Rush talked about it. "Sugar coat" appears in the forged documents. About the same time as CBS ran with their story, the Dem talking points included "sugar coat." They were all on TV saying "sugar coat" in reference not only to Bush's Guard service, but also to Iraq.
If any Dems were saying "sugar coat" BEFORE CBS ran with that story, then that's a smoking gun, if you ask me.
They were all planning to smear Bush from now till the election by making the American people think Bush "sugar coats" everything (making him to be a liar), from his military record to Iraq. And it was a good plan, too actually. They just weren't counting on this Rathergate thing blowing up in their faces, obviously.
Can anybody do a Lexis Nexis search for it?
One good thing since this blew up is that people are questioning coincidences they might have otherwise overlooked.
That's very good.
Sugar coat could also be a slight reference to cocaine, e.g. nose candy..