[rwilliam]

Both the White House and the RNC are quickly turning up the heat on the DNC and the Kerry campaign now that CBS has issued its "mistake" and "misled" statements.

[TheBigB]

Yes, yes, yes! Go Ed go!

[tioga]

Hot dang, they are standing up for themselves.

[Rutles4Ever]

The lid, she is off!

[dirtboy]

Both the White House and the RNC are quickly turning up the heat on the DNC and the Kerry campaign now that CBS has issued its "mistake" and "misled" statements.

And hashing out this phase of the scandal should chew up yet another week of the campaign. Meanwhile, the latest Kerry spin is to call Iraq another Vietnam - so they STILL are hugging the 'Nam tarbaby harder and harder...

[Janan Ganesh]

Twist the knife. They deserve it.

[rabidralph]

Terry McAuliffe said yesterday that no one at the DNC or Kerry campaign, ‘had anything to do with the preparations of the documents,’ but what about the distribution or dissemination?

Way to parse it out, Ed!!

[Spok]

I'd love to see the MSM totally pre-occuppied with Rathergate and the forgery source until the election. Wouldn't it be ironic if Dan Rather's partisanship helps GWB get re-elected?

[Ben Chad]

Dang, looks like the gop is about to play some hardball after rope-a-dope.

[Always Right]

Great job Ed! Right on top of these, hitting the key points.

[Inyokern]

Was the launch of the Democrat National Committee's Operation Fortunate Son designed with knowledge of the faked forged memos?

Is that a trick question?

[jmstein7]

RNC and WH must be 100% on this one; they don't take that kind of risk.

[GOPJ]

Ed's on the money...

“CBS has now answered questions about the authenticity of the documents but questions remain surrounding who created the documents, who provided them to CBS and if Senator Kerry's supporters, Party committee, or campaign played any role.

[OXENinFLA]

"Your move PUNK............"

[narby]

"In an effort to regain the trust of the American people CBS should not only investigate the process that led to the use of these documents but they should identify immediately those engaged in possible criminal activity who attempted to use a news organization to affect the outcome of a Presidential election in its closing days."

Oh, YES!

YOU GO ED!

[Mobties]

Apology? Maybe I read the statement too quickly buy I don't recall reading that word.

I want a full Kerry-oki of the Brenda Lee hit!

[Califelephant]

This whole mess is just a busted element of Fortunate Son, a campaign that has all the earmarks of a typical Rat Party smear "op":

1) Create a "storyline": In this case, "Bush got special treatment in the Texas ANG"

2) Find Rat operatives (i.e. Ben Barnes) who are willing to lie about key facts or make up anecdotes that support the storyline

3) Find (or, in this case, forge) documentation that supports the storyline

4) Recruit willing participants from the mainstream media (Rather) to push the storyline

5) Issue talking points to all Rat talking heads

[DoctorMichael]

Ding, ding, ding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KantianBurke]

Sorry Ed but this conservative hasn't forgetten -

http://www.federalist.com/news/gillespie.asp

http://www.nationalreview.com/ponnuru/ponnuru090403.asp

[Mobties]

Apology? Maybe I read the statement too quickly but I don't recall reading that word.

I want a full Kerry-oki of the Brenda Lee hit!

[sweetiepiezer]

Is the fat lasy getting ready to sing?