Haven't you read the Dem spin columns? He's a Karl Rove plant.
Anything that looks bad for the Dems stems from Rove, don'tcha know?
I'm prepared to believe the post is real, after reading some of the other goofball stuff posted by and about Burkett on some of the Yahoo groups linked from the site listed by Ambrose.
If this is Rather's source, he is a bigger idiot than I thought possible. Why would he take the fall for this Yahoo? (pun intended)
I think there is more to this, and it probably involves his daughter. 60 Minutes has survived using forged memos before. Granted, the story wasn't so big, but Rather is commiting professional suicide rather than admit that he was duped by a whackjob. He may be trying to protect his daughter.
What an odd, bitter bunch these Texas Dems seem to be.