You're going to have to work harder to link the Travis County Democrats with Abilene and Burkett.
Posted on 09/16/2004 1:29:37 PM PDT by Mighty_Quinn
Wednesday, April 4, 2001; Page A01
Dan Rather, the longest-serving and most outspoken of the major network news anchors, recently served as the star attraction at a Democratic Party fundraiser.
Donors paid as much as $1,000 for a private evening in Austin with the CBS newsman, according to an invitation obtained by The Washington Post. Rather's appearance at the March 21 gathering generated about $20,000 for the Travis County Democratic Party -- and will undoubtedly provide ammunition to critics who have long accused Rather of leaning to the left...Other hosts included Scott Ozmun, the county Democratic chairman, and Robin Rather, the anchor's daughter and a Texas environmentalist and marketing executive.
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Well with the Dems uncanniness at projection, no wonder they were squawking about big Texas political ties with regards to the Swift Boat vets.
Good job! Thanks for the REAL journalism.
I saw "empowering", and "internet" and "tagline" and thought you were making a crack about my naming myself "Miss Free Republic High School".
This is unbelieveable stuff!
So 20 something people showed up to meet Dan Rather. I'm impressed. (/sarcasm)
BTTT
Boy, you don't ask for much do you? LOL.
I'm pinging it to Registered Media, because I'm tied up until later this evening.
I for one do not think that Burkett created the memo's. He understands the Guard and it's lingo, his creation would have been harder to detect. Maybe someone gave him the memo's but I don't think so, why drive so far?
LOL!
This isn't new- but I'm glad the Washington Post is finally acting like it wants to catch up.
Now THAT's a good start :)
I can't stand Bill O'Reilly any more than I can take that "traitor" low life, Dan Rather!!! I would love to see the both of these vermin cleaning car windsheilds in lower Manhattan for change tips. That is about what they are worth!!!!
Ben Barnes, the Democratic lobbyist and former lieutenant governor of Texas who was featured prominently in the 60 Minutes report that triggered the Memogate controversy, was the co-sponsor of a fund-raiser for a liberal district attorney in Texas along with Dan Rather's daughter, Robin, an Austin-based environmental activist. According to the web site of Ronnie Earle, district attorney for Travis County, Texas, Ben Barnes and Robin Rather were among a the small group of sponsors for an October 3, 2000 fund-raising event for Earle's reelection campaign. In 2001, Dan Rather was the keynote speaker at a Travis County Democratic Party event. He spoke there at the behest of his daughter. Given the closeness of the Travis County, it's very likely that Ben Barnes was at the event. So why hasn't Dan come out and said that his family has close ties with Ben Barnes? I believe a little disclosure is in order Mr. Rather...
Robin Rather and/or Ben Barnes most likely conspired this forgery.
According to Mark Larson who sat in for Dennis Prager today, his theory, after speaking with Democratic Party leaders in Travis County, TX is that the documents were created by Bill Burkett and delivered to Robin Rather (Dan's daughter), who is a Democratic Party activist in Travis County, either directly, or through his attorney. Robin then delivered the documents to her father (hence, the "unimpeachable source"). Rather, having absolute confidence in his daughter assumed the documents were real.
Not wanting to embarrass his daughter he won't disclose his source and stuck to his guns on their authenticity.
None of the above has been verified, but was pieced together by Larson. Well, let me say that it has been verified to the same extent that Dan Rather verified the authenticity of the documents.
You're good... verrry good!
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