Posted on 09/16/2004 1:52:34 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
This is better entertainment than anything Hollyweird could have conjured up. It just too good. The only thing I'm not doing is tuning into SeeBS as I don't want to accidentally improve their ratings -- we the viewers/product being sold to their sponsors need to act appropriately and not watch to keep the pressure on.
Until then, keep the popcorn popping, the beer flowing and the bloggers blogging!
Add to this the poll listed on the side of the article - at the time I clicked, 65% voted to "fire the guy". Entertainment indeed.
This reminds me of a line in a Dick Van Dike show, "Everyone was trying to take a shot at her."
Thank you for mentioning the poll. I missed it.
Bump!
Wonderful editorial. Bravo!
Breathtaking, wasn't it? So filled with hatred and vile.
It was as close as I've ever seen to a reporter "calling out" a sitting president.
Good posting. Rather didn't have to be as careful with this story because the memos were written by someone deceased. He didn't figure that the memos themselves could be so obviously false because he trusted the source, (probably this guy Bartlett...)
Power corrupts.. and Rather is corrupt. He needs to go....
nick
Excuse me, I mean't to say Burkett...
nick
If O'Reilly were a FReeper, I'd sure as hell ping him to this editorial...maybe then he'd get a clue.
We WILL get to the end of this. It will not be swept under a rug. Dan Rather will be gone. CBS will be in fourth (?) place. And the whole MSM will be limping. Not a bad day's work for some folks in their jammies.
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All that said, Rather set out to smear Bush with falsehoods, fabricated evidence and half-facts. Rather should be fired. Period.
Someone should make a movie about all this. It ought to do as well as "Erin Brokovich" or "All the President's Men". :)
We all know who Rather is, where he stands ideologically and what he is willing to do in furtherance of his agenda but in focusing on Rather's actions, are we missing the bigger (and much more damaging) story? The blogesphere has done a superb job of outing the bogus memos, perhaps it's time to focus the same efforts and energy in ferreting out the obvious coordination between the DNC/Kerry Campaign and CBS on the Bush/National Guard story. Is it a coincidence almost simultaneously we have the Estrich threats, the CBS story and the launch of "Operation Fortunate Son"? We need to find evidence of collusion.
Dan has simply lost his mind.
This is better entertainment than anything Hollyweird could have conjured up.
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Just wait, coming soon we may see "RATHERGATE: THE MOVIE"
I note that Robert Byrd and Dan Rather have been afflicted with the same hatred and ugly tactics against GW Bush. It is time for them to undergo a brain scan for dementia.
Megakudos to you. That rumbling, groaning, rock crusher like sound that is increasing all around us is a critically important paradigm shift taking place. Fasten your seatbelts rats, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Well, I know he's lost his soapbox.
Thank you for the LINKS.
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