Caddell: Dan Rather May Have Cost Kerry the Election (the cracks are starting to appear)

Newsmax.com ^ | Sep 10, 2004 | Newsmax

[Hank All-American]

Friday, Sept. 10, 2004 12:59 a.m. EDT Caddell: Dan Rather May Have Cost Kerry the Election

Longtime Democratic strategist Pat Caddell said Friday that if documents aired by CBS newsman Dan Rather Wednesday night turn out to be forged as alleged by experts, the presidential race "is over."

"It would be the end of the race," Caddell told Fox News Live. "It would be the end of the race," he repeated.

"[Democratic officials are] so involved in this," the former Carter pollster worried. "They have gotten themselves so involved in this issue, [in] the last 24 hours, that somebody's going to, if they're not authentic, they're going to be blamed for it. It's incredible to me that they've gotten in this." Caddell said he wasn't trying be sensationalize the issue, explaining that instead, "I'm trying to save my party, you know, by telling the truth."

He said that forfeiting the presidential race would be the least of his party's problems if Democrats are tied to any forgery scandal.

"The race is over - and we've got bigger problems than that," he warned.

[unixfox]

"I'm trying to save my party, you know, by telling the truth."

Maybe YOUR party should have started telling the truth a long time ago.

[Rider on the Rain]

Unless Senator Kerry wins this year, he will never be the Democratic presidential nominee again, no matter what the circumstances.

You've got that right. Even as sorry as the democrat party is, they won't make that mistake again.

[HenryLeeII]

Paraclet: Look for Pat C. to be smeared.

Bullseye1911: More like a serious case of "Arkancide"

I think Pat Caddell, Buckhead, and TankerKC had better have someone start their cars in the morning for them, cuz the 'Rats won't forgive this assault on their Right to Govern & Dictate.

[normy]

The rest of the mainstream media will do their level best to downplay the blatant forgery.

You're right. I see the excuse being carelessness and the desire to get a hot story out first without doing their homework. Someone down the ladder will be blamed and the other major news channels will assure us this sometimes happens in the competitive business of news. They will all look deep into how they do things and try to correct the problem. Just like calling Florida for Gore before the polls closed. They used the same damn excuse, however I think most of us know better.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Don't blame Rather. Kerry was losing pretty good on his own.

Dan Blather

I swear the documents are real,
I’d never use a fake.
Killian must have set me up,
There must be some mistake.
Sure CBS will back me up,
I’m still their hottest gun.
Well no I didn’t ask his wife,
I do not know his son.
My daughter surely did no wrong,
For her dad’s Dan Rather.
George Bush wrote them to trick us all,
Now I’m in a lather.
I do not know what a font is,
How could I have used one?
When I made them they sure looked real,
What is New Times Roman?

Conspiracy Guy aka DIF 9/10/2004

[Mr Ramsbotham]

This whole sordid affair reminds me of a classic "Far Side" cartoon. The owner of a donut shop is going over his books, while in the background stands a huge, fat counter clerk with a big grin on his face. The owner, scratching his head, says, "I don't understand it! I'm moving a hundred donuts a day, and I'm still not making money!"

For the donut-shop owner, visualize John Kerry. For the fat clerk, I'll leave it to your imagination.

[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "So.. the campaign leaks these obviously false docs so they later can say that the Republicans won through dirty triks... Setting up a 'revenge' run in '08"

I don't know if they are that smart but I will agree they will try to sell it as a Karl Rowe plot. It is never them, it is always someone else at fault.

[austingirl]

They're not called 'rats for nothing!

[Bombardier]

These forgeries have the fingerprints of CarVILE and "The Forehead" all over them. I hope that these documents can be proven to be forged, and that "Corporal Scewball" and "Paulie Numbnuts" end up heading to a federal lockup....although if I know the Justice Department (and I do), nothing will happen, and these two sleazeballs will be able to just go right on ahead slandering and lying about Republicans!

[Sir Gawain]

There's at least one mod on FR that acts like a DU poster. Prove him/her wrong in an argument and you get the power trip suspension. "How dare you prove me wrong!" lol

[Fintan]

"I'm trying to save my party, you know, by telling the truth."
 

 

Wrong party, Pat...

 

[eeriegeno]

Fact is, the DNC never had a prayer with Kerry. And it is interesting how the rabid Media Wing of the DemonRat party is also coming unglued and going into meltdown!!!

The DNC (Terry McAulliffe) was selected by and is controlled by Bill Clinton who is controlled by Hillary. As this gang gave their blessings to Mr Kerry at the convention, surely they knew that he had no chance to win! Did they consider that he was a radical war protestor in the 70's? Did they realize that his history is well documented? Did they think that he could win by running on his senatorial voting record? Didn't they realize that Kerry has flip-flopped all of his life? IMHO, they wanted a place holder doofus who was sure to lose 2004 to keep the 2008 slate clean for another candidate.

[TXBSAFH]

DING DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

[Bonaparte]

LOL! Can't wait to hear the DUers start arguing about your post at 26. My guess is that they'll discount it as a sneaky ploy to shield Republican "disruptors" at DU, continue their attacks on level-headed democrat posters, drive them all out of the forum and not believe for an instant that they have any Pubbies among their mods.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Wishful thinking on your part. We'll be lucky if the sheeple forget all about this in 3-4 months much less 3-4 weeks (like 9/11); and thats if they aren't brainwashed into believing that this is all the work of the VRWC^TM

Sorry. That should read "VRWC^TH".

[stockpirate]

other media outlets smell blood in the water, I think O'Danny Boy has made a few enemies

[Hildy]

what can Kerry do right? We know he can't run a convention right, he can't run a campaign, he can't keep staff, and hell, he can't even sling mud right. WHAT CAN THIS GUY DO WELL?

[GailA]

btt

[HamiltonJay]

"I'm trying to save my party, you know, by telling the truth."

If you wanted to save your party you should have started telling the truth back in the late 60s and early 70s... its too late now.

[MplsSteve]

Kerry is up for re-election in '08.

There's no way he'd give up his Senate seat for another shot at the Presidency, that is, if he doesn't win this time.

Unless Massachusetts law allows a US Senator to run for re-election at the same time they're running for President.