Rather's nonapology helps to sink Kerry

Polipundit ^ | 9-20-2004 | DJ Drummond

[TheGeezer]

I love it. When the hubris of one liberal frustrates another liberal, that's a delectable dilemma.

[NavySEAL F-16]

* Kerry wants this issue to go away, but Rather keeps doing whatever will keep it going. By now, Kerry knows he can’t win on this point, no matter what he says (he could have gained a bit last week, by demanding CBS come clean, but instead kept quiet, hoping Rather would win his bluff. Oops) . So, the longer this goes on, the worse Kerry suffers.

That's not what Kerry was saying before 60 Minutes broke the story. Carl Cameron said that Kerry was pushing the story for weeks before it aired.

[TheGeezer]

But Kerry thought the story would wound the president, not himself!

[NavySEAL F-16]

I know! Don't you just love the karma?

[Darkwolf377]

Watch carefully--the full-court press by the media starts today...to forget this story. Why? because Kerry's speech today is going to be seen as a new beginning for the campaign. By the end of the week, the CBS story will be GONE. Starting tonight we will see pundits praising the Kerry speech to the skies.

It's a convincing speech to those who are skeptical of the war. Dan Rather and his pals will use clips from it and in the coming days say "Fresh from his stunning speech, Senator Kerry hit the campaign trail with renewed energy..."

The weekend pundits will call this the REAL start of the campaign, and say Kerry won the week.

[1Old Pro]

Yep, CBS and Dan Rather are destroying any credibility the station might have still had. Because they are continuing to issue nebulous non-apologies the are keeping themselves and Kerry in the spotlight as liars and frauds.

They are in political quicksand, sinking slowly so that we can enjoy it each day as they keep extending the legs of this story.

[JoJo Gunn]

[LuckyHat]

Yep, Rather really unleashed a stink bomb and it is smelling up the entire DU camp!

Now he is trying to blame it on (the Republicans??? hahaha) or anyone else around him. What a knuckle-head.

He influenced the last election and got away with it, but this time he really screwed Kerry badly. That's what happens when you jack-around and interfere with elections. There is always risk.

This is a terminable offense. If the execs at CBS don't see it, the shareholders, viewers, and sponsors will.

Rather has to go, especially before November. The idea of him calling the election for CBS is laughable.

What is he waiting for nobody is watching him anyway, except as a joke. They are all watching FOX.

[lstanle]

"By the end of the week, the CBS story will be GONE"

This story should not be GONE until seeBS comes clean on who faked the docs, and how they came to seeBS.

[null and void]

LOL!

[bobo1]

that is EXCELLENT!

Blessings, Bobo

[Darkwolf377]

"This story should not be GONE until seeBS comes clean on who faked the docs, and how they came to seeBS."





Of course it shouldn't be. But you apparently have a lot more faith in the honor of the MSM than do I.

[hermgem]

Kerry right upfront when giving his speech needs to distance himself from:
"I am John Kerry and am reporting for duty."
This stunt has caused him unsurmountable damage.
Plain, frank repudiation is the surefire way to wards a new beginning.

[billorites]

"Kerry has to hate that CBS won’t kill this story, but instead has made it an albatross that will hang around Kerry’s neck and stink for the next six weeks. "

[HateBill]

Watch carefully--the full-court press by the media starts today...to forget this story. Why? because Kerry's speech today is going to be seen as a new beginning for the campaign. By the end of the week, the CBS story will be GONE. Starting tonight we will see pundits praising the Kerry speech to the skies.

Was Monicagate over the night Bill Clinton confessed to having "misled" the American people? Not by a long shot.

Now that Rather has admitted that the source lied to him, the mystery deepens. As liberal as the press is, Bill Clinton's "confession" did not stop them from pursuing the Monica story, and Dan Rather's "confession" will not stop them from pursuing Rathergate.

Everyone loves a mystery.

And everyone loves a "How the Mighty Have Fallen" story. Dan Rather's spiralling descent in the twilight of his long career makes for fascinating reading.

Far more fascinating to reporters than "John Kerry reinvents his Iraq policy yet again."

[Bonaparte]

"... he or his staff will just shrug and say..."

[Scott McClellan]: "...I dunno, maybe Dan Rather will look into this."

[The Renegade]

"I am John Kerry and am reporting for duty."

Should have dodged that draft.

[AndyTheBear]

But the story got blown even before it got started, a move so badly handled it’s difficult to believe the Democrats engineered it.

I can believe it. Its like the last few minutes of a basket ball game when the losing team keeps making bigger mistakes out of sheer desperation.

[Darkwolf377]

"Was Monicagate over the night Bill Clinton confessed to having "misled" the American people? Not by a long shot."



If you think this has the legs of Monicagate other than with Freepers, I've got a bridge to sell you.

"Now that Rather has admitted that the source lied to him, the mystery deepens. As liberal as the press is, Bill Clinton's "confession" did not stop them from pursuing the Monica story, and Dan Rather's "confession" will not stop them from pursuing Rathergate."

And interest from the public will dribble away. This is an inside baseball story--Monicagate was about sex.



"Everyone loves a mystery.And everyone loves a "How the Mighty Have Fallen" story. Dan Rather's spiralling descent in the twilight of his long career makes for fascinating reading."

To whom? The average American isn't a huge fan of Dan Rather. He's not a president, not a Hollywood celebrity. The story appears to be a skirmish between us and the left. People don't care.



"Far more fascinating to reporters than "John Kerry reinvents his Iraq policy yet again."

So the MSM are suddenly more interested in taking down one of their own than in electing Kerry? Uh huh.

[jbwbubba]

That may be true to a certain extent, however I just heard Fox earlier that the Times ran a poll on trust over war records and said that 70% think Bush is hiding something about his war record but 58% believe that Kerry is hiding something