Posted on 09/22/2004 5:07:18 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
David Van Os said that it was CBS intention from the outset to cast Bill Burkett in an unfavorable light. Dan Rather and CBS were intending all along to use the interview to dump on (Burkett), Van Os said. What we got was a bunch of mealy-mouthed bull****.
Van Os said that Burkett had to think long and hard about what to do with the documents in his possession. Bill was very reluctant to give CBS the documents; because he did not want to become caught up in what he knew would be created if he did, Van Os said.
Bill did not go to CBS, CBS came to him. CBS spent all summer trying to pressure and coax Bill into letting them have copies of the documents that they believed he had
I've said since Sunday that Burkett is the Oswald-like patsy who has been bounced around in exactly the same Texas style Lee Harvey was by octopus operative Guy Bannister.
But it is critical to remember that David Van Os works for the Democrat Party, not Bill Burkett. He will throw Burkett overboard in a heartbeat to protect Kerry and the scumbag Democrats. Van Os takes his orders from Kerry's handlers, and Bill Burkett doesn't know it yet, but he is toast.
Van Os is doing two things: (1) Adding confusion to the original source of the fabrication so that any sorting out will go beyond Nov. 2; (2) He is encouraging Burkett to sue CBS so that whoever winds up being Burkett's attorney can squelch his conversing w/the media by reminding him, "You can't say a thing lest you risk your upcoming civil trial." Of course, they'll never be one. Right at the point of a trial, CBS suddenly settles out of court. Part of the settlement is that Burkett has to stay quiet. Burkett is legally paid off; all of this is bumped out of the immediate frame of the media; Burkett's mouth is zipped; and confusion reigns as each points fingers at someone else.
Thanks for the reply - - your points are good ones.
By the way, I have zero faith in this two-man commission CBS put together. Wasn't Thornburgh involved in the theft of Inslaw from the Hamiltons? Regardless, I smell a whitewash coming.
The whole thing will end up a mess. Our only hope to make hay before the election is lots of investigative reporters nosing around and a lot of pressure and vigilance from us pajama people.
Regards,
LH
My info is that Thornburgh is a man of faith. The media is already reporting that the other guy is a Rather buddy who was warmly toasted by Rather.
mark for later
Burkett did not manufacture these.
The Dems and Kerry campaign knew about them before Burkett had them.
I suspect They dumped them on Burkett, covered their tracks, and and tipped CBS off where to get them
How about Max Cleland calls Rather and tells him that a guy named Burkett has some documents... There's your "unimpeachable source" ...Cleland, not Burkett.
No way. Cleland has been a screw-up who carelessly blew off his own limbs. He rode a horse called sympathy to the Senate, then lost after Georgians saw what he was really like. Rather isn't that dumb so as to call Cleland "unimpeachable."
He rather calls himself "unimpeachable," but has lashed his reputation to Mapes. If she were to talk, Rather would be toast. He believes it's a safe bet. She won't got out without Dan going out, but they could go together if they have to. In such case, they intend to carry their secrets into their cushy retirement years.
Mapes wanted to be a Woodward or Bernstein and come around next time with Rather-like credentials to aid her liberal causes. Rather wanted to get back at the Bushes and prove he was just the guy to be able to do it (like the Mujahedeen with their Stingers bringing down the might Soviet transport planes Dan so exhilaratingly talked about). He compares himself to Uncle Walter and wanted his own Tet Offensive report to repaint the landscape.
HF
IMO, here's that shoe.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1224349/posts
Make sure you read the whole thing. Picture how Rather will spin this. The October scoop will have everyone on their knees at Rather's brilliance.
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