"...Fortunate Son ad, with CBS memo, was revealed to the press July 20 - before the SBVT ads even aired..."
OMG!!! I missed this.
"..Back on July 20 — before the Swift boat campaign got under way — McAuliffe held a conference call with reporters to announce that, from that day forward, Democrats would devote a great deal of time and energy to exposing Bush’s Guard record...."
from http://www.hillnews.com/goddard/091604.aspx
The video announced July 20th and released September 14
What events happened in that time frame?
Mid July: Terry McAuliffe drudges up the AWOL story, yet once again, seemingly out of the blue. At the time, it was "Is this all they have to fight with? Old charges which have been debunked over & over & over?
July 20 - August 2 according to reports DNC has possession of memo's
Week of August 29th (aprox) Killian's son said Mary Mapes came to him looking for documents they heard about.
Media reports alluding to a change of heart from the Killian family. Old papers. Bush snub
A taped speech by Ben Barnes (at the request of Kerry, but still looking for that source)
September 8, 2004 60 Minutes II interview with Ben Barnes
September 14, 2004 Fortunate Son released.
Keep reading.
Mr. Cook goes further back than that via Kerry-Edwards.
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