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Posted on 09/10/2004 1:49:38 PM PDT by RWR8189
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER to address, in detail, the issues surrounding the authenticity of the documents broadcast in the 60 MINUTES report on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard... Developing...
Give him the comfy chair!
It's beginning to be impossible (or is it just me) to keep up with how this story is moving throughout the news today. Rather denies, Rather doesn't deny; CBS has/has not an internal investigation; it's Karl Rove's idea; it's Kerry's people; the wife/son say it wasn't their husband's/dad's memo; it's Bush's fault (had to include THAT one); it's a computer/typewriter; GOOD GRIEF ! Is this story HOT or what?
When John Kerry was asked to comment, he said "I was for using superscript before I was against it"
I saw some that did not match, but maybe he's found some that do. On the other hand, there are a whole lot of problems with those documents beyond merely the superscripts.
bingo.
He got that information from the same people who gave him the memo in the first place.
To everyone who has hit the media, the members of the radical left, and made certain that Dan Rather eats crow. I congratulate you. We all need to stand up and take a bow...but not yet...there is still lots to do.
> I am not sure this is going to get enough legs for
> us to 100% get to the bottom of this.
I'm expecting a sloppy whitewash from CBS.
But don't forget a couple of things:
1. The WH has not yet weighed in.
2. The blogosphere is what got this on page 1, and as long
as CBS is demonstrably lying, the net can keep it there.
His stance will be that, regardless of whether the documents are valid, other sources have verified the information in them as being correct - thereby trying to rendor the documents, themselves as just window dressing and still sticking by their story.
His stance will be that, regardless of whether the documents are valid, other sources have verified the information in them as being correct - thereby trying to rendor the documents, themselves as just window dressing and still sticking by their story.
We did it Wednesday night, we can do it again. Everybody get ready to ride Sunday at eight!
In other words, "we don't need no steenkin memos to hate Bush."
Pray for W and Our Troops
Just damn.
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seebs claims that the document was checked by experts. If they do not name the experts, then the whole thing is a lie from the very first. They were not even incompetent victims of a scam. Experts who are really worthy of being experts have no reason to remain anonymous.
If Rather doesn't knock one out of the park this time, then he's finished. "They might be authentic" doesn't cut it here. He's gonna have to lay out the entire thing, including the source of these documents, and it better be a credible source. And the source had better be able to produce the originals.
The number of inconsistencies and irregularities that are presented by these documents is astounding, and a "might be" doesn't suffice.
1. Push "big story" on President to get huge ratings.
2. Use discredited vice-chair of Kerry campaign and fake documents as evidence for "big story."
3. Wait to see if anyone notices.
4. If someone notices, trumpet upcoming response on nightly news show that nobody will watch anymore unless they think they are going to see Dan Rather hang himself.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
What does CBS have to lose? At least people are going to watch!
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