September 16, 2004

BURKETT DID IT. More here, and here, and here, and here.

Quotable WaPo:

Documents allegedly written by a deceased officer that raised questions about President Bush's service with the Texas Air National Guard bore markings showing they had been faxed to CBS News from a Kinko's copy shop in Abilene, Tex., according to another former Guard officer who was shown the records by the network .. There is only one Kinko's in Abilene, and it is 21 miles from the Baird, Tex., home of retired Texas National Guard officer Bill Burkett, who has been named by several news outlets as a possible source for the documents.
Quotable KerrySpot:
Blogger and radio talk show host Kevin McCullough: "JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH ABILENE KINKOS: Bill Burkett has a standing account with the Kinkos in Abilene Texas, and while the lady who answered the phone would not be more specific she did say Burkett was in there last week - she waited on him on last (a week ago) Tuesday.... "
Also from KerrySpot:
I must have the best readers in the world. Kerry Spot reader Roger points out another unusual similarity. "One phrase that struck me on reading the CYA memo that "Killian" wrote referred to him "having trouble running interference and doing my job". "Run interference" struck me as an unusual turn of phrase. So, I google "run interference" and "Burkett" and get two hits: He's used "run interference" in an interview with Kevin Drum (where someone ran interference for him), and described another officer as running interference for Bush, Rove, Albaugh etc. It seems to be a verbal tic with him and it's interesting that it shows up in a memo that "Killian" wrote."
Quotable PoliPundit:
More proof .. that Burkett is the source, and probably the forger. That means Rather's "unimpeachable source" is a nervous-breakdown-suffering, Bush-hating, story-faking, ultra-liberal husk of a man who's been peddling crazy stories about Bush/TANG for several years. Add to that Ben Barnes, of the Kerry campaign, and you've got the forgery-Kerry-Rather link.
UPDATE: Background on Burkett here.

And this isn't the first time Burkett has fabricated lies about Bush's guard records.

MORE: "Who is Bill Burkett?" Quotable:

The issue here is not that Bill Burkett is a liberal. It isn't even that he is left wing. The issue is that he is loony left. We are in "precious bodily fluids" territory.
UPDATE II: Captain Ed writes, "Can you believe that CBS based their entire story on the lunatic ravings of Bill Burkett?" Follow the link for lots of good stuff on Burkett. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack