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2004-09-14 Home Front: Politix
Killian's DEM secretary says She hates W but didn't type the memos.
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Posted by BigEd 2004-09-14 6:21:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 PS Hattip - Hugh Hewitt
Posted by BigEd 2004-09-14 6:23:34 PM||   2004-09-14 6:23:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's Drudge's Entry

She said to Drudge Bush was a "Nice young man" but not qualified to be pres.

Also : Lloyd Bentsen's nephew had connections too.
In 1970, Lloyd Bentsen defeated George HW Bush for a senate seat...



Posted by BigEd 2004-09-14 6:44:11 PM||   2004-09-14 6:44:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 CBS special report - Rather explodes
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-14 7:05:20 PM||   2004-09-14 7:05:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Read that piece carefully, she said that she saw memos that reflected the contents of CBS's fakes (riiiiiight). Tomorrow's NYT/WaPo/Globe/CBS headline, "Killian's Secretary Confirms Contents of Bush Memos".
Posted by AzCat 2004-09-14 7:13:52 PM||   2004-09-14 7:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 She saw?

That's even worse than "she typed".

YEAH - Hewitt wants congreessional hearings?

This would be interesting.

"Well I think I saw them, but he's was a nice polite young man. But I voted for Gore and am going to vote for Kerry. But I saw the memos."
Posted by BigEd 2004-09-14 7:24:22 PM||   2004-09-14 7:24:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 for 86 she's got a hell of a memory, no? I can't remember last week's memos without seeing them again. Hmmmmmm
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-14 7:25:37 PM||   2004-09-14 7:25:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 â€œI remember very vividly when Bush was there and all the yak-yak that was going on about it,” she said.

You know, at this point I begin to be suspicious. "Poppy" had been a two-term Rep and in '71 was appointed UN ambassador. According to Molly Ivins, Bush's unit also included Lloyd Bentsen's and John Connally's sons, plus several of the Dallas Cowboys. So what made Bush so memorable?

Now, Mrs. Knox says she remembers the "yak yak", but does she mean the yak yak about Bush, or about those privileged young fellers in general?

Also, I've been wondering just how much sugar coating a politician thinks his son needs. To hear some people tell it, W. was already destined to become President at that time. Why else would all these people -- both for and against -- obsess so much about sanitizing his record? And this at a time when a little drinkin' and carousin' was not held to be too big a black mark against a man's characer.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-09-14 8:31:55 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]  2004-09-14 8:31:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Angie - excellent points all!

I think you hit the nail on the head. There was some disgruntlement in TANG re: the senators' sons. But good catch. Why just quote "yak,yak" without getting a more specific, clear quote on this very important point? I think we all know why.

One thing missing here is that she should have some insight into the whole AWOL mess. But nada a word is mentioned. And why not? Clearly she remembered him as she made specific comments about how he was always polite, etc.

Also, back then, an officer was practically rated on his ability to consume large quantities of alcohol. It was still ok to drive drunk, and official command parites would have encouraged drinking. So none of this would have been considered a black mark for a young jo.
Posted by 2B 2004-09-14 9:02:01 PM||   2004-09-14 9:02:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Personal secretaries have a tendancy to project theirown beliefs onto that of their bosses. I would still like to see the Post Office called confirm that the PO Box was factitious. One indisputable fact is enough to establish the fact that these documents were forgeries.
Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-14 9:10:53 PM||   2004-09-14 9:10:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 It's not clear why CBS wants to go kamakazi for Kerry, it's clear that they are.

If it is indeed going to come out that Kerry's superiors rated him "unfit for command", then what Kerry's MSM surrogates are desperately trying to do is to throw anything, anything at all, that will show Bush was also stupid and reckless while he was young.

They will ignore the 254 swift vets, Kerry's fake ribbons, Cambodia, the treachery against his commrades, etc., etc. - and hang their hat on Bush missing a physical. Pathetic. Even thought she said the memos were fake, expect them to make Mrs. Secretary the wise ol' owl whose voting for Kerry.

These people in the DNC and MSM are so freaking deluded. Someone needs to get them a clue-by-four.
Posted by 2B 2004-09-14 9:16:43 PM||   2004-09-14 9:16:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 One indisputable fact is enough to establish the fact that these documents were forgeries.

Like Staudt having retired over a year before he was supposedly pressuring people?
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-09-14 9:28:18 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-09-14 9:28:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm wondering if Mrs. Knox really did say all those things attributed to her that were not in quotes. Is it possible that Pete Slover attended the same journalistic ethics classes as the AP reporters, Scott Lindlaw and Tom Hays? Forgive my cynicism about all 'professional' journalists, but I wasn't born a cynic.
Posted by GK 2004-09-14 10:11:20 PM||   2004-09-14 10:11:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I was listening to Boortz this week on the radio....he said the whole furor is moot due to the fact that every year Bush was in the Tex ANG he earned more then the required 50 points a year to satisfy his reserve duty - to include the year he was in 'bama - this is undisputed fact. The whole documents thing is a smokescreen. Hell, his squadron was never going to 'Nam anyhow due to the drawdown in the early 70's, too bad most people are too stupid to know the history.......typical.
Posted by Jarhead 2004-09-14 10:20:55 PM||   2004-09-14 10:20:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 You are right, they aren't in quotes. Let's parse this:

She said she did not recall typing the memos reported by CBS News, though she said they accurately reflect the viewpoints of Lt. Col. Killian and documents that would have been in the personal file. Also, she could not say whether the CBS documents corresponded memo for memo with that file.

whoa, whoa, she said she didn't type the memos - then who did?

Killian didn't type.

Is she saying there were handwritten memos in the file?

The language on this is intentionally vauge, and considering the source, probably misleading. I wish someone would get her to claify if this is what she meant.
Posted by 2B 2004-09-14 10:45:31 PM||   2004-09-14 10:45:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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