Posted on 09/09/2004 11:14:40 AM PDT by RatherBiased.com
Ran Blather Duped? Hopefully, so! Hehehehe!
Well, for Dan Blather, stupid is as stupid does.
For reference:
Documents obtained by the CBS News program "60 Minutes" shed new light on one of the most controversial episodes in Bush's military service, when he abruptly stopped flying and moved from Texas to Alabama to work on a political campaign. The documents include a memo from Bush's squadron commander, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, ordering Bush "to be suspended from flight status for failure to perform" to U.S. Air Force and National Guard standards and failure to take his annual physical "as ordered."
The new documents surfaced as the Bush administration released for the first time the president's personal flight logs, which have been the focus of repeated archival searches and Freedom of Information Act requests dating to the 2000 presidential campaign. The logs show that Bush stopped flying in April 1972 after accumulating more than 570 hours of flight time between 1969 and 1972, much of it on an F-102 interceptor jet.
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A spokeswoman for "60 Minutes," Kelli Edwards, declined to say exactly how the new documents were obtained other than that CBS News understood they had been taken from Killian's "personal office file." In addition to the order to Bush to report for a physical, the documents include various memos from Killian describing his conversations with Bush and other National Guard officers about Bush's attempts to secure a transfer to Alabama. Killian died in 1984.
From the Wash Post this morning.
The documents may or may not be forged, but the WH certainly hasn't made that argument.
It may well be they're not making the argument because they think this will blow away if left alone and don't want to add fuel to the fire.
Damn Font Balls!
Seems pretty clear they are fake.
Was he duped? Well, he is a dupe, so the chances are he was duped. He is also a dope!
I was doubtful about all the proportional-spaced hubbub, because I know that Selectrics could do that in 1973. But the superscript angle is the nail in Dan's coffin.
Nice work Perry Mason.
Do you know if the White House commented on any of this yet today?
Rather telling lies to attack the president? - I'm shocked I tells ya shocked!
Then, perhaps Drudge ought to make the argument. If there is good evidence to support a forgery, this is one heck of a story. Much better than the AP Tom Hays bogus "booing" story.
The point is that CBS doesn't care if they were duped. They got the story out that they wanted to get out, and as long as CBS itself didn't forge anything, CBS knows that they haven't made themself liable, so they don't care.
They are perfectly happy to do bad reporting that relies on someone else's lies and deceptions, because it gets out the message that they want out there, and they are not legally culpable.
I see the malignant leftists are ignoring the Swift Boat vets and the fact that some of Kerry's medals and stories aren't legitimate.
Old Media is just so darned tired.
Question: Why is the White House releasing further documentation? I'm hoping it's to highlight discrepancies in the Rather versions...
Even if the docs were "genuine", the fact that they were not a part of the TANG official file suggests they are meaningless as to whether W "did his duty".
The other interesting point is the memo alleges pressure from a specific named individual (Staudt) - who has denied applying such pressure.
Conveniently for the media, the people allegedly making the allegations are dead.
Considering the MSM will never print a retraction, it is best to just let it all blow over. I was at a large gathering of people yesterday, everyone was talking about the SBVs, no one was talking about Bush and the National Guard. People are not stupid and besides this is old news.
I'm not so sure Rather was the "victim" of the hoax. I'd say more likely the "perpetrator."
Itwas the Best of Times New Roman, Itwas the Worst of Times New Roman.....
Please get this straight. The typewriter used for these memos was NOT clumsy or hard to use. Please stop making FR look stupid.
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