If CBS is so all-fired sure that the Bush National Guard documents are genuine, why don't they put the typeface/proportional spacing issue to rest forever by producting one of these 1970s-era Selectric typewriters and exactly reproduce the font, spacing, superscript and all that goes with it. The fact that they haven't produced such a typewriter makes me feel there never was a Selectric that could do all that (and no doubt make coffee too). I mean if you have a moose in the bedroom and someone keeps saying there's no such moose, why not open the door and bring it out?
They're trying Elk, they're trying. It's taking longer than they hoped, but they are trying.
Absolutely right. Knowing that IBM, beholden to its shareholders, would not and should not get involved, CBS could have simply put out a call and got every IBM Selectric, Executive, Composer or whatever within a couple days. Other than that absurdly high-priced Selectric on eBay (pricey because of the coverage it got), these things can be found at thrift shops and elsewhere for about $10. They could also just retrieve the technical information from IBMs archives and at least start from there, instead of trolling for has-been repairmen offering worthless opinions. The reason they won't do something so obvious as to just get one of these extremely common typewriters is that they know damn well the docs are fake and cannot ever be reproduced on such machines. This by itself establishes a presumption in any reasonable person's mind that CBS knows the documents are frauds.
Someone on another thread posited that CBS is holding out because they have hand-written notes and are waiting for a Bush denial before releasing them as a 'Gotcha' - thoughts?
Oh ElkCountry- the moose thing made me audibly chuckle. Very rare indeed.
Not only has CBS not reproduced (re-forged) the doc- they haven't even produced the doc. Can we see what they have? What game they are playing, I don't know. But I know they are playing a game.
Again- thanks for the moose.