[ravinson]

Douglas Brinkley turned in a disgraceful but very revealing performance on Hardball (Monday?) recently. When Gardner's name was brought up, Brinkly contemptuously dismissed him as a "Conservative from South Carolina".

Brinkley's credibility is suffering as much as Kerry's. What makes Gardner's statements so compelling is the fact that Gardner admits that he shot the boy in the sampan. Like Thurlow, Gardner willingly gives an account that makes him look worse that Kerry's accounts in the official reports in order to set the record straight on Kerry. That's very compelling.

[prognostigaator]

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