[Rhodes22-list] Ben C at it again...

[Brad Haslett]

Ben,

I can tell you with 95% certainty that the underlying story re: Bush
was true. My hangar mate, who retired as a full bird Colonel after 26
years, was in two different Guard units in Alabama during Vietnam for
a period. That doesn't mean you can fake documents.

I can tell you with 95% certainty that Whitewater was true.  I flew
many of the principals.  My friends flew the rest.  We would compare
notes on Friday afternoon scotch-fueled bullshit sessions and could
pretty much figure out what was going on in the State of Arkansas at
the time.  Proof?  Nope, we didn't have it, but then again, we weren't
trying to pass ourselves off as objective journalists.

And then there's the whole Nifong thing. Kids were tried in the media
by the prosecutor before trial.  The press certainly seems to be a bit
biased about who they attack and who they protect.

Just my unbiased opinion.

Brad



On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Benjamin Cittadino
<bigben65 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>  Ed;
>
> Dan Rather lies?  What lies?  He was criticized for poor documentation of
> the Bush national guard story, but nobody ever showed that the underlying
> facts about Bush were wrong.  Besides, the reaction of CBS to the issue was
> a very harsh, self-critical report, and implementation of safeguards for the
> future.  What did you want?
>
> Best
>
> Ben C.
>
>
>
> Tootle wrote:
>>
>> Ben C is again citing the New York Times as authority.  And it is its
>> biased editorial staff no less.  I am sorry to disagree with Ben because I
>> advocate ethical conduct of politicians.  However, I have to believe that
>> citing the New York Times as a good source of information is egregious
>> hypocrisy.  The New York Times supported the Dan Rather lies. It is not an
>> honest information souce.
>>
>> An Attorney General or assistant attorney general is a political position.
>> An attorney general has a right to dismiss assistant attorney generals for
>> any reason.  Ben fails to cite the enabling legislation saying that a
>> politically appointed assistant attorney general can only be fired for
>> cause.  Ben has  access to the laws, he needs to post the law that says
>> assistant attorneys general can only be fired for specific causes?  Ben is
>> confusing career civil service with politically appointed jobs.  And, it
>> is obvious this is intentional deception.
>>
>> The Attorney General does not have to personally fire the assistants.  He
>> can use an intermediate assistant to do so. Again, show us the specific
>> law that says he cannot delegate an assistant to fire a subordinate
>> assistant.
>>
>> How about wrong doing by Obama, or his shady acceptance of contributions?
>> Just look at the sources of his internet contributions.  Has he denied or
>> vigorously stopped them.
>>
>> Again, there is a ethical problem of supporting intentional deception.
>> This is not mere puffing and discusssion.
>>
>> Ed K
>> Greenville, SC, USA
>>
>>
>>
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