Friday, September 24, 2004

 

Another "What did they Know and When" piece

Did Kerry's Camp Know About the Memos?

by David Freddoso
Posted Sep 24, 2004

As he described it, Bill Burkett was sick of the Kerry campaign's sheer ineptitude. A member of the Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party and a retired Army National Guardsman, he became incensed as he watched his candidate's credibility suffer from TV ads sponsored by Swift Boat veterans, while Kerry and his staff bungled their responses.

Burkett wanted to do something about it, and believed he had the means to do it. But Kerry's people weren't listening.

In an Internet posting, he candidly wrote that he waded through "seven layers of bureaucratic kids trying to get a job after the election" before he finally got on the phone with former Sen. Max Cleland (D.-Ga.), Kerry's veterans coordinator. Burkett also hinted that he spoke to other "seniors" in the campaign.

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