Ben Barnes to break silence on “60 Minutes”

Posted on 9/1/2004 by Ben

Former Texas lieutenant governor Ben Barnes will reportedly go public in a 60 Minutes interview with his claim that he pulled strings in 1968 to get George W. Bush into the Air National Guard. The Republican smear machine is already swinging into action. I hope Barnes is prepared for the same treatment that Paul O’Neill, Joe Wilson, and Richard Clarke got.

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2 Responses to Ben Barnes to break silence on “60 Minutes”

  1. Sally Forth says:
    9/5/2004 at 10:52 pm

    What happened? Barnes was supposed to speak on the September 5th edition of “60 Minutes”. Was the story yanked?

  2. Ben says:
    9/6/2004 at 2:13 pm

    I got the impression that the Salon article meant that the interview would air on September 12, although it doesn’t say explicitly. Not that it would be the first time 60 Minutes killed a segment out of fear.