What Dan will be wearing when he finally gets the story right.
(Thanks to Michael Pollard)
Posted on 09/12/2004 9:39:44 AM PDT by Checkers
*Lt Col Killian didn't type;
*Lt Col Killian's family says he did not maintain such records;
*Guard regulations prohibited the maintenance of such records;
*General Bobby Hodges didn't vouch for the docs as CBS said he would;
*Colonel Buck Staudt --cited in the memos as pushing Killian to "sugarcoat" a Bush evaluation-- had retired more than a year before the meo was allegedly written;
*Bloggers have been overwhelmed with e-mails from active duty and retire dmilitary who scoff at the form of the memos;
*Typewriters with proportional spacing were rare in '72/3;
*Typewriters with superscripting capabilites were rare in '72/3;
*Typewriters with perfect centering ability were non-existent '72/3;
*Typewriters with the "kerning" function didn't exist in '72/3;
*Most experts, from Dr.Cartwright at Rice, the above-referenced Dr. Bouffard and Farrell Shiver, range from certain to almost certain in their conclusions that the docs are not legit;
*CBS doesn't have the "originals" and didn't reveal that fact until pressure mounted;
*The fake docs are easily and exactly reproduced on modern word-processing equipment, underscoring the ease with which the bad forgery could have been produced contrasted with the near impossibility of Lt Colonel Killian's producing them in 192/3;
*Lt Col Killian lacked motive to write and maintain such records;
*Despite intense media interest in the president's TANG career that extends back at least four years, someone sat on these docs until seven weeks before the 2004 election and after the RNC convention;
*CBS has a history of obtaining docs damaging to the Bush Adminsitration which in all likelihood came from Democratic partisans;
*CBS won't reveal its source;
*CBS has a history of blowing stories that involved fake documents; and
*Dan Rather has not appeared opposite a serious journalist to answer extended questions on camera, even though his reputation and the reputation of his network are being shredded and a confidant witness would demand a hearing with a Russert or a Hume.
Is there a freeper out there who routinely handles document production and impeachment in a court of law? I'm a lawyer and have had some experience with it but I don't have much experience with jury trials and none with criminal procedure so don't know whether these memos could be admitted. Clearly, they're hearsay first of all but might be admissable under the business records exception but the best evidence rule would require an original, especially where the possibility of forgery exists. If it can be established that these are forgeries, then someone has committed fraud. Fraud seems to be to trump the journalistic ethic against revealing sources.
Go read Page 6 (linked through Drudge).
Seems Les Moonves made a rare appearance at CBS on Friday. They are poo-poohing it, but this would be consistent with the time the forgeries story broke wide open. Dan's voice was hoarse from having to defend his sorry decision, is my opinion.
I've sent the emails to Redstone and Moonves, and a follow-up to my earlier email to the FCC.
We should make these people understand that this criminal scandal won't die.
I think an investigation is in order with regards to Dan Rather's daughter, Robin. She and Barnes are high ranking members of the DNC.
But, but, but Blather stands behind the docs...
Like that senile old fool would know a genuine Navy document from a jar of Peter Pan peanut butter! ROFLMAO
Clinotoon lied, Kerry lied, Blather lied and the whole world knows it!
NEXT CASE!
I already emailed Les Moonves. I'm eagerly awaiting a reply.
BTW- If anyone does not have Hugh's book, "If It's Not Close They Can't Cheat", buy it immediately....it is an absolute must in any thinking person's library, and a crucial read before the election is upon us.
If you do have it, buy another copy and pass it along to someone "on the edge" who needs to have their eyes opened.
If you have read it, act on his action ideas, especially the one about supporting good conservative media resources with your subscription dollars. If we don't support them, they will vanish!
Does a silk wrap qualify?
It's Bush's fault.
BTW- If anyone does not have Hugh's book, "If It's Not Close They Can't Cheat", buy it immediately....it is an absolute must in any thinking person's library, and a crucial read before the election is upon us.
ANd Teresa is an "opiniated" woman...."
Uh, urinated broad.""
Opiumloaded broad.
Shouldn't those pajamas have black and white stripes?
This story has legs...
And another thing....all you right-wingers who think Bush is not conservative enough: You need to read Hugh's chapter on majority and share it with other uber-conservatives who may be tempted to sit out this election.
The only way you have a prayer of getting your issues addressed is to help create a majority. Any other action/non-action is self-defeating at best; political suicide at worst.
You're My Cousin Vinnie, aren't you?
FMCDH(BITS)
1) According to family members, Killian was a poor typist. Why aren't there typing errors in the documents, especially those that are "memos to file"?
2) I would expect some spelling errors in the documents. I didn't notice any. Why wouldn't there be some, especially again in the "memos to file"? It appears as though a spell checker was used on these documents.
"*Lt Col Killian didn't type;"
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