CNN: Guardsman says he saw Bush's Guard records in trash 02/12/04

[DoYouEverWonder]

Paul Zahn interviewed Lt. Col. Bill Burkett last February and now everyone is acting like these memos just appeared out of nowhere? And that Burkett is some wacko that nobody knows? That some guy just showed up all of a sudden and duped Dan Rather?

According to this interview, Burkett told Zahn, that he saw about 20 memos all together. So it would seem that there are more to come, in the next few weeks? Makes you wonder what else Dan Rather has up his sleeve?


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Guardsman says he saw Bush's Guard records in trash

Friday, February 13, 2004 Posted: 11:01 AM EST (1601 GMT)

Burkett said that the day after he overhead Allbaugh's request, he heard James convey a directive to the state services officer to gather Bush's files and go through them. Then, about 10 days later, he said, he came across "files on a table."

"But I also saw at the edge of that table a roughly 15-gallon, old metal waste can. At the top of that were several pages, 20 to 40 pages approximately," Burkett said on CNN's "Paula Zahn Now."

"I glanced down at the top of those documents. In ink was the word 'Bush, George W., 1 Lt.' This was a performance report. I was right at the trash can. I filtered through the top five or six pages in that, and they were all copies and originals of old performance documents and pay records for 'Bush, George W., 1 Lt."

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"This is no new allegation, this is no new case, and this is no new fact. The fact is the same today as it was in 1997. And God is my pilot, and God is in my foxhole."



http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/12/elec04.prez.bush.texas.records/

[hlthe2b]

1. Burkett 2/04 was speaking historically: he saw the destruction in '97

This all occurred in 1997............

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Yes, and he came forward with this story

before the last election. And he has consistantly told the same story, to anyone who will listen, ever since.

Too bad four years ago, the media decided to ignore the many questions about the future dauphin's past and his military record.

[hlthe2b]

3. well, at the risk of criticizing Gore, it has been reported that he made

a decision, NOT to go after Bush on his military record (or lack thereof)-- again, if true, another example of Gore's integrity, however detrimental in the end.

[DixieDem]

5. I've been following this story for a very long time...

And YES, his story has ALWAYS been consistent.

But, NOW the media is starting to pay attention. It's time for a smear campaing, right? They responded just as I predicted they would.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. That's what gets my goat

How quickly, even liberals are, to believe the worst about someone. How they buy the Rove spin, without ever even seeing or hearing the person speak for himself.

It's like all the people who say Moore's F9-11 is nothing but lies, then you find but they never even seen the movie.

[seabeyond]

4. none of this stuff is new. so to act otherwise is a lie

this is a huge retarded game that bushco is getting away with. bogggles my mind anyway