I'm suspicious. I wonder how much CBS may have paid Mrs. Knox to do Wednesday's interview. Her gossipy story seems to fit CBS's new focus, which is proving how "accurate" the documents are rather than if they are authentic.
However, only last week Mrs. Knox said she didn't pay much attention to Bush...now she has a definative impression that Bush's attitude reflected arrogance and that he refused Killian's order to take a flight physical. This just happens to coincide with the latest DNC attack ad that includes the song with the lyrics, ..."it aint me, it ain't me, I'm no Senator's son!"... It's another classic case of class warfare, which is a typical strategy of shallow minded liberals. That way they can shore up their main base, the gulible, the ignorant, and the poor.
Putting my own bias aside, and coming from a speech background, it was one of the most scripted sounding pieces I have ever heard. Rather was in these "the-most-serious-business-ever-talking-to-grandmother" hushed tones-more mellowdramatic than usual, of course.
She was pretending this active listening routine and saying "yes, uhhuh" to every other word from Rather's mouth. He could have said, "you have a spider monkey on your head right now," and she would have repeated "yes, yes."
Methinks she was paid or persauded she was doing her good duty to help protect some semblance of the story for some reason. Translation: She's voting for Kerry.