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Dan Rather to Discuss Document Authenticity
Drudge Report ^ | September 10, 2004

Posted on 09/10/2004 1:49:38 PM PDT by RWR8189

CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER to address, in detail, the issues surrounding the authenticity of the documents broadcast in the 60 MINUTES report on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard... Developing...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; blather; cbslies; danrather; drudge; forged; forgeddocuments; forgery; killian; mediabias; medialies; napalminthemorning; rather; rathergate; selectricgate; sitzpinklerrather; whatliberalmedia
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To: All

Hello everyone!Just got in from work.Can someone tell me briefly what has happened today?


121 posted on 09/10/2004 2:29:02 PM PDT by tapatio (Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.)
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To: Pontious

Asswipe, even if the documents WERE true,which they're not, President Bush's actions didn't cause POWs in Vietnam to undergo torture,unlike scum of the earth Kerry's. You tell me what's worse,not showing up for a physical,or giving aid and comfort to the enemy knowing that it will lead to the torture of your fellow soldiers? What a fat slimey slug you are,now get off FR and quit leaving slime trails all over the place.


122 posted on 09/10/2004 2:29:05 PM PDT by mrsmel
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To: ntryerson

Too bad--I'm going to be at my son's soccer practice.

Details everyone? (I know y'all won't disappoint me! ;) )


123 posted on 09/10/2004 2:29:23 PM PDT by vrwcagent0498 (Be afraid, Hillary. Be very afraid. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!)
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To: go star go; All

yesterday there was a story about paper size and 8/12x11 for commerical paper and 8/12x10.5 for the government. did this prove to be correct?


124 posted on 09/10/2004 2:29:40 PM PDT by q_an_a
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To: Steven W.
There's just no other way to counter this major disinformation offensive at CBS.

If we don't hurt these sponsors really badly and soon, Rather could get by with this deception.

And if he did, we would have nobody but ourselves to blame.

Contact Info For CBS Sponsors: It's Now Or Never, Do Or Die!

This is our moment of truth. We either step up to the plate or wimp out. I not only take a printout of products to boycott when I go shopping (I keep it in the car) but I also return any of those products I've already bought and demand a refund.

Free Republic is an expensive tool and it's not just for yammering at eachother. It's intended also as a conservative activist website so let's get activist now!

125 posted on 09/10/2004 2:30:24 PM PDT by Bonaparte (and guess who sighs his lullabies, to nights that never end...)
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To: All

I nominate Howlin to be the Freepers one nationwide representative to tune in and watch that channel and report back to us. I won't watch.


126 posted on 09/10/2004 2:31:13 PM PDT by spyone (Haven't)
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To: Akira

He'll say the Bush White House/ Karl Rove is behind it.

Anyone got a bet pool going? :)


127 posted on 09/10/2004 2:31:39 PM PDT by vrwcagent0498 (Be afraid, Hillary. Be very afraid. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!)
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To: RWR8189
COURAGE
128 posted on 09/10/2004 2:32:02 PM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (--Your message could post here--)
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To: RWR8189
If the memos could be reproduced on a 1972 vintage typewriter they would have been buy now. The media would be waving them in our faces saying SEEEE...

The thought of hundreds of liberal drones sitting at vintage typewriters trying to get everything lined up makes me giggle and do the happy dance.
129 posted on 09/10/2004 2:33:09 PM PDT by Gomez
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To: Williams

If that's all he's got, he's dead.


130 posted on 09/10/2004 2:36:05 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Gomez

LOL.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the DNC or CBS News right now.


131 posted on 09/10/2004 2:36:35 PM PDT by vrwcagent0498 (Be afraid, Hillary. Be very afraid. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!)
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To: BJungNan
Only the very top of the line IBM machines, that were quite expensive and were not used by any field units in the US Military, could have done this. And it would have involved the following steps, even in an office which had such a machine:

1. Type up to the point where the "st" or "nd" or "rd" or "th" appeared after a typed number. Roll the platen up half way. (Normally that would be 6 points, but these documents are 13 pitch, which was not available on any machine in the 70s.)

2. Remove the type ball and insert another one with a smaller type face on it. Type the "st" or whatever follows the number in question. Then roll the platen back to normal.

3. Continue with the typing until the next number with following letters, crops up. Repeat steps 1 - 3 until the document is finished.

All this assumes that Lt. Col. Killiam could type his own memos in addition to having access to such a specialized machine and the extra typing ball. Killian's widow, and his son who followed him in the Guard and retired as Captain, asset that Killian did not type. The standard practice is that the typist puts his/her initials at the end of the document -- to identify who made the mistakes, if mistakes were made.

Here's the format for that in civilian life: JCA/kh The first initials are the person who wrote the letter, the second are the typist. IIRD, the military standard then was to reverse the order and use a colon: kh:JCA Since no initials appear, either Killian typed these himself, or the typist used did not follow the rules, or these documents are forgeries. There are no other options.

Congressman Billybob / John C. Armor

132 posted on 09/10/2004 2:36:49 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Visit: www.ArmorforCongress.com please.)
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To: GRANGER

"The docs are Times New Roman, a copyrighted font first published in 1988"

Try 1931. Mis-statements don't advance our case.


133 posted on 09/10/2004 2:37:42 PM PDT by mdefranc
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To: RWR8189
I bet he doesn't show "Courage".... blame someone else...
134 posted on 09/10/2004 2:37:47 PM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: Congressman Billybob

Very much appreciate the explanation. I'm sure others will also. Best Regards, BJN


135 posted on 09/10/2004 2:39:22 PM PDT by BJungNan (Stop Spam - Do NOT buy from junk email.)
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To: RWR8189

It's been so long since I watched anything on CBS that I'll have to check the channel listings (or maybe the frequency).


136 posted on 09/10/2004 2:39:53 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: vbmoneyspender

Can the RNC press charges against Rather and CBS?


137 posted on 09/10/2004 2:40:44 PM PDT by patriciamary
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To: Howlin
Odd that, of all the ordinals in the form, only one is written as a superscript.

Also note, with interest, that:

1. The first ordinal is not only superscripted, it's underlined.

2. It's obviously a typewritten, rather than word processed, piece. Note the "jumpy" letters in TRNG...

3. It's obviously a monospace typewriter, anyway, so how is it relevant to the matter at hand?

138 posted on 09/10/2004 2:41:13 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Killians son say they were ignored by CBS..They warned them to no avail that they sounded wrong..gave them ex Guard members who served with Bush to contact.


139 posted on 09/10/2004 2:41:23 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: RWR8189

If the documents were produced on a typewriter, each letter should show the same wear markings from the metal type - same as a fired bullet or fingerprints. Should be simple enough to check with a kid's microscope. Hey, Dan - add in another $100 to next year's budget for a scope.


140 posted on 09/10/2004 2:41:38 PM PDT by badgerlandjim (Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty)
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