WTF - Rather asked Bartlett off air about his "Scrubbing the Records"

[RamboLiberal]

Q: I guess I'll have to talk to you about that off air. But I guess -- you know, you've talked all about the policies and things. I don't know what else that I could try to mine from you on that particular front. The only thing --

DAN BARTLETTT: I can't -- I can't say.

Q: Yes. The only question is, it has been raised, and it's almost impossible to verify the truth of what people are saying, that the President's record was scrubbed by -- I think you were a part of the allegations, I can't remember who else was at this point, it's in my notes somewhere, and that the reason why two of these documents were not in the record was because they were removed from the record, and it just so happens that Killian managed to keep his --

DAN BARTLETTT: We -- at every -- for 10 years, I have been involved in this. And for 10 years, we have requested, directed. When he was Governor of Texas, I guess you don't have as much leverage, but when you're Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States and you ask for something, you ought to get it. And at every step of the way, we ordered, instructed the Department of Defense, the National Guard to turn over every single document. And we released every single document. We've made -- in an unprecedented fashion -- his medical records available. We've given everything we have. And as soon -- as we proved yesterday -- we get anything new, we will give it to the public. We've asked for it, we want it, and we want to release it.

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[Chili]

1. Oh man...

...big big BIG kudos to Dan Rather. He was like a bulldog on those questions! Unfortunately, nobody's going to see this who matters - people who's minds could be changed - but it sure as hell gives me newfound respect for the man. He tried... was lied to and his questions were evaded and twisted, but he did try.

[murielm99]

2. Iv'e always suspected that Rather was one of ours...

I think I have seen new determination in him since the prison torture stories broke.

Remember, he is an old school journalist. He was in Dallas at the Kennedy assasination. He remembers how journalists behaved years ago.

CBS isn't perfect. They have certainly succumbed to some pressure. But it is possible that they are pissed off over the Superbowl fine, and some of the other things they are seeing that can no longer be ignored.

[pacalo]

4. I remember an interview Rather had with Poppy* when he was president...

Poppy was on satellite on CBS Evening News & they had a disagreement. The conversation got pretty ugly, & although I can't remember the specifics, I do remember Poppy* getting in some personal digs at Rather. I doubt very much that Rather likes Dubya any better than his old man.

[grasswire]

3. gee

I guess it's time for some whistleblowers in the career military records departments. No shame, Bartlett!! Blaming low-level clerks for failing to deliver records that you hid!

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