Posted on 9/15/2004, 9:52:41 AM by Warhead W-88
It has been my contention since Sunday that the identity of at least one of Mr. Rather's primary sources -- and perhaps the very source who provided him with the forgeries -- is being concealed not at the source's insistence, but at Mr. Rather's contrivance.
This source's identity is withheld not to protect the source, but to protect Mr. Rather-- because exposure of this source to scrutiny would prove embarassing to Mr. Rather and CBS News. The source in question has a strong political animus against Mr. Bush -- he is a member of what might be charitably called "the florid left" -- as well as a personal animus against Mr. Bush. The source in question blames Mr. Bush personally, in his capacity as Governor of Texas, for denying him medical treatment he needed due to illness contracted while serving in Panama, an illness which resulted in subsequent "nervous breakdowns," according to Newsweek.
This man is Bill Burkett. Although he quite plainly has strong reason to lie regarding George Bush, Burkett was nevertheless used as a "principal source" (according to Newsweek) for Dan Rather's now-infamous 60 Minutes II attack on George Bush's TANG service, and, indeed, is one of the sources called "unimpeachable" by Rather in defense of that report.
The New York Times has asked his lawyer whether Burkett was responsible for providing Dan Rather with the forgeries, a question the lawyer refused to answer. But it is not necessary to assume he had anything at all to do with the actual forgeries to question Rather's objectivity and ethics in using Mr. Burkett as a source at all -- and an anonymous one at that.
Because even if Burkett only provided background information and confirmations for other parts of the story, his credibility is extremely questionable -- not the sort of credibility one usually demands in a primary source, and certainly not an "unimpeachable" source in any event.
More... including all the interesting political statements Burkett has made through the years.
She's the hooker who services Terry McAuliff... That could be embarrassing. ;-)
He's a fan of Cynthia McKinney, by the way.
Exactly what disease does Burkett have??? There aren't that many diseases that require overly extensive medical care are there?
No question required... obviously Rather has no semblance of objectivity and not a shred of ethics.
Larry Flynt?
>>She's the hooker who services Terry McAuliff... That could be embarrassing.
I bet Deep throat is Kerry! He knows Dan Rather.
Based on performance to date one cannot lightly dismiss this possibility.
http://www.steveverdon.com/archives/politics/001110.html
meningoencephalitis
Terry McCauliffe seemed pretty sure the memos were fake early on. Of course, he blamed Karl Rove. Projection?
Meningoencephalitis: Meningitis + encephalitis, inflammation of the meninges and brain. Called also: Encephalomeningitis.
Meningoencephalitis: Meningitis + encephalitis, inflammation of the meninges and brain. Called also: Encephalomeningitis.
What evidence do you have that his daughter was involved?
What surprises me is that its been 5 days and no one has thrown in, "Hoisted with his own petard" yet
Types like Larry Flynt, Al Franken, Michael Moore, and now this kook Burkett.
Can we really be so fortunate that our adversaries have become so reckless? If so, Rather and CBS will have a hard fall.
I knew he had an ax to grind over getting medical care...but I had no idea he was of the Cynthia McKinney wing of dem left wing lunacy....I had no idea he was politically active at all in blogdom except for the "cleansing" the files story.
That story always left me very skeptical..If they were doing a secret cleansing...it was broadcast over a speaker phone and the records were left carelessly in the trash for anyone to see? Yeah, right.
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