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This is the biggest hoax to be foisted upon the American public in my lifetime. Dan Rather knows beyond the shadow of a doubt that the memos are fake, therefore, he gets this little 86 year old woman to say she didn't type them (big deal we all knew that) in a sick manner of lending credibility to the rest of her story. Get serious people! This 86 year old woman does not remember the contents of a memo. It is ridiculous to even claim that she does. I used to type documents when I was in the service and I don't remember a single one of them. I don't even remember the names of AF Manuals that I had memorized 30 years ago, today! This is a bunch of tripe and Rather needs to be humiliated in the press for even attempting this bullshit! This man should be hogtied and beaten to within an inch of his life for misusing this poor woman.

Dan Rather is a

I am overjoyed that many local affiliates seem to not be showing this. Wooo Hoooo! We can keep up with the proceedings, I am sure, on the live thread if we want to. I am just really encouraged that many local affiliates decided to take the high ground.

Mary Carr Knox established the documents to be fakes, period. The rest of her comments were personal conjecture.
She said things like "I'm going to say that...," "it seemed that way to me" "it was my perception," "there was gossip that..." She said it seemed someone did see those memos and tried to reproduce them. "But this is all supposition." Rather told her that Killian's son disputes her story. She looked confident and almost gloating as she responded to Rather "He has no way of knowing if htat is true or not."

She said "I think it's plain and simple." Bush didn't think he had to go by the same rules as everyone else. "He had a campaign to tend to, and that's what he did."

Rather summarized by saying whether the docs are fake or not, memo critics haven't criticized the major thrust, that Bush got preferential treatment and failed to meet the requirements of his service.

Mary Carr Knox is an admitted democrat partisan (didn't admit on 60 Min.). She acted like the gossips at work. She's enjoying the limelight. Reading the transcript only gives you part of the story. You should see the thrill she gets out of telling her story.