Ben Barnes was on the air with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes to assist with the CBS Kerry campaign rescue effort on Sunday, making the assertion that he got George Bush into the Texas Air National Guard at the request of the Bush family. It has been noted that this is not what he said five years ago under oath when asked about the same matter. The article Who Is Ben Barnes? from the GOP web site, explains why Ben Barnes might not be a terribly objective observer. But I guess it doesn't really matter now that any remaining pretense to objectivity has been stripped away from Rather, 60 Minutes, and CBS.
Now comes word that Barnes' daughter Amy, who differs with her father on matters political, called in to a Texas radio talk show on Thursday and reported that her father had told her he planned to lie about having helped Bush get into the Guard in order to help the Kerry campaign, and you guessed it...to help publicize a new book he has coming out.
Stay tuned. By the way, did you know that George Bush got a DUI many years ago? Look for the Today show to run with that one next week for three or four days.
Posted by dan at September 10, 2004 12:15 AM