But ABC found Walter Staudt and interviewed him.
"I never pressured anybody about George Bush because I had no reason to," Staudt told ABC News in his first interview since the documents were made public.
He didn't use political influence to get into the Air National Guard," Staudt said, adding, "I don't know how they would know that, because I was the one who did it and I was the one who was there and I didn't talk to any of them."
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Posted by Catalyst4Christ | September 19, 2004 3:29 PM
Posted on September 19, 2004 15:29
Why are the NeoCon’s so uptight about this CBS letter thing? Why are they so quick to demonize a reporter without proof of right or wrong? Hey, the idiots didn’t fact check their story, so what!! Is it some NeoCon’s wet dream for this to be the Kerry Campaigns fault somehow? Is this the result of the “Liberal media”?? For example are we quick to demonize the Swift Row-Boat Veterans for Trooth? Who demanded whom to get fired over that? See what I’m talking about,..it doesn’t add up.
How many radio talk shows are un-apologetically liberal, and how many magazines and columns are as well? The major news media doesn’t seem to have that luxery to be a Ditto-head or aimlessly call names and accusations without real proof other than an e-mail or letter. This “Rather-Gate” (Name comes from what..hmmmm Watergate, or was it whitewatergate…or was it travelgate, or whatever NeoCon message board coins the terms for the week.) really gives the NeoCon’s a taste of their own medicine and don’t seem to enjoy it do they.
Posted by DentalFloss_tycoon | September 20, 2004 2:55 PM
Posted on September 20, 2004 14:55
I really don’t expect Kerry to have been involved.
Personally, I think the media has a much stronger “controversy” bias then a liberal bias, but the liberal bias is there for the mainstream media, though talk radio is biased the other way.
However, I consider the mainstream media to be incompetent, so that’s way I find this story interesting.
Posted by The Bastard | September 20, 2004 3:16 PM
Posted on September 20, 2004 15:16
I too consider the “Mainstream Media” incompetent. How else can they let Dick Cheney’s Secret meetings with Enron exec’s, Haliburton no bid contracts, closed door energy task force meetings all go bye the wayside without as much as a glance. And that’s just Dick Cheney stuff. On the other side I haven’t seen one clip or recent article of Kerrys’s Anti-War speeches. What gives there? As for the FreeRepublic, they won’t let you post anything to their contrary, and it’s almost laughable to read some of the stuff that people get in a huff about on other NeoCon message boards. What about Bush creating a larger Gov’t than before he took office? Isn’t this against what the core GOP believe in? We had a surplus, but now we have an insane deficit? How is that going to be paid for along with the war’s? The news is incompetent because they aren’t reporting this stuf which is important!
Posted by DentalFloss_tycoon | September 20, 2004 3:44 PM
Posted on September 20, 2004 15:44
The MSM doesn’t report on anything that requires any sort of in-depth analysis or even memory from day to day I’m afraid. That’s one of the reasons blogs are so great, I can get analysis of constitutional law from a law professor… (volokh.com), economics from an economics professor..(econoblog)…in-depth polling analysis…electionprojection.com.
On the other hand, the reason there wasn’t a lot of press about Cheney meeting with Enron, etc. is that meeting with people from the industry is pretty old hat for both parties. The problem for the government is that the people who know an industry best are the people who work in an industry.
As for the no-bid Halliburton contract, that story doesn’t have any legs because Halliburton hasn’t shown any great windfall from that contract (Lookup HALL on Yahoo…)
Posted by The Bastard | September 20, 2004 3:56 PM
Posted on September 20, 2004 15:56