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To: tejek who wrote (201247)	9/10/2004 2:11:18 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574412

Here is what a caller who says she is the daughter of Ben Barnes said on Monica Crowley's show: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARNES: I love my father very much, but he's doing this for purely political reasons. He is a big Kerry fund-raiser and he is writing a book also. And [the Bush story] is what he's leading the book off with. ... He denied this to me in 2000 that he did get Bush out [of Vietnam service]. Now he's saying he did. CROWLEY: Did he tell you, Amy – and I'm glad I have you on the line with me – did your father tell you that he was prepared to do this on behalf of John Kerry – go after President Bush like this? BARNES: He told me he was going to do it. In fact, I talked to him a couple of months ago. He told me he was writing the book. He told me that he was going to be talking about this. And he knows that I – we have very diverse political opinions. He knows my opinions and we get into this debate every time I see him. But, you know, he said that he was going to be talking about it. CROWLEY: Now you're saying, Amy, that he has had two separate stories on President Bush's Guard duty during the Vietnam era? BARNES: Yes, yes. This came out in 2000 and I asked him then, at the time, if he [helped get Bush into the Guard]. He said: "No, absolutely not. I did not do that." - CROWLEY: So, I hate to put you in this position, but I will ask you, do you think your father, Ben Barnes who was on "60 Minutes II" with Dan Rather last night – do you believe that he lied on the air to the American people last night about President Bush? BARNES; Yes, I do. I absolutely do. And I think he's doing he's doing it for purely political, opportunistic reasons – trying to get John Kerry elected and trying to make Bush look like the bad person. ... Like I said, he's going to be trying to promote his book that he's got coming out. wbap.com

To: tejek who wrote (201247)	9/10/2004 2:18:49 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574412

The frothing Republicans are really something, eh? Assuming this is a hoax on CBS (which I am still far from believing): First, you don't know where it came from. Second, it has nothing to do with Kerry. Third, like with the Cheney comments, folks will remember the accusation, not the rebuttal. John