From: Dave 

Interesting that the other possibility, that he was lying in 2000 to cover
his ass, hasn't been suggested...

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:04:24 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message :

| Not that the sane among us didn't already know Barnes is a political hack
liar.  Even his own daughter says he's lying to get a book deal.  Says her
father told her he was going to tell these lies for his book. |
| Gary
|
| http://www.wbap.com/listingsentryheadline.asp?ID=239369&PT=wbaptopstories |
| WBAP Exclusive
| AUDIO - Daughter of Ben Barnes Disputes Father's Claims as Political |
|
| The Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes' recollections over how he
helped President Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard during the
Vietnam War have evolved over the years from fuzzy to distinct. |
| Barnes, who once claimed he did not help Bush enter the National Guard,
reversed his story and told CBS News 60 Minutes that he in fact did help
Bush. |
| Mr. Barnes daughter called the Mark Davis Show and spoke with Monica
Crowley on WBAP September 9th dismissing Barnes' claims as political and
opportunistic. |
| Click here for audio (Windows Media). |
| Excerpt of Call:
|
| 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 ƒ “ and I'm glad I have you on the line
with me ƒ “ did your father tell you that he was prepared to do this on
behalf of John Kerry ƒ “ 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 ƒ “ 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 ƒ “ 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 ƒ “ 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. |
| ƒC 2004 WBAP all rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report

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