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Dan Rather on Reddit: No one proved that Bush documents were forged
Washington Examiner: ^ | February 8, 2013 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 02/08/2013 5:13:35 PM PST by george76

former CBS broadcaster Dan Rather (Now with AXS-TV) was understandably asked a question about ‘Rathergate’ – the story on George W. Bush’s service in the Air National Guard that used forged documents in the report.

Rather responded brusquely:

Number 1 – the facts of case are not in dispute.

Number 2 – no one had ever established that the documents were forged

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: billburkett; buckhead; bush; danrather; denial; fakebutaccurate; nationalguard; rather; rathergate; tankerkc
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To: george76
Other than the fact that it was printed in a proportional Word font that hadn't been invented yet?
21 posted on 02/08/2013 5:33:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: fatnotlazy; Delta Dawn

The Freeper’s name was Buckhead, and he proved it literally in a matter of minutes after the forgeries were put on the air. The so-called Texas Air National Guard memos were typed in a typeface that was extremely rare for a word processor in the early 1970s, using superscripts that simply weren’t being used on word processors in the early 1970s. However, both the typeface and the superscripts were very ordinary parts — the default settings, in fact — of a Microsoft Word purchase, starting in 1987.


22 posted on 02/08/2013 5:35:31 PM PST by Bryan
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To: george76

Dan, Dan, Dan. Still playing to your audience I see. Because they are the only ones that still think it was real.

Such pathetic tools.


23 posted on 02/08/2013 5:38:46 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: george76

Let us remember that this idiot was considered the top of journalism.

We now know what an uneducated, lying idiot he really was.

And let us also remember that the MSM of today makes Rather look good.

What do you call a person so stupid, they can’t even find the “Science for Cretins” class?

A journalist.


24 posted on 02/08/2013 5:40:59 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: martin_fierro

Took me about 10 seconds, but I finally got it! :-)


25 posted on 02/08/2013 5:43:04 PM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: hinckley buzzard

You would probably know him under his Freeper designation of Dan Blather.


26 posted on 02/08/2013 5:47:22 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: FoxInSocks
I remember to this day watching Buckhead destroy the validity of these “documents” real time here on Freep. By about 1130 that night Dan RaThEr was destroyed.

The blinking graphic of the documents overlayed onto Microsoft Word was the coup de gras !!

27 posted on 02/08/2013 5:54:33 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Bryan

A real old school journalist would know about fonts and type faces.


28 posted on 02/08/2013 5:56:55 PM PST by AU72
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

The only thing Rather is guilty of is bad timing. If he went after Obama B/C and B.O. lost the election he would be a Hero around here.


29 posted on 02/08/2013 5:56:55 PM PST by Orange1998 (DO NOT PRESS CTRL W)
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To: Bryan
Thanks. Hats off to Buckhead! Excellent catch.

I thought when looking at the documents that the original type resembled something from a manual typewriter or maybe an early version of the electric typewriter. The original type had a smudgey appearance that was common with type from old manuals, and the type would sludge further as the documents aged. The type in the fabricated portions was clearer and crisper. Someone also used too much white out on the old text in order to insert the new text. I could make out the marks where the white out had smeared and cakes in spots.

Being an old secretary has its advantages.

30 posted on 02/08/2013 5:57:34 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: george76
Dan Rather is a discredited idiot.

Mary Mapes knew Bush volunteered for Vietnam: CBS report

31 posted on 02/08/2013 5:57:34 PM PST by South40
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To: george76

Dan Rather is a member of TAPWWGA: The Association of People Who Won’t Go Away.


32 posted on 02/08/2013 5:58:59 PM PST by GSWarrior (To activate this tagline contact the Admin Moderator.)
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To: george76; Buckhead

Paging Buckhead... please pick up the nearest white courtesy telephone for an important, but old, message. LOL


33 posted on 02/08/2013 6:03:51 PM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: GSWarrior
Dan Rather is a member of TAPWWGA: The Association of People Who Won’t Go Away

aka, ATTWF -- A Turd That Won't Flush

34 posted on 02/08/2013 6:04:11 PM PST by South40
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To: onyx

Maybe the old fool helped with this too.

35 posted on 02/08/2013 6:04:36 PM PST by RedMDer (Support Free Republic)
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To: george76

still beating the dead horse Dan, go away.


36 posted on 02/08/2013 6:05:23 PM PST by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85)
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To: george76
Dan Rather had his ass handed to him ... he can't get over it.
In many ways he reminds me of another Texan Lance Armstrong ... lie thru your teeth.
Except Rather will live out his natural life never admitting to his fraud.
37 posted on 02/08/2013 6:08:30 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: george76

I despise Dan Rather/liberals. Do any of them have a single redeeming feature?


38 posted on 02/08/2013 6:08:30 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (Carry a Gun, It's a Lighter Burden Than Regret)
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To: george76

Rather anile, I’d say.


39 posted on 02/08/2013 6:20:43 PM PST by izzatzo
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To: george76

What’s the frequency Kenneth?


40 posted on 02/08/2013 6:21:42 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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