Posted on 09/22/2004 7:21:04 AM PDT by soccermom
OK, we shouldn't be surprised by now that Burkett is exposed as a fraud, but I found this contradiction so glaring I can't believe the press hasn't picked up on it:
Burkett is claiming that he was given the documents by someone named Lucy Ramirez (or her shadowy courier). From USA Today:
"Burkett said he arranged to get the documents during a trip to Houston for a livestock show in March. But instead of being met at the show by Ramirez, he was approached by a man who asked for Burkett, handed him an envelope and quickly left, Burkett recounted."
But as recently as August 13 he posted on DemocRATS.com, claiming that he had no such documentation:
"I have found no documentation from LTC Killian's hand or staff that indicate that this unit was involved in any complicit way to either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush, or to provide him pay or certification for training not completed. On the contrary, LTC Killians' remarks are rare, indeed, especially considering that 1LT Bush was known clearly as a congressman's son and had utilized his position as such, to gain a favor of his failure to train while in Alabama. I have to believe that earning that favor was completed by false pretenses also due to LTC Killian's officer evaluation comment."
Clearly Burkett is lying. So on the 13th he claims to have had NOTHING, but a week later he is calling the Kerry campaign with information. Hmmmmmmm......IMO, he never had any documentation and became frustrated with the Swiftboat success so he forged the documents himself. Now that the forgery has been exposed, he is inventing this Lucy Ramirez.
The most glaring features that the medically messed-up Burkett either did not do the forgery, or at least had help is the flowing, feminine Killian signature and the aesthetically-tuned eye for centering, proportional spacing, etc. I think Burkett would have been strongly inclined to take the ham-fisted approach, and/or to get it pretty close to right, having surely seen hundreds of such documents during his TArmyNG tenure.
IMHO, Burkett must have "handed over" at least a portion of the actual forgery production and signing to someone else, probably a woman.
HF
LOL! Good point!
I wish I could say it had more direct ties to Kerry, but there really were no "brains" behind this. It was dumb from the beginning and the fact that it is unraveling so quickly causes me to think that it really was just the lone nut. If anything, I think he duped them rather than them using him.
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I'm one who highlighted the favored phrase of Burkett - "run interference" - coming out of Killian's mouth in the CYA memo. And Michael Dobbs of the WaPo found THAT AND other dead ringers.
Burkett is the forger.
Unless the forger framed Burkett in case the forgeries were caught, by using Burkett's published lingo to hide his/her own guilt. Then gave Burkett the memos, & he ran with them.
What else is feasible?
Nah, it doesn't work that way in the world of big time journalism. Lone nuts are a dime a dozen, and folks like Rather can spot them in seconds. No, this is much bigger. The "unimpeachable source" is the one we're after.
Good job! Certainly, there are forensic people that specialize in writing style, etc. It would be interesting to have them confirm your observations. Unfortunately, that will only happen if this is investigated as a crime and I don't think that will happen any time soon.
Yeah -- they are. The fact that See BS took the word of a lone nut speaks volumes. I thought Burkett was their "unimpeachable source." You think there is someone else? As I understand it, Burkett told them (before the blow-up) that he got the documents from a National Guard guy by the name of Cook. Perhaps he is the one they considered "unimpeachable". Of course, they never interviewed the guy, so I don't know how they could say he was unimpeachable. He has since denied being the source and Burkett has admitted he lied when he said the source was Cook.
George Conn
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Yeah -- they are. The fact that See BS took the word of a lone nut speaks volumes. I thought Burkett was their "unimpeachable source." You think there is someone else? As I understand it, Burkett told them (before the blow-up) that he got the documents from a National Guard guy by the name of Cook. Perhaps he is the one they considered "unimpeachable". Of course, they never interviewed the guy, so I don't know how they could say he was unimpeachable. He has since denied being the source and Burkett has admitted he lied when he said the source was Cook.
"I have found no documentation from LTC Killian's hand or staff that indicate that this unit was involved in any complicit way to either cover for the failures of 1LT Bush, or to provide him pay or certification for training not completed.
This could be construed as him stating that Killian was straightforward and didn't give Lt Bush any cover thus fitting with the forged memos that he was ordered to report for the medical(physical) exam. In other words LTC Killian was reliable and any docs he produced would show it...
On the contrary, LTC Killians' remarks are rare, indeed, especially considering that 1LT Bush was known clearly as a congressman's son and had utilized his position as such, to gain a favor of his failure to train while in Alabama. I have to believe that earning that favor was completed by false pretenses also due to LTC Killian's officer evaluation comment."
I am not sure what to make of tis gobely gook, but it seems to me he was trying to state that Bush gained favor under false pretenses, but that Killian found out, then ordered him to the physical...to me it is an attempt to shore up the forged documents...JMO..
Well, one way or the other, he is lying!
Nahhh -- I don't see it that way at all. I don't see how he could get away with spinning it that way. The memo was titled "CYA" and mentioned him having to "sugarcoat". If that isn't considered "covering for the failures" of Bush, I don't know what is.
Well, one way or the other, he is lying!
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