> So the question now is why won't Dan and Co. just
> admit their docs are crocks and let it go?
Because Dan was promised the role of "breaking" all the
upcoming October surprises, and he can't do that if he
gets his sorry butt fired.
> The only reasonable conclusion is that the source --
> or trail of sources -- is even more incriminating than
> the fake documents.
That too. Kerry? Clintons? DNC? Moore?
Well, his sorry butt is fried right now.
My take on this is that Rathergate WAS to be the October surprise, in conjunction with Kitty Kelley's book making charges of cocaine use.
The DNC talking point to accompany this obviously was "Why didn't he take the physical?" repeated ad nauseum. Even poor old Juan Williams was still reciting this talking point the other night.
Another talking point to be used seems to have been that TANG instituted drug testing in the early '70's. Susan Ostrich was reciting this one a few nights ago.
The obvious conclusion that was to be drawn by the hoi polloi was that he didn't take the physical because he was doing drugs.
The damage done to Kerry's poll numbers by the Swift Boat Vets probably caused the October surprise to be hastily moved into September to try to stop the hemmorraging.
Imagine the effect if this had been rolled out at the last minute like the DUI last time. There would be little time to answer.
And certainly CBS didn't expect the forgery to be unraveled in a few hours.
Thanks, Buckhead.