Posted on 09/09/2004 11:14:40 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
It seems to me, and I'll check this out later, that the standard date format for my USAF stuff was: DDMMMYY -> 09SEP04
Absolutely. Good catch there.
Some of the documents Bush released have the date in the longer format. That, in itself, only indicates that not everyone was aware of the procedure or thought it was especially important.
NO typewriters in the 70s had "curly quotes" or curved apostrophes. They ALL used "straight" apostrophes - left over from the days when making an exclamation point was a two-part process: apostrophe, backspace, period.
This forgery was by someone too young to be familiar with typewriters.
Our local CBS news just led off with CBS's story from yesterday, with no apparent comment about how the documents are no in question! I could only switch away.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... SNORT!
Did you see Rivera's big BOO BOO when he was covering Hurricane Frances? I think it was Saturday, but it was during the hurricane and he kept showing and talking about this sailboat on the intercoastal waterway that looked in real danger. He went on and on and on about how the guy (that he could see) was in danger and where he was trying to go and how he couldn't get there and how it was unlikely that the Coast Guard would be able to reach him. This went on for about 10 mins it seems. Then we went to lunch. When we came back they had him on again and he was trying to assure people that they didn't haven't to worry about all these boats because they were moored and the owners had left them the night before. All of that panic for an anchored boat. It was too funny. We thought maybe it was Al Capone's boat. :)
CNN played it as a straight story ...Howard Wolfson DEM shill was on Fox...saying Bush should come "clean...Gibson said Clinton said you guys should get away from Vietnam.
What do they mean by "proportional spacing"?
It looks like some of the letters in the "CYA" memo are different point sizes. Look at the "y" in "any" as in "I don't have any feedback" and it looks completely different in size, almost hand-drawn, and lacking its upper serifs. Varying the point size would create the impression of baseline shifting.
...from my stand point about was it around (white out)
I was talking about the military, and normal procedures.
You usually started over on a fresh piece of paper.
Doogle
If this turns out that those documents are fake, it's the end of Kerry's campaign. It should also be the end of Dan Rather's career.
"Typewriters have a straight mark for the quotes and/or apostrophe, so it can be used for any of the marks.
The CBS documents apostrophe is curved, not straight. So they came from a computer, not a typewriter."
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True. They call it "smart quotes" on a computer. An electric or manual typewriter has no way of knowing if the apostrophe you type is at the beginning or end of a quote. Hence the straight-up-and-down design of the apostrophe.
In short, you're right, and that particular argument is in error.
From everything else, though, I agree these 60 min docs appear forged.
If it is a lefty trying to harm Bush, it is a Bush win because it shows desparation by anti-Bush goons.
If it was done by a Bush supporter, again a Bush win because it shows the desperation of anti-Bush goons, this time, the media who are all too willing join the RAT campaign againt President Bush.
"If the memo were typed by someone else, wasn't it common practice to put the typist's initials somewhere below the signature? Maybe 2-3 lines down left-justified?"
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It still is. I do this for a living, and the common practice is the initials of the writer of the letter or memo in caps, followed by either a colon or a slash, and then the typist's initials in lower case.
Thanks, we should all be on the same page now.
BUMP .... Look for that picture on the next kitty humor thread. You get credit for it.
212-975-3691
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Ask just what "investigation" went into authenticating the memos and whether they will offer an on-air retraction.
Demand they apologize for this EXTREME lapse of journalistic practice and basic skills.
Also, contact the president of CBS News, Andrew Heyward:
Phone: (212) 975-4321
Fax: (212) 975-1893
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