Dave wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
Dave wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
Billy Burpelson wrote:
Tex wrote:

Why let a "god damn piece of paper" like the U.S. Constitution...

Was this actually said by Bush? Direct quote? If so, references
please.


This has been debunked.

It has not been debunked. It comes from a credible reporter with
solid inside connections. He works at a reputable organization who
would withdraw it if it had been "debunked".

Then where is the specific reference? There is none.

Name the reporter. Name the organization. I've been hearing this
statement for a number of years, now, but never where it actually
came from. I've not found any specific cite, reference, attribution,
or even quotation.

The only thing I've found is an article by Doug Thompson, in which
he claims that he's spoken with people who were in the room when this
was supposed to have been said.

Trouble is, that the number of persons he spoke to that day has
become variable: Two, then three, then two, then possibly four....

But no one else has reported it, except a few articles referring to
Thompson. And there are no direct attributions. What he's not done is
quoted anyone. This becomes, then, hearsay. And by its own content,
questionable.

Snopes.com had debunked this, and had an article posted on the site
I remember reading as late as two months ago. Looking for it this
morning, I found no reference to it at all. No surprise there.
Politically speaking, Snopes has been inconsistent in its objectivity
at best.

As it stands, it's a gratuitous assertion. A gratuitous assertion
that's been debunked. Also by those with solid inside connections.

As for retractions....well, I'll counter that with the name of Dan
Rather, who, when faced with hard evidence that his anti-Bush
documents were fakes, apologized, but insisted that the content of
the faked documents was true.




Capitol Hill Blue is the website for which Doug Thompson writes. A
reasonably credible news site at one time, until the owner of the site
admitted that his most used and most credible source Terrence J.
Wilkinson was a fake.

Google CapitolHillBlue+ Terrence J. Wilkinson to see for yourself.


The story has been debunked.



Neither bunked nor debunked.



Good point. The primary source is fictional. Therefore the story may
be true.


Why no official denial?


For the same reasons there's never an official denial.