Posted on 09/19/2004 2:43:21 PM PDT by w0tm
Now that Bill Clinton has officially taken over the Kerry campaign (Carville, et al), can anyone still doubt there is no coordination amongst the Kerry campaign, the DNC, Main Stream Media (MSM) and left-leaning 527's (i.e. MoveOn.org)? Even all of them as a group, as politically astute as they are, could not have imagined how much damage their first planned bombshell would cause and they certainly didn't expect the damage would be to their own candidate and party. But these are the same people who successfully changed the serious charge of lying before a federal grand jury to "it's just about sex and, thus, a personal matter". Republicans fell into the trap then and it is happening again! These people may have ideas dangerous to our country but they are the uncontested masters at "damage control". They are not dumb! They certainly did not want this but they are already changing the discussion from Main Stream Media's left-leaning bias being fully exposed for all to see to "Dan Rather lied". Rather will stone wall for another week while conservatives become more and more vitriolic in their criticism with many going over the edge in "calling for his head". He will then resign in a tearful "I'm also one of the victims" confession then adamantly refuse to divulge any information on the source(s). He'll fall back on the time (and legally) honored custom of protection and confidentiality of news sources. Those who will consider his resignation as "mission accomplished" will have fallen into the same trap the Republicans fell into with Bill Clinton and will have been tricked by the same people. By the election, Dan Rather will be forgotten except for, perhaps, some "sympathy vote" he'll produce for John Kerry. He will have plenty of time to build his "victim hood" between now and election day. The liberal MSM bias that has gone unchecked for 40+ years will be safely back behind the curtain and "news" will continue to be reported as before. NOTHING will have changed! Except those mentioned above will have all learned they can no longer say/print anything they like confident it will go uncontested. They'll just be (a lot) more careful in the future. Yes -- Fox News, Talk Radio and the Internet are the main sources for news for many but the majority of voters who still just occasionally read the front page of their local newspaper before turning to the sports or comics section or get their "news" from one of the three major networks will continue to be the dominant voting block for many years to come. Probably all of you reading this "blog" get much of your news from the Internet but you're in the minority and will be for a long time to come. As of yesterday, something like 27% of people surveyed (who had heard of the story) believed the documents to be authentic. Why? Some are die-hard Kool-Aid drinkers of the DNC but most said so because the MSM told them what to think. If the RNC and conservatives in general (not always the same people), think "battle won" when Dan Rather resigns soon and they then stop there, the liberal media will have dodged a bullet that will not come around again for many years if ever. Am I the only one who sees this?
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Ah, me. Another newly-minted member here to tell us all how a victory for truth will become a hopeless defeat.
There's a whole lot of maybes in there.
If Rather leaves CBS before his scheduled retirement next year it will be because he died. With guys like him and Bill Clinton, it's all about their legacy. As they feel the tug of their own mortality, they become desperate to leave something behind to anchor them to this life. The pharoahs tried it too, but it just doesn't work.
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Com'on CJ... even NOSTRADAMUS was a noob once... :)
Posters at DU don't have to use ... < p > maybe he /she's used to that ...
Dan Rather is not going to "tearfully resign", and the liberal media will NOT have "dodged a bullet that will not come around again for many years if ever". Dan Rather will continue, albeit somewhat contrite, until he retires after the election. The MSM has taken a bullet, and more will be coming, thanks to "buckhead" et al.
I have great faith in President Bush, and the Republican Party.
Nice try, though.
"A bird in hand . . . . "
She still suffers from that cranial-rectal inversion thing...
Since Republicans rarely stand up for anything these days, I welcome those who start chanting that Dan's head should be removed rather (rather! Har! Har!) than remain.
This would also be quite a coup for bloggers everywhere, and we're certainly getting some well-deserved attention out of this whole ugly mess already. It will make the media sit up and take notice that their own days could well be numbered.
I'm votin' for the guillotine (sorry, that's french).
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I just did. You beat me to it.
Trolls are sooo transparent. heheheh.
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