Former secretary says she didn't type memos

Dallas Morning News ^ | 9/14/04

[RS]

try www.bugmenot.com

[A Citizen Reporter]

“The information in here was correct, but it was picked up from the real ones,” she said.

I have read and re-read this sentence, and it still makes no sense to me.

[LTCJ]

Fascinating... this Bush hating secretary says she did all of Killian's typing, but never typed these memos, or anything relating to their subject matter - but maintains that such memos did exist at one time.

... but would have typed them if they did. Which they did. But they didn't.

Well, given her story's "mobility" she's backing the right candidate.

Now remember for next time, dear: it's ONE of the blue pills every six hours, NOT six blue pills every hour.

[2nd amendment mama]

You have FRmail!

[mystery-ak]

..my head hurts...

[mabelkitty]

Dan needs to book her tonight as an expert.

[Paul_B]

Politics may well have colored her memory. But it's likely that her reccolection of her job's mechanical details - the typewriters, special fonts, special keys, etc, - would have less reason to change. Her testimony is a big net plus for Bush and a gigantic loss for former achorman Ra^th^er.

[eddie willers]

crude attempts to recreate documents

Saying you "saw" a memo doesn't even rise to the standard of hearsay that Kitty Kelly accepts.

[cwb]

Even if this is the new spin (which it is)...and this was a copy of the original documents, the content is still wrong. From the abbreviations, to military jargon and General Staudt's retirement, there are still too many inconsistencies that they can't explain. And why should anyone believe this secretary (an admitted Bush-hater) over both the widow and the son who have made completely contrarian statements to what these documents reveal. This story just keeps getting weirder by the day.

[Bungarian]

CBS's way out: "After intensely interrogating our source, he/she confessed that the memos we were given were indeed crude attempts to recreate documents that our source and this wonderful 86 year-old former secretary know existed at the time. We apologize for our errors in misrepresenting the genuineness of the documents, and we regreat having been misled by our source, but we otherwise stand by the content of our broadcast." </>

If they do this Dan will have to reveal his source. He cannot do this so he will have to discredit her as well.

[massadvj]

the documents are fake, but that they reflect real documents that once existed.

At least she gave the relativists a talking point to take a little sting out of the fact that Dan Rather and the DNC have been engaging in election fraud.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Now Juan Williams says Kerry is ready to get back on message and attack Bush's record.

HUH? When did Kerry stop attacking Bush? And since when has Kerry ever been "on message"?

[Williams]

"Mrs. Knox, 86, who spoke with precise recollection about dates, people and events"

OK, with all this incredible precision, how did the article leave out any details whatsoever in the form of quotes from her, to the effect the forgeries reflect real events and other specific memos? Why didn't she say: On such and such a date Killian was pressured by so and so" or "Col. Killian told me he was upset by that pressure." Or "Killian ordered Bush to do X and Bush disobeyed." There is nothing like that.

[Notwithstanding]

Exactly my point in #77.

All this yak-yak is actually hilarious: its quite literally all they can muster to try to oust Bush.

[fightinJAG]

Pretty good memory for being 86 years old. Not.

[franklog]

Try BugMeNot

[Trampled by Lambs]

“The information in here was correct, but it was picked up from the real ones,” she said.

This after just having said that there were never any such documents to begin with..

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Ouch!

Gore has the most peculiar eyebrows. I think he draws them on in the morning; by the evening, they've smudged off.

[Loyal Buckeye]

"“The information in here was correct, but it was picked up from the real ones,” she said.

I have read and re-read this sentence, and it still makes no sense to me."

Someone got to her and told here to say that. The inference is that, even though these memos are fake, they say essentially the same thing as the originals.

Someone got to her and told her what to say, IMO, as evidenced by the selected, not elected B.S.

[WestTexasWend]

"Dan Rather cut corners and sped up this story so it would air right before September 11."

Hate to admit it, but I've wondered if the libs are rushing things out because they know if there's a terror attack they'll have to stop this cheap cr*p. Am I sick?