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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - It is beginning to look like CBS forgeries did come through Democratic Party/Kerry campaign.

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:30:18 PM EDT

If the documents can be shown to have come from the Democratic Party/ Kerry people it is going to be a real hard blow for to them beat. Slimy creeps, Nixon would be proud of Kerry.

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Ex-Guardsman: I Contacted Kerry Campaign

29 minutes ago

By KELLEY SHANNON, Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN, Texas - A retired Texas National Guard official mentioned as a possible source for disputed documents about President Bush (news - web sites)'s service in the Guard said he passed along information to a former senator working with John Kerry (news - web sites)'s campaign.

Also Saturday, a White House official said Bush has reviewed disputed documents that purport to show he refused orders to take a physical examination in 1972 and did not recall having seen them previously.

The long-running story on Bush's Texas Air National Guard service took an unusual twist when CBS broadcast a report on what it said were the newly discovered records. The authenticity of the documents has come into doubt.

In his first public comment on the CBS documents controversy, the president told The Union Leader of Manchester, N.H., "There are a lot of questions about the documents, and they need to be answered."

The retired Guard official, Bill Burkett, said in an Aug. 21 e-mail to a list of Texas Democrats that after getting through "seven layers of bureaucratic kids" in the Democrat's campaign, he talked with former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland about information that would counter criticism of Kerry's Vietnam War service. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the e-mail Saturday.

"I asked if they wanted to counterattack or ride this to ground and outlast it, not spending any money. (Cleland) said counterattack. So I gave them the information to do it with," Burkett wrote.

Burkett, who lives just outside of Abilene, wrote that no one at the Kerry campaign called him back.

The e-mail was distributed to a Yahoo list of Texas Democrats. The site, which had about 570 members Saturday, is not affiliated with the state party.

Republican National Committee (news - web sites) spokesman Jim Dyke suggested collaboration between Burkett and the Kerry campaign. "The trail of connections is becoming increasingly clear," he said.

In the telephone interview published Saturday, Bush replied "I don't know" to a question whether the White House had evidence that either the Kerry campaign or the Democratic Party were involved in releasing the disputed papers.

"The Kerry campaign had absolutely nothing to do with these documents, no ifs, ands or buts," spokesman David Wade said. "Jim Dyke inhabits the fantasy world of spin where George Bush (news - web sites) pretends we haven't lost millions of jobs and everything in Iraq (news - web sites) is coming up roses. He'd be better served getting answers from the president, not hurling baseless attacks."

Burkett, who identifies himself as a Democrat, did not return several phone messages left by The Associated Press over the past week. There was no answer at his telephone number Saturday.

Burkett's lawyer, David Van Os, a Democratic candidate for the Texas Supreme Court, issued a statement this week saying Burkett "no longer trusts any possible outcome of speaking to the press on any issue regarding George W. Bush."

Burkett, who retired from the National Guard in 1999, has been cited in media reports as a source for the CBS News "60 Minutes" story about documents allegedly written by one of Bush's former commanders that indicated the future president ignored an order to take a physical.

The authenticity of the documents has been called into question by some experts and relatives of the late Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, who supposedly wrote them when he supervised Bush in 1972 and 1973. One of the memos indicated that Killian had been pressured to sugarcoat Bush's performance.

CBS has stood by its reporting, but said the network would redouble its efforts to determine the authenticity of the documents.

Leading operatives for the Texas Democratic Party did not receive Burkett's August e-mail, said Kelly Fero, one of the state party's strategists.

"The Democrats who run the party and are sort of the main strategists in Texas never saw it," Fero said. "We have lots of groups of Democrats who communicate among themselves constantly by e-mail."

Burkett, 55, told the AP in a lengthy telephone interview in February that he now is a supporter of Democrats, although at the time he said he didn't necessarily back Kerry.

He said he overheard a conversation in 1997 between then-Gov. Bush's chief of staff, Joe Allbaugh, and then-Adjutant Gen. Daniel James of the Texas Air National Guard in which the two men spoke of getting rid of any military records that would "embarrass the governor."

Burkett said he saw documents from Bush's file discarded in a trash can a few days later at Camp Mabry in Austin. Burkett described them as performance and pay documents. Allbaugh and James denied the allegations.

Burkett retired from the National Guard after more than 28 years of service because of medical reasons. He was involved in a lawsuit against the Guard over his medical benefits, which he lost on appeal.

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:38:51 PM EDT

[#1]

Every day, in every way, it's getting better and better.

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:39:37 PM EDT

[#2]

Clinton did it !

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:44:32 PM EDT

[#3]

There isn't a sweeter melody that could be sung. Pure joy...

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:45:51 PM EDT

[#4]

Maybe Kerry will end his politcal Carrerr with the phrase "I am not a crook"?

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:45:59 PM EDT

[#5]

"I supplied the documents before I decided not to supply them." -John F'n Kerry.

Posted: 9/18/2004 2:50:51 PM EDT

[#6]

Can I get my fork back now?

All week the talking heads have been saying that if the source of the memo's has ANYTHING to do with the Kerry campaign that it's a done deal for his candidacy.....SUPRIZE!

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:32:02 PM EDT

[#7]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:34:56 PM EDT

[#8]

BUH BYE, KERRY!!!

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:35:40 PM EDT

[#9]

[Cartman] Kick Ass! [/Cartman]

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:38:49 PM EDT

[#10]

Did you know John Kerry was in Viet Nam?

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:46:52 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Did you know John Kerry was in Viet Nam?

Yes, I heard that he was a war hero too.

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:49:37 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Did you know John Kerry was in Viet Nam?

Viet Nam??? I thought he was in Camb Odia...

Posted: 9/18/2004 6:53:06 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Did you know John Kerry was in Viet Nam?

Kerry was in Viet Nam?

when did that happen?

Posted: 9/18/2004 7:00:46 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Did you know John Kerry was in Viet Nam?

Yes, I heard that he was a war hero too.

Didn't you serve in the navy with him, and present him with the Congressional Medal of Honor?

Posted: 9/18/2004 7:06:08 PM EDT

[#15]

Yes. I have a memo that says I did. I do.

Posted: 9/18/2004 7:07:27 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Did you know John Kerry was in Viet Nam?

Yes, I heard that he was a war hero too.

Didn't you serve in the navy with him, and present him with the Congressional Medal of Honor?

It was the Navy Cross, silly.

Posted: 9/18/2004 7:16:02 PM EDT

[#17]

At the Syracuse gun show there was a guy selling medals... I asked if I could get the Kerry special... looked at me like I had three heads. I explained, I want three purple hears, a bronze star, a silver star with a V and four clusters... he could mail them to me when the package is done, figure 4 months?

He didn't laugh... go figure...

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