58 posted on 09/10/2004 10:49:33 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.)
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To: blogblogginaway

This is the best weapon to use against CBS, because it's an indisputable fact.


59 posted on 09/11/2004 3:18:09 AM PDT by carl in alaska (Suddenly the raven on Scalia's shoulder stirred and spoke. Quoth the raven..."NeverGore")
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To: blogblogginaway
"I'd rather have Dan explain this one"

Dan Rather's the "Big Bug," alright.

But the producer, Mary Mopes, is vulnerable.

...start with her.

60 posted on 09/11/2004 3:27:26 AM PDT by Landru (Indulgences: 2 for a buck.)
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