Here's to ya!
Posted on 09/20/2004 6:13:09 AM PDT by johnny7
BTTT!
Following through, to the logical conclusion of any CBS spin like that....
If it was a trap, then this a "sting" operation, which was designed to expose Rather's bias.
Couldn't happen to a lousier guy.
At any rate, as Buckhead says, other Freepers, also, noticed how "funny" the memos were. It's very odd that CBS's experts didn't notice the anachronisms.
Chronologically arranged documentation of the FreeRepublic posts is at FOR THE RECORD: CBS Memos Controversy on Free Republic
Thank you Buckhead for providing us in the VRWC weeks (maybe months) of joy and laughter at watching Rather and his dim supporters squirm, and exposing them for the frauds they are.
Right on bro!(yes I am a product of the 60's)
Hmmmm, a whole new line of "Buckhead" pajamas coming to a store near you.
Dan Rather should have spent time investigating a real scandal, like the UN Oil for Food program.
I have a memo from Cox that says he doesn't wear PJs!
Not quite. The analyzer has to be set up in a location where the traffic passes, and there's no simple way to associate an IP address with a particular person, unless you have access to his ISP's internal billing records.
I have no experience with forged documents either. But like probably millions of others I've used typewriters and computers extensively. It was only a matter of time until *somebody* figured out why the fake, forged memo's looked so wrong.
bump for later...
Is that how they "really" did it?
Correct me if I'm wrong but to this day their facts have not had a hearing on CBS. DISMISSED as partisan attackers when in fact most are fed up Democrats.
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All the more reason why dnCBS would NEVER run anything favorable about them. Kerry would be lucky to get the hard core, radical, insane feminist / Log Cabin Republican / and Union vote to the tune of 15%. Think about it, it comes out that these are DEMOCRATS, and that they're VETERANS who served with Kerry?
Beyond well-done, the Kerry campaign would be a charcoal brickette.
LOL. . .they did not 'go there'. . .
Love the good press that BuckHead is receiving and by association; Free Republic ;^)
And of course, kudos to BuckHead!
I have sold dozens to the NSA for doing just what I described.
Don't tell them that they can't do it, okay?
Here's to ya!
#15. Excellent post. Thank you for laying it all out for us.
Stay safe Buckhead.I fear the smearing is just beginning.
You don't have to be an expert on the forgery of documents... you just have to know the history of the IBM 'Composer' typewritter.
Plus the other 'incidentals' like; The wrong format for the documents. Witnesses who retired before the memo was written. The background of Burkett and the hatred that Rather has for the Bush family.
I worked on a 'Composer' when I got out of college... 1974... and once I saw the PDF's I smelled a turd.
Way to go Buckhead!
I've been following every moment since you started reporting your findings and questions on Gunga Blather. Great work, all bloggers!
I believe you are pretty close to being right on the dot. They've (CBS News, particularly Rather and his producer) wanted to do this hatchet job on Bush for a very long time and any "evidence", no matter how thin or forged, in support of that goal was happily received.
However, there's more to this little farce that needs to be uncovered. CBS said they had "unimpeachable sources" and this guy Burkett is a tin-foil hat type from way back and his grudge against Bush is obvious to even the most casual observer. Burkett would have NEVER gotten by the receptionist at CBS. So, obviously somebody that CBS trusted completely "fronted" this story to CBS and vouched for this Burkett guy? Who has that kind of credibility to have CBS private phone numbers, and would know who had a predisposition to do a hit piece of reporting on Bush?
That's the person that needs to be identified and outed! And, I'm betting that there is a very clear, top level DNC/Kerry campaign connection. Remember all the stuff floating around this weekend about Cleland saying he spoke with Burkett? How does a goof like Burkett get Cleland's cell phone number? A middleman, or information clearing house, from CBS to the DNC/Kerry campaign is painfully clear!
You're absolutely right on this part -- there is a clear attempt to manipulate the news and deceive the public. CBS has to come completely clean and tell us who are their co-conspirators! Some little "mea culpa" and a "never mind, let's move along" just is NOT going to cut it here!
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