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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (9272)	9/13/2004 5:29:09 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 27181

A shift in the polls Michael Barone (archive) URL:http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/mb20040913.shtml September 13, 2004

To: calgal who wrote (9272)	9/13/2004 7:44:08 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 27181

Flashback: Rather Nixed Tape of Clinton on bin Laden Sept 13, 2004 Last week wasn't the first time one-time journalist Dan Rather tried to foist bogus evidence on his "60 Minutes" audience in a bid to boost his favorite Democrat. Just three months ago, Rather allowed ex-President Bill Clinton to get away with claiming he had no knowledge of a 1996 offer from Sudan to have Osama bin Laden arrested – even after his producers had been warned that Clinton was on tape admitting the offer was real. Rather had been chosen by Clinton for the rollout interview of his presidential memoir, "My Life," so the former newsman wasn't too anxious to see his exclusive go south by pressing his guest on uncomfortable topics like the bin Laden blunder. Rather introduced the topic in a voice-over: "President Clinton says he was, quote, 'obsessed' with bin Laden during his time in office and denies he refused opportunities to capture the al-Qaida leader." Then "60 Minutes" cut to Clinton: "To the best of my knowledge, it is not true that we were ever offered him by the Sudanese, even though they later claimed it. I think it's total bull." That's not what Mr. Clinton claimed two years earlier, comments to which Rather and his team were alerted three days before they allowed the ex-president to fib on "60 Minutes." "We'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start dealing with them again," the ex-president told a Long Island business group in February 2002. "They released [bin Laden]. At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America." When offered a recording of Clinton contradicting the account he gave Rather before the interview was aired, a "60 Minutes" producer told NewsMax: Thanks, but no thanks. Instead, the once-respected newsman gave his audience information he had reason to believe was false. Three weeks later, CNN's Christiane Amanpour had the courage to ask Clinton the question Rather would not. AMANPOUR: Sometime in 1996, or - you spoke to a group of people in Long Island about this whole controversial issue of Sudan. CLINTON: Actually, it was 2001. [In fact, it was 2002.] AMANPOUR: OK. Was Sudan asked to extradite him? Did you miss the opportunity to have him extradited? CLINTON: And I mis - what I said there was wrong. What I said was in error. I went back now and did all this research from my book. And I'd said that we were told we couldn't hold him, implying that we had a chance to get him, but we didn't. That's not factually accurate. [End of Excerpt] No wonder Dan Rather didn't want to ask. To hear the recording Dan Rather pretended not to know about, Click Here. www.newsmax.com